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WOOHOO!!!! I just got the HVAC work done in my basement! The guy came out (Robert's Mechanical in the Twin Cities -- highly recommended) and did a very good job. He used mostly rigid duct, but did some connections with flex duct. The basement is warmer already :) One thing that I thought...

Well, as people may know, I've been having a heck of a time getting someone to come out and do my HVAC work in the basement. So we got yet another quote today, this time from a company that's highly rated by Angie's List in our area. Anyway, the guy came out (10 minutes early even!!!) and was...

Hey, I can relate to the water problem in the basement! I started framing my basement last May. Then in June, I noticed some water seeping in from two areas in the basement. D'oh! I was mad, because I really wanted to finish by December. Called the builder, they came out and it seems like they...

I'll do some searches and see what I can come up with. Our trunks are aluminum so will be a bit more difficult to work with. I'm also the most unhandy person you'll probably ever meet, so I may not even attempt it. But we'll see... I'll at least look into it though, thanks! CW

That'd be great... But I don't have the slightest idea how to do HVAC work... Any websites out there telling me how to cut into the ducts and run ducts where they need to go? CW

Am I allowed to be pissed off now? :) They said they'd come out Saturday morning. Well, it's 12:12pm, and they still havn't shown up and they still havn't called. I'm pretty miffed at this point. Guess I try finding someone else now... At this rate, I'm never going to get the theater...

As I said before, she's well within her rights to say, "This candy is off-limits! It's for decoration only, so don't eat it!" Especially true since she says that she has two candy jars that they CAN take candy from. I don't think she should sell the candy, I just don't think she should let...

Ok, but as HVAC contractor, wouldn't you have had the decency to CALL the person who you had a schedule with but weren't going to be able to make? If I would've gotten a call at 7am saying that they couldn't come, I would've been able to go to work or run some errands or something, instead of...

Personally, I know my wife would never let me charge for anything in the theater. However, it sounds like your grandmother is using the candy as a display, rather than for actually eating. In that case, I think it's perfectly reasonable to say, "The candy isn't for eating, it's a decoration...

Well, I was all set to have the HVAC contractor come out and do the ductwork in my basement today. We made the schedule on Tuesday and confirmed again yesterday. By 10:30am today, he's not here. I call him, leave him voicemail. At noon, still nothing. Call him again and he appologizes, but...

Thanks for the reply -- I guess I was worrying for nothing... My furnace is actually where the stroage area is shown in the upper right hand corner. Both contractors recomended putting the return vent either on the wall opposite the stairs or on the wall just around the corner from there...

Ok, we called 4 HVAC people to come and give us estimates today. Two were no-shows, 1 has come, and one is supposed to come in a few hours. Seems that the HVAC people in the Twin Cities don't care about business. Anyway, here's a diagram of our basement -- http://www.fezam.com/basement2.gif...

*bump* Anyone? CW

Hi all, My room is only going to be 12'x12' (but will be open to another 12'x12' room, as well as the staircase going up). So with that, are there any speaker limitations I should look at? My wife and I listened to some lower-end Klipsch speakers (SB-3) a few months ago and we both really...

If you live by any Amish people, bring them a picture and see how much they'll charge to build one for you. Around here, I know someone who has had some really nice furniture made for pretty cheap. CW

Remember the part where I said I'm new to this? Well, it's going to really show now... :) What do you mean by a "three way switch"? Just a light switch with three settings (instead of two)? Now whne you turn the lights on with the three way switch, you can still turn them off again with the...

Tom, Thanks for the info, I think I get it now :) I'm guessing that I don't need SPS-5WC-**; I think that's only used if you want to be able to press a button on the wall to get a certain scene, correct? I was reading Lutron's site, and apparantly the MX-500 supports the dimmers out of...

What exactly are the differences between "scenes" and "zones." If I understand it, I think a "scene" is simply a bank of lights that you want controlled by the Lutron Spacer System. However, I can't figure out what a "zone" is. Is that a term for multiple rooms? (for example, zone A is the...

I've got an extra FOX Demo disk #2, the ones that Best Buy was giving away for awhile. Would prefer to trade if you have any extra demo disks yourself. This goes for anyone interested as well. CW

Thanks for the reply. When you say that you'd put three supply grills in the basement, does that mean you wouldn't put any returns in (except the one in the equipment closet)? Also, why do you say to put the return low to the floor in the equipment room? I know next to nothing about this...

Hi all, I finally began construction on my theater last weekend! Woohoo, I'm pretty excited! The projector (L300U) will be here Monday so I can figure out where to mount it. It's pretty exciting! Anyway, I started the framing and am almost done, but can't finish framing in the ducts until I...

So how does this differ from using RG6 cable and attaching the correct connector to each end? I've read in numerous places that this works fine and am thinking about doing it in my theater (which just began construction this past weekend!) CW

Hey Jim, Thanks for Spikes! (I'm a huge Bills fan... :) ) CW

Yes; I don't recall what menu it's in, but it's there. I think under system/phone calls/make daily call, or something like that. CW

This doesn't really answer your question, but I thought I'd let you know that you don't have to havfe the phone connected continuously anymore. If you connect it to landline once a month or so, you'll be fine. CW

Thanks for the projector info -- I was going to go with roughly a 100" screen, maybe a little less (based on the calculations). I was also thinking about getting a Sony projector (don't recall the model offhand; HS10 maybe?). That projector vents from the front, so I could put it closer to the...

Hi all, I'm new to the forums, but have been reading them for a few days; very informative! I originally posted this in HT Construction, but after reading some more I think this may be the proper forum for it (or at least will generate more ideas). So I'm hoping someone here can help me out...

From my experience, you'll be better off doing the cabling yourself. The builder will probably charge you an arm and a leg. When I had my home built last year, I ran two runs of Cat5e and two runs of RG6 to every room so that I could get satellite and network throughout the house (I wasn't...