RonR
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- Sep 26, 2000
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Started this in January. I bought this home 2 1/2 years ago and having a basement where I could put a theater in was a priority for me. Home was built in the 1940's, rock solid. Basement ceilings are about 8 ft or so. Theater room is roughly 13'2 x 21'. Walls insulated with R-13 and ceiling with R-19. 5/8 drywall throughout. Projector and receiver are on dedicated circuits. I was very fortunate in my brother in law helped with the framing, a friend of my father did the electrical. Total bill for the basement from him was $290 and a lot of that was in materials. He is 80 years old and we did more talking then work most days but he did it for the activity and I gained a friend out of it 
Great man. Insulating I did myself...drywall I did 90% of. I used 16 gauge for speaker wire and it is all run through pvc terminating in a small area offset to the right front of the screen..totally hidden and no light from the components distracts. Dricore floor, heavy pad and burgandy carpet. I have the AE900U for a projector and couldn't be happier, my first. I have never built anything on this scale so it was fun, long, cost more and I sit sometimes and look at the progression pictures of it all and feel pretty good about it! One thing you cannot see from the pictures is a small open area outside of the room that is a big closet basically, without a door that I will have shelving made for my media. I have about 300 dvds currently. I have only 2 can lights in this room and they are in the soffit right above the main seating..the only seating I currently have down there. I like the idea of a smooth solid ceiling overhead with no holes in it..seems to really keep the sound in the room and out of the rest of the house. I am amazed at how quiet it is with a movie playing.
The paint was another deal...used a friend of my dad...different friend who has an account at Sherman Williams, most of the paint I saw there was like $29 a gallon....$11 with this account. I used flat black on the ceiling and flat "plum brown" on the walls...looks black with the lights off and I have 100% light control in this room. I still have some touch up paint to finish...speaker wire to terminate to the wall plates, door trim and get the screen painted...its just primed lol, looks great however. I use Home Theater Direct speakers and love them myself for the price. I am embarrassed to mention my receiver but it does 5.1 and seems to do the job well...had it for years. Once the new receivers come out with DolbyHD and the such I will upgrade...still quietly waiting for the BD vs HD thing to settle down a bit. One thing I would have done different is Dricore recommends tapcon to every other panel around the perimeter and one in the middle which I did...wished I had done a few more panels as I notice a few that creek ever so slightly...obviously not a big deal and when I point it out my friends just look at me but you know...when you build something you notice the faults right away. In any case its not much but I feel I did most things right for a first timer, single dad and my 4 year old princess sits next to me, we eat popcorn and watch Nemo...over and over and over......so life is good
I have 23 pictures up in the gallery...I am not sure how to link to it...it is under "RonR" ...Thanks
Great man. Insulating I did myself...drywall I did 90% of. I used 16 gauge for speaker wire and it is all run through pvc terminating in a small area offset to the right front of the screen..totally hidden and no light from the components distracts. Dricore floor, heavy pad and burgandy carpet. I have the AE900U for a projector and couldn't be happier, my first. I have never built anything on this scale so it was fun, long, cost more and I sit sometimes and look at the progression pictures of it all and feel pretty good about it! One thing you cannot see from the pictures is a small open area outside of the room that is a big closet basically, without a door that I will have shelving made for my media. I have about 300 dvds currently. I have only 2 can lights in this room and they are in the soffit right above the main seating..the only seating I currently have down there. I like the idea of a smooth solid ceiling overhead with no holes in it..seems to really keep the sound in the room and out of the rest of the house. I am amazed at how quiet it is with a movie playing.The paint was another deal...used a friend of my dad...different friend who has an account at Sherman Williams, most of the paint I saw there was like $29 a gallon....$11 with this account. I used flat black on the ceiling and flat "plum brown" on the walls...looks black with the lights off and I have 100% light control in this room. I still have some touch up paint to finish...speaker wire to terminate to the wall plates, door trim and get the screen painted...its just primed lol, looks great however. I use Home Theater Direct speakers and love them myself for the price. I am embarrassed to mention my receiver but it does 5.1 and seems to do the job well...had it for years. Once the new receivers come out with DolbyHD and the such I will upgrade...still quietly waiting for the BD vs HD thing to settle down a bit. One thing I would have done different is Dricore recommends tapcon to every other panel around the perimeter and one in the middle which I did...wished I had done a few more panels as I notice a few that creek ever so slightly...obviously not a big deal and when I point it out my friends just look at me but you know...when you build something you notice the faults right away. In any case its not much but I feel I did most things right for a first timer, single dad and my 4 year old princess sits next to me, we eat popcorn and watch Nemo...over and over and over......so life is good
I have 23 pictures up in the gallery...I am not sure how to link to it...it is under "RonR" ...Thanks
