Ok. I'll admit upfront - I'm not anywhere near buying a home & having the space for a home theater. But it's a dream, and I'd like to start reading up on construction and what not so that I can be prepared.

I've got a little woodworking & wiring experience, but not enough to know what needs to be done from conception to completion.

Any suggestions?

Go volunteer on a habitat home building project. Get your hands dirty building a house. Observe how it is put together. Maybe meet some chicks.

Go volunteer on a habitat home building project. Get your hands dirty building a house. Observe how it is put together. Maybe meet some chicks.

hah! done and done. volunteered last year and drove down to Louisiana from NY. Thats where I got the wiring exposure. Could always do a few more though. Got the chick part covered too! :D

OK then just read everything I link in this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=15611214#post15611214

Or you could find someone else here on avs local to you and offer up to help with some grunt work on the weekends; free beer and pizza must be supplied of course ;)

OK then just read everything I link in this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=15611214#post15611214

Yup...read, read and read this forum. You will get more ideas and how to's then you could even imagine.