Arctic Build (DIY in progress)
Construction started early November 2016, was hoping to be done by summer of 2017, but I can tell this will be an ongoing process to tweak, adjust and fine tune the theater. I built this house in 2006-2007 and the first room I framed in the basement was our future home theater. Pretty much everything else was completed in the house with the exception of the theater and bar area. The boss lady finally give me some allowance to get it done so we could enjoy it before the kids start moving out of the house. I started drawing up the plans with my brother at the end of October, and the first nails were driven around the second week of November. Initial goal was to have it done by superbowl in early February, but that was a bit overly optimistic.
Going into this build, I had very little knowledge on home theater design and options. I've learned so much on the AVS forums and tried to incorporate as much as I could into my build. From AT screens, ATMOS surrounds, star ceilings, room acoustics, etc, there was so much to learn that it really slowed the construction down, but will be well worth it in the end.
Room dimensions are as follows:
13'3" wide
25' deep (includes a ~32" deep turret behind the screen)
100" ceilings.
The back wall (turret) where the screen is and one side wall are insulated concrete forms. The opposite side wall is a retaining wall and is roughly 10" deep. The back wall is framed in 2X4. I have 3 runs pulled into the room from the 100amp subpanel, as well as a phone line and two cable lines. There are no windows in the room. The ceiling was mostly decoupled with a 2X6 framed drop ceiling to house a 6'X10' fiber optic star ceiling. The wood framed side wall is roughly 10" deep because I decoupled the original 2X6 wall with a 2X4 wall. Roxul insulation was used throughout the walls. Since this is in our house, I didn't focus much attention on controlling the sound coming out of the theater.
A 12" riser was built to accommodate 4 HTMarket Pembroke recliners in a double loveseat configuration. A matching set of recliners are in front of the riser at floor level. By seating 8, I will end up with the chairs fairly close to the side wall on the opposite end from the door, and a 32-26" hallway on one side. I installed speaker mounts for the side and rear speakers slightly elevated and angled down towards the listeners. 4 ATMOS speakers were installed in the ceiling with 2 slightly in front of the front row and the other 2 slightly behind the rear row of seats.
A 19" tall riser with a radius front was built for the screen wall that the front speakers will sit on behind the AT screen. The ICF wall was framed with 2X4's and 2X2's to allow 2" of OC703 boards with a 1.5" air gap to be installed. 100% black polyester fabric was stretched over the boards to give it a clean look and provide a dark backing for the screen. Royalty 3 velvet from JoAnn's was used to cover the plywood where the speakers would sit. An LED light strip will be installed behind the screen to illuminate the speakers behind it.
Future plan is to move one of the two Klipsch 15" subs to the rear of the room in a cubby specifically built for it. The two 15's up front will be replaced with a pair of 18" or 21" DIY subs that will be placed between the LCR's. I also installed two extra ceiling speaker boxes which are wired back to the AV cabinet in case a receiver comes out that can handle 7.2.6 ATMOS. (Denon 8500!)
Equipment and supplies used in the theater are as follows:
Projector: Sony VPL HW45ES https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158HW45ES/Sony-VPL-HW45ES.html?tp=164
Projector Mount: Peerless PRG-UNV https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TXNS6G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
OPPO UDP-203 Blu Ray Player https://www.crutchfield.com/p_768UDP203/Oppo-UDP-203.html?search=OPPO_203&skipvs=T
Harmony Elite Remote with hub and app https://www.crutchfield.com/p_596ELITE/Logitech-Harmony-Elite.html?search=harmony_elite&skipvs=T
Nvidia Shield Streaming Device
DirecTV
Screen: Seymour AT 137.7" UF premier frame http://www.seymourav.com/screensfixed.asp
Speakers: http://www.acousticsounddesign.com/
7.2.4 Klipsch Set Up
Fronts & Center: RP-280F
Subs: 2 X RP-115SW
Front Surrounds: RP-250S
Rear Surrounds: Klipsch R-5800W-II
ATMOS in ceiling: 4X (hopefully soon to be 6X) Klipsch CDT-5800-C II
Receiver:
Denon 11.2 AVR-X6300H https://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVRX63...TF8&qid=1493240950&sr=1-1&keywords=denon+6300
Seating:
HT Market Pembroke Black Recliners - 52043. Two rows, dual loveseats in each row. http://www.htmarket.com/htdepehothse.html
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6'X10' Star Ceiling:
Build thread: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/19-de...ber-optic-star-ceiling-1-1-2-foam-boards.html
Wiedemark 288 strand with 3 size fibers http://www.wiedamark.com/288ledstarceiling.aspx
32' LED light strip from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WRDG9CQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1&1/2" foam insulation framed in with 2X6
Black poly fabric from JoAnn's ~76" wide
Lighting:
10 - 4" can lights on dimmers were installed around the star ceiling to provide the main lighting.
4 - 2" GU10 lights were installed over the screen to illuminate the front of the screen and the forward portion of the theater
2 LED night lights in the rear speaker boxes to illuminate the speakers behind the cloth https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LWIRE8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
AV Cabinet was custom built with Infinity fans to draw in cool air and vent out hot air into the bar area. A little more organizing needs to happen in the cabinet, including figuring out what the plan is for doors. The lower two shelves pull out and the top two shelves are adjustable. Access to the rear is done through the top of the cabinet. A small panel is in place to keep things from falling back in there. The opening was made to fit blue ray movies. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QFWLGPU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Entry door: Not quite sure yet. Considering custom birch door using wood from the property. I did this for the bar top, and am considering matching the bar top to the outside of the theater door. The inside may be treated for acoustics.
The bar is another room, but is a big part of the theater. Lots of bar pictures start around post 159.
I'll keep posting updates as I progress with the build. Any suggestions along the way will be highly appreciated. Below are a couple pictures of the current status as of January, 2018:
Jerry
Construction started early November 2016, was hoping to be done by summer of 2017, but I can tell this will be an ongoing process to tweak, adjust and fine tune the theater. I built this house in 2006-2007 and the first room I framed in the basement was our future home theater. Pretty much everything else was completed in the house with the exception of the theater and bar area. The boss lady finally give me some allowance to get it done so we could enjoy it before the kids start moving out of the house. I started drawing up the plans with my brother at the end of October, and the first nails were driven around the second week of November. Initial goal was to have it done by superbowl in early February, but that was a bit overly optimistic.
Going into this build, I had very little knowledge on home theater design and options. I've learned so much on the AVS forums and tried to incorporate as much as I could into my build. From AT screens, ATMOS surrounds, star ceilings, room acoustics, etc, there was so much to learn that it really slowed the construction down, but will be well worth it in the end.
Room dimensions are as follows:
13'3" wide
25' deep (includes a ~32" deep turret behind the screen)
100" ceilings.
The back wall (turret) where the screen is and one side wall are insulated concrete forms. The opposite side wall is a retaining wall and is roughly 10" deep. The back wall is framed in 2X4. I have 3 runs pulled into the room from the 100amp subpanel, as well as a phone line and two cable lines. There are no windows in the room. The ceiling was mostly decoupled with a 2X6 framed drop ceiling to house a 6'X10' fiber optic star ceiling. The wood framed side wall is roughly 10" deep because I decoupled the original 2X6 wall with a 2X4 wall. Roxul insulation was used throughout the walls. Since this is in our house, I didn't focus much attention on controlling the sound coming out of the theater.
A 12" riser was built to accommodate 4 HTMarket Pembroke recliners in a double loveseat configuration. A matching set of recliners are in front of the riser at floor level. By seating 8, I will end up with the chairs fairly close to the side wall on the opposite end from the door, and a 32-26" hallway on one side. I installed speaker mounts for the side and rear speakers slightly elevated and angled down towards the listeners. 4 ATMOS speakers were installed in the ceiling with 2 slightly in front of the front row and the other 2 slightly behind the rear row of seats.
A 19" tall riser with a radius front was built for the screen wall that the front speakers will sit on behind the AT screen. The ICF wall was framed with 2X4's and 2X2's to allow 2" of OC703 boards with a 1.5" air gap to be installed. 100% black polyester fabric was stretched over the boards to give it a clean look and provide a dark backing for the screen. Royalty 3 velvet from JoAnn's was used to cover the plywood where the speakers would sit. An LED light strip will be installed behind the screen to illuminate the speakers behind it.
Future plan is to move one of the two Klipsch 15" subs to the rear of the room in a cubby specifically built for it. The two 15's up front will be replaced with a pair of 18" or 21" DIY subs that will be placed between the LCR's. I also installed two extra ceiling speaker boxes which are wired back to the AV cabinet in case a receiver comes out that can handle 7.2.6 ATMOS. (Denon 8500!)
Equipment and supplies used in the theater are as follows:
Projector: Sony VPL HW45ES https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158HW45ES/Sony-VPL-HW45ES.html?tp=164
Projector Mount: Peerless PRG-UNV https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TXNS6G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
OPPO UDP-203 Blu Ray Player https://www.crutchfield.com/p_768UDP203/Oppo-UDP-203.html?search=OPPO_203&skipvs=T
Harmony Elite Remote with hub and app https://www.crutchfield.com/p_596ELITE/Logitech-Harmony-Elite.html?search=harmony_elite&skipvs=T
Nvidia Shield Streaming Device
DirecTV
Screen: Seymour AT 137.7" UF premier frame http://www.seymourav.com/screensfixed.asp
Speakers: http://www.acousticsounddesign.com/
7.2.4 Klipsch Set Up
Fronts & Center: RP-280F
Subs: 2 X RP-115SW
Front Surrounds: RP-250S
Rear Surrounds: Klipsch R-5800W-II
ATMOS in ceiling: 4X (hopefully soon to be 6X) Klipsch CDT-5800-C II
Receiver:
Denon 11.2 AVR-X6300H https://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVRX63...TF8&qid=1493240950&sr=1-1&keywords=denon+6300
Seating:
HT Market Pembroke Black Recliners - 52043. Two rows, dual loveseats in each row. http://www.htmarket.com/htdepehothse.html
IOOIOOI
IOOIOOI
6'X10' Star Ceiling:
Build thread: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/19-de...ber-optic-star-ceiling-1-1-2-foam-boards.html
Wiedemark 288 strand with 3 size fibers http://www.wiedamark.com/288ledstarceiling.aspx
32' LED light strip from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WRDG9CQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
1&1/2" foam insulation framed in with 2X6
Black poly fabric from JoAnn's ~76" wide
Lighting:
10 - 4" can lights on dimmers were installed around the star ceiling to provide the main lighting.
4 - 2" GU10 lights were installed over the screen to illuminate the front of the screen and the forward portion of the theater
2 LED night lights in the rear speaker boxes to illuminate the speakers behind the cloth https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LWIRE8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
AV Cabinet was custom built with Infinity fans to draw in cool air and vent out hot air into the bar area. A little more organizing needs to happen in the cabinet, including figuring out what the plan is for doors. The lower two shelves pull out and the top two shelves are adjustable. Access to the rear is done through the top of the cabinet. A small panel is in place to keep things from falling back in there. The opening was made to fit blue ray movies. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QFWLGPU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Entry door: Not quite sure yet. Considering custom birch door using wood from the property. I did this for the bar top, and am considering matching the bar top to the outside of the theater door. The inside may be treated for acoustics.
The bar is another room, but is a big part of the theater. Lots of bar pictures start around post 159.
I'll keep posting updates as I progress with the build. Any suggestions along the way will be highly appreciated. Below are a couple pictures of the current status as of January, 2018:
Jerry