Johnsteph10's HT 3.0 Build Thread - Page 9

Ok, pics!!

Pic of the back of the theater and what will be the media niche:




Right rear of the theater/back door/unknown area:




Bar area:




Closeup of bar-area soffitt:





Closeup of the Graphic Eye:




Landing at stairs with riser lights:

The Money Shot... of the speaker/behind-the-screen wall:




Closeup of Left Wall:




Closeup of Right Wall:




Equipment room under the stairs:




A/V out of the wall:




Side Wall with Air Intake up high:




Shot of the soffits showing some of the many angles:




Projector shot:

The speaker cutouts/behind-the-screen-wall-wall has taken by far longer than anything else in the room.

Hopefully tomorrow it will be finished!


I cut in the first coat of primer right after these pics. I'm already sick of painting!

For some reason, the primer looks bluish..but it is grey.

Update:

Finished cutting-in first layer of primer!

Equipment Update:

1. Screen will get here tomorrow (Wednesday)
2. Oppo will get here Thursday
3. Pre/Pro will get here Friday.

The bad thing is that I have to work the next 4 days. Why can't things get here when I'm off for several days?

Back to work.

Just sanded every surface with 220 grit sandpaper. The difference is absolutely amazing now - the walls are smooooooooooooooth.

I just have to dust/microfiber all of the walls to get rid of the dust. That'll likely be it for today!

The false screen wall will go 20 inches in front of this wall - this allows plenty of room for the 3 speakers to be adjusted and the huge subs. Flexibilility!

Sorry, Queen, I didn't see the question. The holes are 50ish inches tall - my speakers are 38 inches tall and I will have a 11.5 inch tall stage.

The false screen wall will be located 20 inches in front of that wall.

I wanted flexibility to have plenty of room behind the speakers as the subs are going to be rather large (and for the future as well, just in case!). I should even need to have the speakers in the holes...more for access than anything else as this point I would guess.

It'll all make sense as time goes onward.

Equipment Update:

- SMX screen arrived. Huge box!

- Oppo BDP-83 arrived.

I won't get much of a chance to play with stuff until Sunday when I'm off.

Unfortunately.

I did take the manual out, though. Maybe I'll make some progress today.

6/09/09 - Update:

I guess I missed it but I just had my 1 year Logan anniversary. For the record - I finished HT 2.0, sold my NY house, moved, started and passed Logan on HT 3.0.

Theater Update:

I took the Anthem out of the box and updated to the latest firmware (probably the easiest updating I've ever done on a complex piece of HT equipment!).

1. I wiped the walls down after sanding them with 220 grit sandpaper after 1st coat of primer. The difference is HUGE.

2. I vacuumed AGAIN. How in the world does drywall/sanding create so much dust?

3. I damp-sponged the screen wall, vacuumed it.

4. I am 95% done SilentSealing (acoustical caulk) the HT -the drywall joint at the floor, cutouts, etc. I have 1 tube left for the bathroom and few touchups....should be just about perfect. I HATE caulking.

After a short break, I'll go finish caulking then I'll start putting on the 2nd coat of primer. I don't know how far I'll get.....

Ok, all 12 quart sized SilentSeal tubes are finished...just enough! Painting second coat of primer.

More than tired! I only got about 1/4 of the way through the second coat. All of these soffits/angles, etc. are really architecturally cool and in the end will be neat for a HT...but all of the cutting in is a pain in the butt.

So far, I've used about 6 gallons of primer. Ugh.

Ok, a couple of days since my last update.

Finished 2nd coat of primer! I used around 9 gallons of primer!

The biggest difference in getting drywall dust up off the floor -- mopping. It is amazing the crap the comes up and how much cleaner it makes the room.

I also finally got a new toy!

I had a very old and worn no-name miter saw.... the HD close by was closing out the Makita 1013FL 10 inch sliding compound saw... Picked it up and a miter saw stand (the Ridgid one with wheels). Very slick setup.

I'm hoping by the end of the year.

I was very excited to get sheetrock up....until I realized just how much more work is ahead.

...especially now I have to deal with all of the design decisions and I HATE that!

Next steps...

Painting the ceiling.

The options I see seem to be Behr flat black (Mickey Mouse Ears) vs. SW vs. Ben Moore. Anyone have thoughts on a good flat black ceiling paint?

That's exactly what I wanted to hear! Thanks! Does it mar a lot? (ie: accidently bumping it causes marks on the paint?)

Crap.