The Ortheum Theater....here we go! - Page 3

It does sound awesome! My wife is already sick it. I'm been "blasting away" for 3 days!


Yeah it is a monster. I'd guess between 175-200lbs.

I think I'm going to go with the roll on instead of the spray. I like the rougher finish, especially since the sub will be out of sight anyways.




The tv is a 42" plasma. The box's dimentions are 24"x 26.5"x 37.5"

Didn't get much done this summer, my wife didn't want me stuck in the basement when it was nice out. Then for the last couple months we have been back and forth to my in-laws in Chicago. My mother-in-law just lost a very short battle with cancer last week. The last few months have been aweful. Once everything calms down, I'm hoping to jump back in.

How about you?

We should. Mine will be done about 2015 the way things are going.

Hey everyone, I haven't been around for quite a l while. I haven't been in the basement much for that matter either. Like I posted earlier, we lost my mother-in-law in November after a 3 month battle with cancer. (she was only 51, and the cancer was misdiagnosed for close to a year!) So all that threw me off with my progress, plus other things.

So I went down today, cleaned up close to a year of crap accumulating down there and made a few changes. I tore out the riser and the idea for theater seats in favor of a large couch / sectional. My wife has been bugging me about doing that from the beginning. She wanted to be able to have parties and such down there instead of just movie watching. Second, instead of a desk in the back corner, I'm planning on installing a built-in saltwater reef tank. Somewhere in the 100-150 gallon range. Finally we decided to make the kid's play room a little bigger, so now I have to tear down half a wall and bump it out about 3ft. Tomorrow I'm heading down to try and finish up the electrical and start on the rest of the wiring.

Hope I can stay on track.... home theater...take 2!

Not quite ready for drywall, but HD had 4x8 sheets of 5/8" for only $5.20 a sheet. I picked up 80 sheets, but they refunded me $65 for cracking the taillight of my trailer when I picked them up. I can't wait to carry them in the basement!

More pictures coming later, but I have a question first. I redid the hot water flue. I wanted to a run double walled vent so I could have tighter clearances. I increased the angle, which I read is better, however the pipe straight out of the top is shorter than it was. Everything look kosher?

Alright, finally have a little update for you all.

The kid's play room/lobby is drywalled and the door going into the laundry is installed.


Any suggestion on the concrete wall by the stairs? I want to make the wall as thin as possible.


Looking into the theater.


Sconces for the columns in the theater and the one on top is for the bottom of the stairs.


2 great tools for cutting drywall. First is a "multimax" tool, but it is from harbor freight and was only $35 compared to $100+ for other brands. The other is called a "bladerunner", it has a cutting wheel on both pieces and a really strong magnet. You slide it along the drywall and it cuts both sides at once. Very nice, but pricey at $60.




Theater room looking towards the screen. I removed the riser and have started the insulation and HVAC. Electrical is all run.



The R-30 insulation seems so "raggedy". It seems to not stay together well.


My poor sub, stuck in the other room covered in dust. I miss you!


This is "all" I have left to do.

Yeah, it is a beast... however I just got plans for a THT for my mael X. Something like 32"x40"x64". We'll see. Now that would be big! But I do have the room.

I'm going to have a different electrician come out take a look. I'd like a second opinion.