The Esquire Theater!! Construction Begins... - Page 50

Ok I have lots to show today. The last chair has arrived so I now have a full set. All of the trim is in. And carpet is in!

There is still a significant amount of work to do, but this took the room one really big step closer to being finished. The next few things on my punch list are:
- Finish the entry door and add door seals from Ted
- Add black fabric & additional acoustical items around the screen
- Lighted crown moulding
- Acoustical panels

That will take me a while but it should get me most of the way to finished!

On to the pics!!


I added the trim...the carpet guys asked for 3/8" space between the floor and baseboards:




This is a mock up of the angle from the riser to the floor. I was going to use the same angle created by the stairs but it looked too shallow for me. So I used a 45 degree angle as it had been drawn in the plans. Note to self: Dennis knows this stuff much better than me and is almost always right. I ended up moving the start of the slope back about an inch so the moulding wasn't so close to the outlet.




Final shots before carpet:







AND THEN...














Then I added some seats:








And put the screen back in place...





The stage came out incredibly well - my favorite part for now.




The carpet already needs to be vacuumed tonight because I was carrying so much stuff from my messy work area into the theater. Tonight I will rehang the projector and watch a movie!!

Thanks for all the kudos guys!

TMcG- The reaction was favorable on all accounts! The higher quality pad was very much worth the additional $. (Can't remember how much extra it was...$200-300 I think.) I also made a conscious effort to only consider carpet that felt very soft when I was looking at samples. This is by far the softest carpet I have walked on - I was barefoot in there all night last night! And I didn't even have to dodge OSB splinters or construction screws!

I cut the bass trapping holes in the riser just before the carpet was installed. (literally just before...like 6am that morning...because I FORGOT to do it earlier. ) The bass seems more defined now, but I can't say whether that's due to the addition of the carpet or the effect of the riser bass trap...probably a combination of both.

There is an immediately noticeable difference in the sound in the room now. I definitely need to re-run Audyssey. I am also getting the itch to start learning REW but I am trying to take it one step at a time here. I haven't worked on my iRule interface in weeks and I still don't have the oppo commands up and running.

Theater construction...then iRule...then REW!

Thanks! And rest assured...that screwdriver will be replaced by (multiple) beers this weekend!



Sorry - I forgot to answer this the first time around. I got really lucky on this one and there was very very little waste...it turns out that the farthest distance between the riser and the stage is 13'1". The Stanton carpet comes in rolls 13'2" wide so they were able to lay it in the opposite direction. The riser is a little less than 8' wide, so they were able to use the excess width there to carpet the equipment room and stairs. I think I ended up with an extra piece about 6'x2' and that's it!

Thanks Jon!


Last night I finally had time to put the projector back up. I had a friend over and we watched a few demos. In a word, WOW. It's totally amazing what a difference can be made just by eliminating one hard reflective surface. The change was stunning and the surround sound became so much more enveloping and convincing. It was really amazing and eye-opening to compare carpet vs. no carpet. It is making me want to get on the acoustical treatments wagon right away! But I'm still not quite ready for acoustic treatments on the side and back walls.

I picked up materials for the rest of the front wall acoustical plan earlier this week and ordered black GOM FR701 yesterday. I'm going to order door seals and bottom from Ted today, so those are my agenda items for next week. Then it's on to crown molding and acoustical treatments...and then the finish line!

Door seals are on the way from Ted! I just want to say again what a wonderful person he is to do business with. Always cheerful, extremely knowledgeable, and outstanding service. Thanks Ted!

Yes - I got the door bottom as well. When I stand outside the room now, it's obvious that the only areas where high frequencies are escaping are around the door - I can't wait to see how the seals help with that issue!


A Question on the Door Threshold...
I bought a simple black marble door threshold at Lowes and will be attaching it to the cement slab. Do I really need to go get a trowel and thinset and get into all that stuff or can I simply stick some PL Premium on there and glue it down? I have never used thinset before, don't have a trowel etc...can I skip all that?
Thanks!!

Thanks RMK! The door stops and bottom are both made by Zero International. The Soundproofing Company has info on them here. Also, here are the Zero international pages: Seals and Bottom.

AZGAMD - sorry but I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're saying. Do you mean that you used a tube of granite adhesive to attach your threshold to the slab? Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words guys!

I haven't had much time to work in the theater over the past week, but almost all of the materials will be here by the end of this week for the final push.

On Thursday, a Porter Cable US58 upholstery stapler should arrive, alont with staples and some OC703 that I am getting from Kamco Supply. Another plug for your local building supply place...call around before you buy this stuff! I'm paying $0.48/sq. ft. and I have seen some specialty acoustics places on the interwebs selling it for more than double that price. Annnnd Kamco will deliver for free (particularly good because I no longer have that monster truck at my house ).

Below is a pic of the stuff that has already arrived...black fabric from Fabricmate for around the screen wall, door seals and auto door bottom from Zero International/Soundproofing Company, and the wrong Porter Cable stapler. I think I was too excited to get started on the panels and walked out of HD with the wrong gun. Oh well - should've known I would have to order it. Oops!

I'm also going to have to track down Andreas for a trowel and a little bit of thinset this weekend...

Thanks Logan! The chairs are Palliser - front row is Blade and back row is Bullet. (Same chair but the Bullet adds a tray table and lighted cupholders/bases.)


Whoa - 1500 posts! I never thought I would get to that big of a thread...or that this theater would STILL not be completed.