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post #811 of 1098
4/12/12 at 9:53pm
Same here. My speakers have been sitting in our hallway/dining room for about 10 months while I've been finishing my whole basement (about 1500 sqft total). Takes a while when it is mostly a one man show. I still have so much to do. Bass traps, FPR, false screen wall, a bunch of odds and ends, build media storage, build an equipment rack, put up trim. And that is just the theater room. I am getting anxious to get back to watching movies. I refuse to watch them on our 46" TV in the living room. Haven't seen but 2 movies in the past year and they were in the public movie theaters.

Keep hacking away at it and pretty soon we both will be out of the build phase and into the enjoyment phase.
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post #812 of 1098
4/13/12 at 6:28am
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Same here. My speakers have been sitting in our hallway/dining room for about 10 months while I've been finishing my whole basement (about 1500 sqft total). Takes a while when it is mostly a one man show. I still have so much to do. Bass traps, FPR, false screen wall, a bunch of odds and ends, build media storage, build an equipment rack, put up trim. And that is just the theater room. I am getting anxious to get back to watching movies. I refuse to watch them on our 46" TV in the living room. Haven't seen but 2 movies in the past year and they were in the public movie theaters.

Keep hacking away at it and pretty soon we both will be out of the build phase and into the enjoyment phase.

I have lots of movies that I have been saving up to watch in the theater also.
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post #813 of 1098
4/13/12 at 1:55pm
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Just talked to the carpet installers, they will be coming on Tuesday.
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post #814 of 1098
4/15/12 at 7:22am
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Not much new to show. Spent most of the weekend cleaning up the rest of the basement and cleaning up the room for carpet. I also did a little bit of work on the screenwall.

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post #815 of 1098
4/17/12 at 8:34pm
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Carpet!





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post #816 of 1098
4/17/12 at 8:35pm
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post #817 of 1098
4/17/12 at 8:40pm
Sweet. Let me be the first to say it looks fantastic!!!

Another monumental moment in your build!
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post #818 of 1098
4/17/12 at 8:52pm
I had your thread open in a tab and was meaning to post a reply as to when you were getting carpet, then refreshed and there it was!!!

Looks good.

*Is it me or do you potentially need to upgrade to a better camera!! That theater should be presented in crisp clear form!
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post #819 of 1098
4/17/12 at 8:59pm
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I had your thread open in a tab and was meaning to post a reply as to when you were getting carpet, then refreshed and there it was!!!

Looks good.

*Is it me or do you potentially need to upgrade to a better camera!! That theater should be presented in crisp clear form!

I'm just using a point and shoot. I'll try to get someone with a decent camera to take final shots.
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post #820 of 1098
4/17/12 at 9:48pm
StockM2K - Check message in PM box

P.S. Enjoy the wonderful smell of newly-laid carpet!! What a great milestone!
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post #821 of 1098
4/17/12 at 9:58pm
Stk2k - nice choice. compliments the room well....feels nice between the toes don't it! enjoy.
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post #822 of 1098
4/18/12 at 7:01am
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I'm really happy with the way the carpet turned out. With a patterned carpet you are never sure how it is going to look when it covers the whole floor. I worried about the pattern being too pronounced and was also worried about the pattern lining up on the stage. The pattern is very subtle and in such a dark room you get a shadow under the lip of the upright sections of the stage and riser. You cannot even see the pattern there under normal lighting. The installation guys did an excellent job and even avoided scraping up the columns and baseboards.
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post #823 of 1098
4/18/12 at 7:50am
Very nice Monkeyman! Congrats on the new milestone.
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post #824 of 1098
4/18/12 at 8:40am
Looks great stock! Big step towards completion...well done!
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post #825 of 1098
4/18/12 at 8:43am
Great accomplishment SM2K! Looks really nice and I hope to be at that stage soon myself!
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post #826 of 1098
4/18/12 at 11:54am
Carpet? Did not even notice, I keep looking at your star ceiling?

JK, looks great and what a nice feeling to walk in without shoes and feel the comfy goodness of CARPET.
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post #827 of 1098
4/18/12 at 12:32pm
Fantastic build!! I hadn't seen this until today, it took a while to read through the whole thread.. I ended up skimming the last 2 pages to catch the pictures.

subscribed to see you finish this out.

Todd
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post #828 of 1098
4/18/12 at 10:18pm
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Now that the carpet is installed, I am having a hard time opening and closing the door. I'm going to have to remove the door and cut it down a bit. I thought I would have plenty of clearance but it is still too tight. Not really looking forward to removing the door. It will be a bit of a pain to deal with because of the automatic door bottom.

I also got all the seats installed tonight. I'll take some pictures and post tomorrow.
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post #829 of 1098
4/19/12 at 8:19am
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Here are some shots of the room with the seating installed.





Took a few shots with longer shutter for better detail. The color of the walls is much brighter than in person. Not sure why the pictures show that purple tint in the soffit - it does not look like that in person.


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post #830 of 1098
4/19/12 at 8:22am
Looks awesome!

Sucks about the door. How much tolerance did u leave that it's still too tight? I know regular house doors r usually 3/4 inch gap/up from the bottom of the jam. Did u sit the jam right on the floor cause of the weight of the door instead of floating the jam up like 5/8"?
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post #831 of 1098
4/19/12 at 8:28am
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I was worried about the pattern on the carpet matching up with the uprights on the stage since you would be looking straight at them. As you can see, you cant really see the pattern under the shadow of the lip. Even in the photos above with a longer open shutter which is much brighter than the normal lighting in the room you cannot see the pattern.

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post #832 of 1098
4/19/12 at 8:34am
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Looks awesome!

Sucks about the door. How much tolerance did u leave that it's still too tight? I know regular house doors r usually 3/4 inch gap/up from the bottom of the jam. Did u sit the jam right on the floor cause of the weight of the door instead of floating the jam up like 5/8"?

The door is about 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the jamb but the jamb was 1" thick so I had about an inch of clearance before the carpet was in. I expected the jamb to sit higher than the carpet by 1/4 - 1/2" or so but the carpet is actually flush with the jamb. Its a low pile carpet but is actually pretty thick. It is actually the hardest to close the last few inches before the jamb because the auto door seal starts coming down at that point. I can probably solve that a bit by adjusting the seal, but it is still pressing on the carpet quite a bit.
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post #833 of 1098
4/19/12 at 8:50am
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The door is about 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the jamb but the jamb was 1" thick so I had about an inch of clearance before the carpet was in. I expected the jamb to sit higher than the carpet by 1/4 - 1/2" or so but the carpet is actually flush with the jamb. Its a low pile carpet but is actually pretty thick. It is actually the hardest to close the last few inches before the jamb because the auto door seal starts coming down at that point. I can probably solve that a bit by adjusting the seal, but it is still pressing on the carpet quite a bit.

I had the same problem. BIG & I had the door completed with the jamb/seal before the carpet came, estimating the thickness of the carpet and padding. Needless to say, we had to trim the door so that the seal cleared the carpet without friction (and there was quite a bit of friction), but after trimming the door there is like 1/4" gap between the seal and the jamb now. Not that it leaks a lot of noise. I've been hard pressed to still hear anything through it, but sooner or later I'll raise the jamb up to meet the door because I know there is a gap there.
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post #834 of 1098
4/19/12 at 9:46am
Awesome theater StockMonkey!

I'm truly envious. I have much lower expectations for my own theater, but it's inspirational to see someone do it right.

Will
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post #835 of 1098
4/19/12 at 10:53am
StockMonkey, everything looks great! No doubt that screen can't come soon enough! I really like how you handled the rear entrance with your riser and chair alignment.

Dale
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post #836 of 1098
4/19/12 at 11:10am
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StockMonkey, everything looks great! No doubt that screen can't come soon enough! I really like how you handled the rear entrance with your riser and chair alignment.

Dale

The rear row will actually be moved over toward the door a bit. One of the outlet's I installed for the motorized seats ended up right under the arm so I had to move the row over a bit to be able to plug in the seats. I'll get a flat extension plug that will allow me to move the arm over the outlet. When I move the row back over the seat closest to the wall will have a bit more space to the side of the wall and there will also be one seat on the rear row centered with the screen.
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post #837 of 1098
4/19/12 at 11:24am
Carpet looks great! It really transforms the room. Good choice.

Keep up the good work!
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post #838 of 1098
4/19/12 at 1:26pm
Many comments,.. however, right now suffice it to say it's really looking good.



Thanks for sharing
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post #839 of 1098
4/19/12 at 2:00pm
Question. You are going for the "Goal Post" screen wall. I am planning on the same, but how are you attaching the panels around the screen area? I see hot they could attach to the "goal posts", but how will they attach to the side walls, or are you just going to put up some furring strips or something later? Just wondering.
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post #840 of 1098
4/19/12 at 2:08pm
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Question. You are going for the "Goal Post" screen wall. I am planning on the same, but how are you attaching the panels around the screen area? I see hot they could attach to the "goal posts", but how will they attach to the side walls, or are you just going to put up some furring strips or something later? Just wondering.

I'll have to put up some strips on the walls - I am planning on angling the sides a bit but really need the screen in place to determine where the panels will go. I also plan to do an automated masking system at some point in the future so I have to figure out how the sides are going to be mounted so I can still allow for the masks.
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