The Timelapse Theatre - Planning n' Build Log - Page 34

PM sent. I'm fairly busy but I'll see what I can do to help.

I have footage of it but we all know how slack I am at editing lately!

I just started a thread asking what you're showing on your big screen during a party. Drop on by! http://www.avsforum.com/t/1427919/its-party-time-whats-on-your-big-screen

I find it to be rather debilitating, actually. Here you have a machine that can essentially realize your wildest construction fantasies but the downside is that you have very few constraints left. If there are only two colors of paint, the decision is simple! Now we have 11,000 shades of blue to pick from!

I spent weeks drawing designs in CAD, mocking them up, test cutting them, tweaking them, throwing it all out and doing something different, etc. That whole process can be seen perfectly in this thread. I started out with a vastly different vision for this room!

Here's a little progress update! I managed to hang the wave wall! One of the MDF sheets warped a bit too much for my taste so I'm going to have to screw it into the wall afterall. For the time being, however, these panels are installed on Z-clips. I used two 18-inch Z-clips per panel.

First, I painted above and below where the wave would hang. I used the same grey that I used on my soffits so the wall would just disappear. Mouse Ears black gets messed up too easily.


Next I installed the z-clips. Lots of very careful measuring here!



Then, up goes the first panel. The wall isn't exactly straight (the middle of the wall sticks out into the room a little more than the edges) which made installing this panel a little tricky. This is a 16-foot wide wall, by the way.


Up goes the second panel and blammo!





I'm REALLY proud of this. The execution isn't perfect but I'm also not finished with it yet. There's a 1/2" gap between the panels (by design) that I forgot to fill in with the grey paint. It also occurred to me that I should have painted the edges of the piece the same color as the wall. The edges are just covered in sanded drywall compound to minimize warping.

I wound up putting three coats of clear finish on the piece sanding gently between coats. The sanding was a total pain in the butt. I completely understand now why these panels sell for hundreds of dollars each.

Things I wish I'd done differently (already):

1. Mount the MDF to 1/2" high quality plywood to minimize warping
2. Use higher quality MDF so the finish would be smoother (way too much surface area to sand)

Oh, and before someone mentions it, I'm totally aware of the horrible wiring job on those rear speakers. I have a roll of mesh that I need to install over the wires but before I do I have to do a little soldering.

Thanks!

The closest one to you, I think, is Brooklyn.

Do it! Just about anyone posting in this forum can do this. It's not that hard. I am fortunate in having access to the machinery. Check out http://www.100kgarages.com/map_fabber.php to see if there's someone with a CNC machine nearby. I could help with the design (a bit!) and then you could have it cut locally!

Thanks for all the compliments, guys!

And now a bit of a setback.



We had a BBQ on Saturday with a bunch of friends and their kids. Someone's kid tried to flush just a little bit too much toilet paper and overflowed the toilet above the theatre.

The toilet patiently and dutifully filled the entire bathroom an inch deep in water which then filtered through the hardwoods, through the subfloor and HVAC duct, and onto the ceiling of the theatre below. It pooled there for a while and then poured out of the light fixture directly onto our brand new ottoman.

The good news is that none of the theatre electronics were harmed!

Our insurance company sent a cleanup crew that has installed blowers and dehumidifiers to remove the moisture. The cleanup crew removed a 6-foot strip of the ceiling in the middle of the room since it was ruined. The crew did a very clean job. I don't see a spec of drywall dust. They taped the edges to minimize dust and built a whole construction tent in there while removing the ceiling.

The fans will be removed on Friday and we'll have a better idea of the damage. We're not sure what needs to be replaced just yet. Hopefully not very much!

ARGGGHHH!

I checked last night and saw that the wave wall panels are now seriously warped due to the dehumidifiers the cleaning company put in! They weren't perfectly flat before but now they're seriously cupped and stick out about 3 inches at the bottom.