Another Erskine-designed masterpiece (if I don't screw it up). - Page 7

http://www.modulararts.com/

Their stuff is expensive but very unique. The have larger "panels" for walls or "tiles" for smaller areas.

I had originally thought about using the panels for a horizontal cut out section around the whole room. But I got nervous about messing with Dennis' concept, so I opted to just do the backsplash in the kitchenette.

We have lived in Allen for 12 years, but the house we are building is just outside of Allen about 10 minutes away.

Made some good progress this week! The first project I tackled was building a frame for the Edmunds Optics glass that will sit in the projector box. The problem was that it had to sit on an angle to avoid reflections and it also had to be removable. The solution that Dennis came up with (and I modified a little) was a removable sleve that holds the glass and then slides into a cutout on the projector box. Here are the photos:








When put into the projector box, it will be held in place with rare-earth magnets inset on the back of the frame.

Next up was some trim out in the room. We had baseboards installed and some of the carpet put in. The baseboards were cut so that they can go accross the doors and "hide" the doors somewhat.





Carpet going in:






But the most exciting part of the week by far was a visit from Adam Pelz and Bob Sawdey to help with the Quest Acoustics tracks, panels, and fabric. Adam and Bob are FANTASTIC to work with. Extremely knowledgable and good people as well.

Unfortunately, I only scheduled them to come in for 2 days and as it turns out, my project is more like a 5 day project. So, they got me started and I will try to keep it going from there (unless I can talk them into coming back for more. Bob and Adam, don't you want to experience the pride of completing the job???)

Sent you a PM.

Got the two entry doors hung this week. More importantly, we got a lock installed so that subcontractors who don't work in the HT won't have access. Maybe some of my materials and tools will stop walking off now.



Also finished installing all of the furring strips for the fabric tracks and installed all of the acoustic panels:







Next major task is installing the tracks. I will be working on this a little at a time for the next several weeks. Really time-consuming stuff.

She is responsible for the theft of large sums of money from me regularly. But she is not very intersted in tools or construction materials.

They are from Quest Acoustical Interiors (QAI). There are actually 4 different types of panels used. The ones with holes are their Perf Sorbers. Dennis could speak more to what each one actually does. I am just following his instructions on where to hang them.

What does nearly 1,000lbs of speakers look like? I found out today!

Nothing worthy of pictures yet. Been working on odds and ends. Last weekend, I finished up the baffle wall with MDF and Insulshield around speaker openings. I also painted the lumber for the screen wall black.

Next week, I expect to receive the screen and projector. After that, we should be able to frame the screen wall. With any luck, we will be racking equipment the week after that.