Well, the name says it all. I set out to buy/ build a new house because my old place didn't have the space I wanted for my home theater. Until recently, I worked in the industry as a consultant and had the opportunity to acquire some fun toys over the years. As I am in the middle of a home build and I am currently in frame, I would very much appreciate everyone's thoughts and suggestions. So here is the plan.....
This is my inspiration theater. Clean lines, comfortable. I have several trades that work with me and I plan to work with them to do wainscoting on the bottom with speakers behind faux panels and fabric walls above. Considering star ceiling.
Along with wiring, I have been putting a lot of thought into sound isolation. I am building a spec home so there is only so much I can do, but I do plan to insulate the interior walls, use sound putty on outlets, acoustic sealant on top and bottom plates. I don't know if there is anything else that can be accomplished given the constraints of building a spec home. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
How do you get into your Master Bedroom? Through the family room and that little entrance way off the covered porch? Might be nice to have a small door way or a pass through or something in the wall between the WIC and what appears to be the laundry room. Long walk back around the house to get the clothes from closet to laundry and back.
ps- looked at the rest of the posts, and I also like the plan of the study instead of the formal living room. We have a formal living room in our house, and it's only used to go in and dust. Nice looking plans for everything.
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Originally Posted by ADDUpstate /forum/post/20885700
Just my worthless $0.02.
How do you get into your Master Bedroom? Through the family room and that little entrance way off the covered porch? Might be nice to have a small door way or a pass through or something in the wall between the WIC and what appears to be the laundry room. Long walk back around the house to get the clothes from closet to laundry and back.
ps- looked at the rest of the posts, and I also like the plan of the study instead of the formal living room. We have a formal living room in our house, and it's only used to go in and dust. Nice looking plans for everything.
Funny you should say that, the change order was already written last week. There will be a doorway between the WIC and laundry.
We had a formal in the last house and I turned it into a theater. Will use an office everyday.. Still feel like the dining will be wasted on my wife and I. No kids YET, so I cannot imagine ever eating in there even on formal occasions.
I have had some discussions with my builder about this. Only my elevation has this space above the office. So the permits are filed for 3900sq ft and this cannot be changed. I plan to finish this out and use half for storage and will make the other half a play room off of the upstairs bedroom. Something like this would be kind of cool one day when we have children.
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Originally Posted by BrittonYoder /forum/post/20886252
I have had some discussions with my builder about this. Only my elevation has this space above the office. So the permits are filed for 3900sq ft and this cannot be changed. I plan to finish this out and use half for storage and will make the other half a play room off of the upstairs bedroom. Something like this would be kind of cool one day when we have children.
make sure the builder frames you in some rim joists where you think you will be putting the floor joists in the future.....that way you can strip drywall and attach the hangers and slap the joists and subfloor in...bada bing bada boom.
Originally Posted by longtimelurker
make sure the builder frames you in some rim joists where you think you will be putting the floor joists in the future.....that way you can strip drywall and attach the hangers and slap the joists and subfloor in...bada bing bada boom.
Thank you for this great advice. I am going to bolt them up this weekend after pre-drywall inspection. I will try and post pictures of the space this evening if I can sneak out of work before it gets dark. My boss just tasked me to design a dist. audio/ Vid. system for our offices. They are taking advantage of my background. Currently work for a company that does high process mechanical for semi-con fabs..
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