Chinadog's Tennessee Theater! - Page 9

Heres a few more of the loft, still got a few things to do including a headboard, rail caps (solar?) and securing the ladder. Also, turns out the ceiling fan is not centered in the room and weill need to move that - good job for my father in law this summer. Thinking about maybe a slide or another loft level.






Bud

Submitted my questionnaire off to Dennis for his review, waiting to hear if there are specific questions or clarifications required. I just realized that I didn't give the exact locations (in feet and inches) where the doors are in the room. Damn.

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Interesting idea. I'm curious to see what Dennis thinks about the room. I was leaning towards an equipment rack in the room as well as maybe a new concession area.

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She did it once, so far. We'll see how that goes though.

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Thanks. She's excited and makes a huge difference in floor space - now she wants a futon.

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Steal away. I had the rope light track left over from the last theater build. Was happy to have enough for her bed.

On the post, I just went ahead and fired a few 3" nails with my framing nailer into the glued and screwed 2x4s before I trimmed it out. I didn't want it moving, although I'm not sure it would have much, considering the number of screws and carriage bolts in it. I avoided using screws into the floor, figuring it would grab a hold of the carpet and pull it and cause a run in the carpet.

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Upate - there is no update. Waiting on the meeting with DE to go over the concept so we can get moving. My in-laws should be here next week and I've got lots work for the three of us to do (that would be my son, my father-in-law and myself). Hope we'll have the plans in the next couple of weeks.

Bud

Edited by chinadog - 6/8/12 at 2:10pm

Progress - Dennis shot me an email today to talk about the theater, trying to meet with him tomorrow afternoon.

Also, there is some interest in the build by my employer. More to come on that subject later when I we get through the planning phase.

Bud

Meeting with Dennis at noon today - first design consultation. Looking forward to working with him.

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Spent some time with Dennis today, had a great conversation. He's got some ideas and hopefully will have some concepts drawings to review the beginning of next week.

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Not so sure I like the navigational aspect of the new forum changes. Maybe it's me getting used to it, but I have a had time finding the forums I'm following in on central area.

Got a prelim concept sketch from Dennis. More of a sanity check on dimensions and initial idea. Based on dimensions, we're looking at a row of seating with a counter behind it. I think I can get four in the row of seating, but have to be careful due to aisle room. More to come after we get a little down the road. We'll likely go with a single door entrance and use the panic room for the equipment area.

My father-in-law and son pulled off all the sconces in the room as well as all the plates off the outlets and what not. Discovery - the room is already double drywalled! That'll make for a pain in the ass demolition, I'm sure. My son is chomping at the bit to start to break things up. I need to get one of the Waste Management contains from Home Depot so I've got somewhere to put all that crap and get it scheduled so the neighbors don't moan.

Bud
Edited by chinadog - 6/8/12 at 2:13pm

I thought it was weird, but the basement was finished out by the builder when the house was built, so I'm guessing they had NO idea when it came to home theater and isolation.

Ted, I'll probably be reaching out to you once I get a little further down the road here with Dennis.

Bud

Definitely close for a guy like me, but not for my 10 year old. It could have been six inches and she would figure out a way. She's already had sleepovers and her friends love it.

OH and the ceiling fan has been moved, that's to the electrician (her grandfather) leaving with use for the summer.

Welcome to the forum!

Bud
Edited by chinadog - 6/8/12 at 2:52pm

Started to demo today. What a pain in the butt with double drywall. Also, they used some metal track to keep the drywall off the studs, but not sure really why they bothered if there is no isolation. Still a pain to demo though. Thank goodness they didn't glue the sheets together. We still need to do the ceiling tomorrow. Amazing what a mess you can make in a few hours.






And they didn't insulate the wall that shares the panic room. Interesting. Not sure why he bothered with that little piece of conduit.

Bud
Edited by chinadog - 6/9/12 at 6:21pm

Yup, that's the stuff. I'm glad I tore everything out though. There was no insulation on two walls (up against the concrete) and there is a smell in there. The walls that were insulated were missing some spots on the interior side of things. They definitely could have done things better. Obviously no green glue (expected that), just the DD. Plus I'm going to have to rewire everything.

Bud

I had bought my father in-law the new Dremel Saw-Max for father's day yesterday and we tried to use that. I think it would have been good for a single layer of drywall. I then pulled out the Saws All. We used a metal blade and went to town. Every time it hit the RC1 track it would jump, but we as we go comfortable, we just cut through that as well. At one point the blade broke and my father-in-law had to take the thing apart since it broke where the blade came out of the saw. I used a crowbar to wedge behind it and get some pull of the screws through it then was able to get a chuck of the top layer off. Then the second with a little extra elbow grease. What a pain in the butt. I picked up one of those Bagsters (http://www.thebagster.com/), but i'll probably need three of them - so I'll be calling about a dumpster in the morning. Will be more cost effective - I hope.

Bud

Oh yeah, week of June 25th I'll be in Reston in a training for Business Process Design with Appian (anyone use it?). Maybe one night the NOVA guys can meet for a beer? I won't have a vehicle, so maybe somewhere close to the Reston Hyatt.

Bud

Working on the ceiling now. Did I tell you it was a pain in the butt? Making some good progress. Trying to get the first layer off so we can unscrew the second. Will be calling about a dumpster tomorrow.

Here are a few concept drawings that Dennis and I are iterating through:



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I got some cleaning up to do.




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Actually, if you look at different options, they are smaller, width wise. He used three seats at the same width, but likely (did some research already) that you can find smaller widths. IfI have to remove all the armrests (except the ends) so be it.

Bud