The Brown Family Cinema for beginners thread - Page 2

I thought about decoupling the walls but I didn't want to sacrifice even more space than I already don't have, lol. Noise isolation, while important to me, is not paramount due to the fact that the wife and I are the sole occupants in the house. I felt that GG and DD will suffice. The theater room will mostly be used when we are there together. All the outlets will be sealed and wrapped. In regards to ventilation, I would have to do some research into HVAC solutions as this is an area that I am terribly inexperienced in this field. I am definitely open to suggestions! Also, glad you noticed the monoprice box aaustin! I found out that I probably won't be using the wall plates but hey, always nice to keep em handy!

Quick question for those of you who might know, I am in the phase of attaching linacoustic to my screen wall. The wall is an exterior wall and also DD. I have heard of people using drywall screws but how will I know where the studs are? Should I just use some type of adhesive and nails? Thanks in advance!!

Thanks alot Ted! I won't be wrapping (rapping, hehe) the linacoustic in GOM as it is behind the screen wall. I will probably use the 3m adhesive and the drywall screws like you did since GOM is not a factor.

You are 100% correct sir. I just purchased mine from a local resource and he actually custom cut the linacoustic according to how much I would need on my screen wall! Total cost was 100 bucks. I chose this over 703 because it was cheaper and I can only afford about 1" of space between my screen wall and rear wall.....

You got it D-max....I will gladly whore my room out for your viewing pleasure!

Sigh, I just found "multi quote" button.......Sorry guys, I'm in a frenzy right now.

lookie what I got from the store!



I got this from Joann's. It is premier velvet, it has no stretch and it tears very easily (sign of premium quality). I plan to wrap my DIY seymour screen frame with this stuff. It was 26 bucks per yard but I had a 40% discount coupon.....THANK GOODNESS!!

DD and GG installed. This is a shot looking from the front to the rear wall. AV rack open and wires being ran to the rack. We had to run the wires from the rear, through the attic, and through the ceiling to the front screen wall. The hole in the drywall near the ceiling is the wires for the projector (Panasonic PTAE4000U).

Honorary photo of empty green glue bucket...


Just what I want to see!


My first attempt using a reciprocating saw.....FAIL


Decided this was a much more effective weapon of choice...



I will be using Brad's method of building the bass traps (2x2 framing).

Ha, you know I went to Walmart specifically in search of one and they were all out. I had to resort to plan B......then C. lol



No reinforcement Ted. The plan is to build a shelf into the soffit for the projector if that's why you were asking??

UPDATE time:

BEFORE: facing the screen wall



AFTER: same wall

We took a piece of drywall cut to fit inside the window ledge, added some 2x4's and filled with R30 insulation, then put a piece of 5/8 drywall to finish the sandwich. The whole wall was then GG with an additional 5/8 drywall. Hopefully that will seal it up nicely!

Drywall is complete, now working on stage. The stage was framed out of 2x4's. We made the stage 17 inches from the false wall due to spacial limitations. Stage was decoupled with roofing felt. Once complete, we crammed it with insulation and finished it off with 2 sheets of 3/4 plywood.

Thanks a lot RT! We pretty much sealed it up tight. I was thinking about the notion of a removable plug however that idea was out the "window" when we decided to make that wall our screen wall. Go big or go home I suppose.....hehe

Hey Austin,

I will grab more pictures for you. The arch came out an additional 7 inches at the peak. I didn't want it too come to far out in the room due to the shallow depth of the stage itself.

here is an overly simplistic updated look at the floor plan. My viewing distance will be approximately 9 feet away from the screen wall. I could push it back however that would place the theater seats directly inline with the doorway (also eliminating optimal speaker placement for surrounds). My question for you guys is, should I place the surrounds in front of the doorway and sit at 9 feet or move the surrounds to the rear wall and push the seating back to 10 feet? Also, the rendering is definitely not to scale, lol.


PS

Happy Holiday's!! Be safe and buy bigger belts to accommodate all that holiday cooking!!

good idea. the only problem is that would move my seating position really close to the rear wall to be in the 90-110 degree margin. i'm thinking i'll sacrifice a foot (9 feet viewing distance should be okay) and mount the surrounds on the wall just in front of the door way. that way, i could always add rear surrounds down the line.....