The Merrimont trace Theater has begun - Page 10

Thanks Mario!!.... i know this is part i have to take my time on and it will pay off... i still look back on your build to keep me motivated....

finished priming the the theater and i also have decided on the shade of grey for the final color

also got the final coat the ceiling used a matte finish this time ..first time i used ultra flat bad bad idea a simple touch and you made a mark and could wipe it away
if you stand on the riser you can barley touch the ceiling so the matte finish gives me the ability to wipe it off is someone feels the need to touch the ceiling




now that it is all primed i have taking 180 grit sanding block to it and every thing is very smooth

**painting tip ...the guy at Benjamin Moore gave a good tip for filling small nail wholes ... crest toothpaste ... i tested it and it worked was surprised... no sanding and no shrinking


this will be the final color sweatshirt grey





also got sample door in today for the bar area




going to try to get samples of these three color's of masland carpet

#1 Graphite




#2 Union Square




#3 St. Marks Square

was off yesterday but didn't get much done ... did get all the covers for the lights painted thou




my wife works for trim company and is ordering the rest of the trim from the basement
HUGE HUGE savings ... defiantly made my day ... primed base trim .40 a foot and crown .35
she will also order the three doors that i need two 30" doors for 53$ and a french for going from the bar area to the game room for 250$

so will be very busy the next couple weeks outside the theater area

LOL!! i thought that might get a laugh or two ...

yes no more sprayer for me ..... me and that thing just did not seem to get along ... i am sure with practice i could be pretty good with it but that is skill my heart will not break for not having .... thanks for the tip on Flotrol i read about that and planned on it giving it try....

yep i agree it is a toss up between #1 and #3 will see when i get samples but #3 so far is growing on me

got 99% of the theater area painted the color we choose was Benjamin Moore "sweatshirt grey"

here is the sample ....




took me a little over two days to do two coats .. second coat i added Flotrol that way it gave me more time to work with the paint and with that along with a nice fine brush the virtually no brush lines at all very happy with the end result .
i still need to paint the crown molding above the stage ....... note to self next time PAINT THE CROWN BEFORE NAILING IT UP........ live and learn also need to paint the back of the riser .




















once everything was dry my shipment of fabric came in so i was anxious to see how the well color matched so i started with the cabinets on the stage ..











and the finished product

the entire basement has 8" ceilings i think what your asking about is the support beam that runs across the theater room?

here is pic of it during framing ...... the other drop down you see in the front top of the pic is where the main hvac ducs run

the beam that drops down in the theater area is 9 inches.... i used mdf and boxed it in very tight to the beam

what do you mean ? it is little over 7ft from the floor to the bottom of the beam ... i guess if i was in the NBA i may have a prob ..... i have had friends that are over 6ft and they never even noticed the beam
i have seen older homes with basements that the entire basement has only 7ft
i would have loved for my basement to have 9ft ceilings but it was not even an option when we built the house.

good ? i was going to finish them up next week i have all the crossovers made and everything else for them to finish them off i just need to putty them sand them and paint and there done..
but the i have the rest of the trim and doors for the rest of basement coming in next week so i will probably not being working in the theater area for the next week .....
if all i had was the theater room to finish off i would say i see the light at the end of tunnel but no such luck i have so much to do

got the fabric panels in the lower part of the columns ... these where built just like i built the fabrick panels for the rest of the room just 1x2's put together with the kregg jig.

the the fabric color i choose for front cabinets and the columns is Bleu Papier i am so happy with how well it matches the sweatshirt grey BM paint and it really makes the baltic blue fabric panels pop

no clips or anything on the soffit ..the soffits where constructed by using 2x2's on the ceiling and the wall ... the deigned is borrowed from the "bacon Race" build and they did a much better job with documenting the build steps ...
that is the one thing i wish i did a little better was to have the camera by my side at all times and just take pics as i went along..... will try to better job from now on thou.

Thank you .... i need to get them speaker finished soon i don't want to see unfinished MDF for a very very long time after this project lol.....

we ordered the doors and the rest of the trim for the rest of basement today that will be delivered Thursday.... i am forcing my self to finish the whole basement before i start filling the theater with equipment because i know me i would get caught up into enjoying the big screen and everything else would to a standstill....

oh gotcha i was told that just screwing the 2x2's to the two layers of drywall would be strong enough but i was still worried the all the weight of that mdf i am sure it would have been fine but i guess i just worried to much so since the 2x2's would only be attached to the drywall i ended up pre-drilling a very small hole through the 2x2 into the drywall and then installed a heavy duty drywall anchors into the two layers of drywall then screwed the 2x2's into place..... hope that helps ... there was no of pre planing exactly where the soffits would end up without doing some complicated math lol

here is couple shots of it being built towards bottom of page http://www.avsforum.com/t/1406917/the-merrimont-trace-theater-has-begun/90

started on the fabric speaker panels in the columns

i ordered 6 replacement kits from parts express

these are friction fit and i also used small magnets in all four corners




then i used hot glue to attach the fabric to the panel and test fitted







my wife threw me and my sister a birthday party so i was forced to do some cleaning in prep for the basement tours!!






also have been working on trim for the rest of the basement





oh yeah got some work done in the bathroom also
i was going to user the kerdi shower pan kit but ended not fitting correctly it would have ended up being way to close to the toilet
so returned it and bought a tub instead and now the toilet is the correct distance from the tub
will be removing the drywall around the tub and replacing with concrete backer board



Carpet guy will be out Saturday to measure and give estimate so i feel like things are moving along but still a long way to go but that is ok its marathon not a sprint......

good point..... thank you