The Merrimont trace Theater has begun - Page 2

well i think we have decided on colors and cabinets

big might like the colors but not 100%

shaker style cabinets

not 100% on that shade of grey may go a little darker

the hvac main trunk is now framed in ..... yes i know some will say i could of framed it tad closer to the have trunk line but even with new homes not every thing is build perfectly level and straight so i framed where i knew it would not hit at point and i did not 1by wood because the width of the box is over 40inches .....

i will ut 2 two pot lights in this for above the back of the bar




also framed the equipment closet to the right of the bar this is the best spot imo , very easy access to vent it outside the house and in spot that will take no space away from the theater area

well i got very lucky one of my long time friends and co workers was a electrician before getting into the IT field and will be helping me do all the electrical so i breath easier now

i swear i forgot exactly what colors you used but i love that color and it dawned on me afterwards..... but i really like that color!!!

sent you a pm .... sorry for the delay

have been working on the electrical, and for some crazy reason i picked today a hot day to work in the garage to run the new cable from the main breaker box to the new sub panel in the basement, ran 6/3 cable and will being the electrician install 50amp fuse in the main panel to run the sub panel.










bought a box with 12 circuits but may have to return it and get one a little larger


friday have a hvac guy coming to run all the ducts and return, he understand what i am doing and will run insulted ducts for me.

First Ted is correct in screw size (remember the floor above in my situation was 3/4 sub floor and then 3/4 hardwood if you floor is sub floor then carpet you may need a shorter screw)
as far as a difference yes i noticed right away but that i think was because i sure mass, as the green glue cures it will get even better.... also i have read that once your room is fully drywalled you will get the echo effect back until you get your walls treatments done.

so far i am very happy with Info Ted has provided on working with GG and double layer drywall between the joist i know it will get even better when i do the sound clips and hat channel then two more layers of 5/8 drywall with GG between.
if you look at my first post you will see a diagram that Ted provided, there is also a couple other builders that have done this process, i think BigmouthinDC used this in one of his builds and was very pleased with the results.

mine also had some nails from the hard wood i pretty much bent them over and banged all nails flush to the floor... no it is not fun, once you to the first layer the second layer goes very easy and much faster.... it is just me and my wife and my 14yr son and our pug... it did the pain staking double layer of drywall between the joist not only for making it so less noise would travel upstairs but also because how it will improve the sound quality of the theater area.... my design is a open a concept not the ideal space for a theater most if not all will tell you the a sealed room is much easier to deal with... with that said this is why i have gone a little extra with the sound proofing... even if i had a closed off room and had hardwood above i would have still down it exactly the way i did it.... why spend all the money of GG and Drywall and do it half way only to be questioning your decision when done??? i just delt with the headache of working between the joist and when i am done there will be no chance of me saying hmm what if i did this or that i wondering if this or that would of made a difference..... just my two cents

i have not updated in a while but last week had the HVAC guys out they installed 3 new vents/runs all which where quite duck and also a new return, also ihave installed the electrical distro panel and it now hocked up to the main breaker box in the garage. running 6/3 wire is not so much fun
but it is all done. i have hocked up all the circuits except what will be going into the theater area.

getting very close to drywall time, all that is left before drywall is running speaker and RG6 and cat6 cabling , and hanging the hat channel on the ceiling so with that said i need some opinions of the soffet around the theater area

i have a set of stairs and two beams to contend with,

option 1 i was thinking of doing the soffet and pot lights inside back boxes in the ceiling and rope light in soffet

option 2 lights in soffet like bacon race and stair ceiling on either side of beam

open to any thought and any idea

ok i am to the point where i am getting very close to the drywall stage
my basement height is 8ft so to save headroom i will be doing this




My question is in the pic i makes perfect since you measure eight inches from the wall for your first row of clips and then 24" from the wall and so on
this would work perfectly is there is no hvac in the way or a in my case it seems like a joist is there, my biggest concern it making sure a 8ft piece of drywall falls in the right place
any tips from someone that has maybe done this

i could just do it the normal way but fear i will loose to much ceiling height has anyone attached whisper clips directly to the joist that had a 8ft ceiling ? and if so how much ceiling height was lost?

i have the whisper clips

is this is true my life just got much much better .... can this be confirmed?

when i started laying it out it looked i would be no more then 3 to 4 inches from the edge of the drywall

is if the drywall is at most 3 to 5 inches from the hat channel i am safe ?

happy day to me!!!! i got so frustrated when i started this weekend getting these clips in place that i just moved on to something else

thanks Ted

not yet i still need to move the floor drain .... debating on moving the center of where the shower will be or just move the drain a little because kerdi has two different models one with center drain and with drain close to wall
my shower will be 30 or 32 x60 .....i think the kit is a tad pricey but seems to be well worth it

wow where can you get it thou ?