Royal Fortune Construction Thread - Page 9

Hey ejhuzy - thanks!! My columns are 2x4's framed out and drywalled. I then stained, polyed and attached sanded plywood to the fronts of each column. Each side with have a black fabric wrapped furring strip attached with industrial Velcro to give the illusion that the wooden fronts are floating into the room.

Liza - I have a huge cavity between the ceiling and main floor that i stuffed with 2 layers of R-30 insulation. I then bought special trims for the can lights that are all metal with a foam boot on the end where the ceramic light socket attaches to the trim. Here is a picture of it. They are a little pricey at 30 bucks a trim but worth it. I have absolutely no sound on the main floor from any of my normal speakers but the sub woofer can tend to shake things a little if I crank up the volume.

Linacoustic helps with the low end absorbsion. I recommend googling bass traps to learn more about how bass traps help increase bass. It is the difference in listening to a movie that sounds like a teens car next to you at a stop light (boomy) vs controlled bass (not boomy) that sounds more realistic and you feel it more than hear it. FYI - Bpape did not have to come to my house to do the testing. He just gathers a TON of information about the room and uses a computer program that tells him what treatments are needed and he gives you a materials list that you can buy and install yourself. It is that easy. I then used a radio shack speaker meter to adjust the calibration of my speakers with the help of a DVD called Avia .

So my list was 1 bale of acoustial cotton for my bass traps and redoing the front and back wall completely and adding linacoustic up higher on the side walls. I was also instructed to removing the batting as it was making the room too dead. I then added FSK to the entire back wall and up 18" down each side wall. Total investment was around 800 dollars for all sound treatments and paying Bryan for his calculated analysis.

Had a 4 day weekend and was very productive. I finished hanging all of my fabric. I am very pleased with the Dazian Expo cloth. It looks great!

The first thing I did was fabric and install the sides of the columns. Each column front over hangs 1" on each side which is now plugged with a fabric wrapped furring strip. This hides staples and makes the columns look like they are floating in front of the wall. Very neat.

Next, I spent a lot of time building frames for the proscenium. I built 1 big frame for the top and bottom that are made up of 3 parts. After test fitting the parts, I glued and screwed them together to make a seamless panel.

Here are some pictures of the frames:








As you can see in the first 2 pictures, There is a gap between the top and bottom frame for individual speaker panels that can be removed to access the L&R speaker. I can take the screen off to access the sub and center channel if needed. After testing the fit, I put on the fabric.

Each of the panels are attached with Industrial Strength Velcro just in case they need to be removed for any reason in the future.

Here is a shot of the velcro on the back of the bottom panel. Oh, and also pictured in this shot is the ONLY reason I finished the fabric in 40 hours instead of 6 months. Thank you to the Porter-Cable stapler. It did a great job.



Here are some of the finished fabric shots of the left, right and front of the room. Next I will be staining the wood for the top, bottom and center pin-stripe wood to finish the room!!!!

Left:


Right:


Front:

I will take some pictures of the back of the room tonight. I need a tri-pod because all of the shots I took to post today were blurry. I guess I was too weak to hold the camera after all that hard work yesterday.

Actually, it is probably due to the fact I suck at taking pictures. They never look like I want them too.

More pics soon.

Thanks dude!

I emailed Ben about getting the Berklines. I think it is about time to get them on order since I should be done with all of the stained trim in the next few weeks.

Bud - if you can get away on Sunday at 3 - come on over to watch some football and drink beers.

I finally got some shots of the back of the room that were not blurry. I also updated the left and right shot above in the previous post. They look much better now and you can see the front wall.

Here are a couple of shots of the back of the room:





I decided to paint the bar semi-gloss black and while I was at it I painted the door too. After painting, I decided that the door really needed to be flat so that is on my list of things to do this weekend. I also need to install the furring strip over the door.

I ordered the black face plate cover (lights) and black outlet and cover (back wall to vaccume the room) from smarthome and they should be here today or tomorrow.



More pics soon.

This weekend I plan to stain, poly and install the center wood pin-stripe around the room. I will also begin looking around for the ceiling and floor trim moulding.

thanks worms!!!

thanks zxlr8!!!

BFauska - thanks for tip. You are correct in your assessment of the getting soooo close. I am going to work on the trim this weekend but staining/poly is such a tedious chore it will most likely take a week to finish. I am hoping the room will be 100% complete by the middle of February.

jimfitz - they are a new portable line of Berks. I really like the way the blue clashes with pretty much every color in the Home Theater. They are eye kickers.

I am ordering my Berklines as soon as I decide which ones I want. I built the room for 2 rows of 3 088's. But now I am thinking about going with 2 rows of 2 090's.

I will have 3 bars stools at the bar but they will most likely only be used during sporting events and not movie watching.

utah997 - thanks dude. It has been very fun and I learned a lot from this forum.

Craigo - thanks man. I am probably going to have to do something like that for our Superbowl Party this year. I can't wait to get the real seats in.

Bigmouth - thanks for the offer. Actually - I think my seats will match your blue decor so maybe I can send you a couple replacements after I get the Berks in.

I can't wait to see your finished theater. I REALLY like the way your theater/Bar area is turning out. Since I copied your theater bar design, I feel it is only right to let you know I may be *borrowing* a few of your designs of the new back bar space. I talked the wife into letting me move all of our workout equiptment to a bedroom upstairs and turn the current gym area into a game room/bar/kitchen - concession area. I plan to start that right after I finish the theater.

Thanks again guys. More pics soon.

Thanks swithey - I think the wife and I have decided to go with the 2 rows of 088's. I was thinking about the 088's for the back and 2 090's in the front and that could still be a possiblility.

Thanks Indygreg. I decided that since this was my first theater, I would keep it simple. I can't make that promise for the next theater though... I understand about trying to figure out a design. I was under way and decided to switch gears on my original design but I am definately glad I did.


Ok - I am off to the basement to continue cutting and staining wood. I have a very limited amount of time today before 3 o'clock football.

Thanks Mark!

Thanks SatelliteGuy! My riser is 88 inches wide and built to accommodate 3 Berkline 088's at 86 inches wide.

Thanks Zinema! I am currently staining the center pin-stripe wood that will hopefully be in place by this Friday. This weekend coming up, I am continuing my search for the perfect ceiling and stain grade base moulding...

LOL. Thanks Mark. I always like to experiment...didn't you see the Green Glue vs. Peanut Butter?