Extreme Makeover-Home Theater Edition Construction Thread - Page 4

I got most of that stuff at laner.com. I got a deal on the surge protected outlets on a site called Fruit Ridge tools but only came in brown so it is all actually brown. Since it is all going to be behind the screen wall I figured brown was close enough.

Glad to hear your still plugging away...

Thanks for the tip! I am sure I will have more questions as I get into this!

Judson

Instead of trying to put furring strips on all the joists I shimmed the back board up 1/2" where it was off. Now everthing is level. I will still have to shim a few spots when I start putting drywall on the ceiling, but at least now I have a reasonably flat surface to work with.

I didn't work on the theater at all this weekend as we took our son to a local indoor water park. As a side note, I took a flow-rider lesson (think indoor surfing). It was an 1 1/4 hours and is supposed to have 15 people. Well, I was the only one for the first 1/2 hour and then only 2 more showed after that. I don't think there is a muscle in my body that doesn't hurt. What a blast.

I did have a little time to think about the theater name, and here is what I came up with.

"Cinema at the Glen". We live on Oak Glen Drive so it seemed fitting.

Check back soon for a picture that has my theater name spelled correctly! (See below)

[quote=Dr Serenity]
How embarrassing is that?

Willie,

Thanks for the kind words! You thread was a great read and I can say I think your theater turned out great. I too am on a pretty tight budget but believe that you can do a lot if you just take the time to be creative. You did that and it shows in your workmanship.

As far as the screen logo... this thread will tell you everything you need to know - Fox Style Theater Logo

Good Luck!

Judson

Let's try this again! This time with out the grammar issues...

I did a couple sketches in google sketchup - nothing like Reaper does of course

I am still thinking about colors but really like the grey/black/graphite theme. I am thinking about doing black from 3' up and grey above that. But go back to this all grey too. Open to suggestions of course.





Thanks for looking!

I will soon be entering the "drywall-zone", or the "drywall-triangle". The weather is changing and my honey-do list for outdoors is growing so things will probably move a little slower. Thanks for the adda-boy, I look forward to seeing Vader, especially if it looks half as good as that shot in your thread!

Judson

Tom,

I can't say that I am dreading it, but I know that it will be a step that I don't enjoy as much as I have some of the others.

Glad to hear that you are almost done with the drywall. Now get back to work so I can get an idea of what my theater will look like when yours is done.

Judson

I am in complete stop mode! In fact I haven't even been out here to check out what everyone else has been up to.
My yard has consumed me as has my job. I am a project manager and it is crunch time.
I can only say I hope to get back to this in the next month or so, but we will see.

Judson

yeah, it seems that more and more of the time is "crunch time"!

Thanks for the kind words SatelliteGuy. Unfortunately I don't have anything new to take a picture of. The project is on Hiatus until after vacation (Julyish). I am stalling a little bit as I get caught up on the honey-do's.

Ok, I am going to try to revive this thread as it seems to be getting a little dusty. I am looking for a needy friend to help me get a stack of drywall home. Also, while I was at Lowe's picking up some other odds and ends I saw a sale on - of all things, door knobs. I got a Kwikset maximum security lever in satin nickel, regular price $52 - on sale for $15.
All I need now is a door...

Well, it's time to get back to work on the theater. After about 2 hours and some very gracious help (wife, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law) there is a stack of 37 sheets of drywall in the basement.



I also got a 1 1/2" thick piece of foam board for behind the snack bar. Trimmed it to size and wedged it in between the studs.



Here is a shot of the first two sheets in place. These are just to get the wall the same thickness as the existing drywall. I will cover this whole wall with another layer of drywall.

Despite the holiday weekend (and the fight with traffic) I still managed to work in the basement for a little while.
I finished the drywall for the snack cove in the theater. I haven't decided what is going to go in there yet. Most likely some cabinets for storage and a countertop for snacks and drinks. I have a sheet of plywood to cover up the base.




I also added the top part of my cold air return. This won't be anything fancy and since I am not too concerned about keeping sound in I won't go out of my way to do anything else to this. (*Edit* I will elbow up to the ceiling where there is an existing return)
I got two sheets of drywall up in the laundry room - excuse the mess. I have to finish the bottom sheets.
Also I have to decide what I am going to do about my rack. I have a spot to mount it in the wall but I don't know if this is what I am going to do.





This is the spot for the rack

We have been kicking around the idea of using more color, just not sure how. I am a little restricted because we are going to use Dazian fabric for the walls. The GOM is just too expensive. If you have any suggestions let me know.

So I am to the point where I am starting to look at cutting the hole for the rack. I am having second thoughts that I am opening up a wall that connects to the laundry room and the utility room. Furnace, washer, dryer, dehumidifier, etc. This is a pretty noisy area. I don't have to keep the sound out - I am not using green glue or any techniques that will keep the sound out, but cutting a hole in the wall and mounting my equipment there is just asking for all that noise to flow through.
I can probably put a door on the rack but I can't enclose it on the backside.

Anyone else been through this? I have a 5-29 MA rack that will be less than half full at the completion of the theater. It will sit in the back corner in-line with second row of seats.

I checked on the price of a plexiglass door for my rack - $399!!!!!! I don't think I will be cutting a hole in the wall for my rack. I think using a remote extender will work better here.
I guess it's time to start looking at those... I thought I remembered Bud getting the Buffalo one and speaking highly of it.