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Here is a new example of a rather challenging installation.
This application involves a Family Room / Kitchen area that has a Beamed Ceiling, low hanging Ceiling Fan, and a Full Wall of "Floor to Ceiling" Windows on the left. There are Can lights directly above and to the side of the proposed Screen location.
But the biggest issue of all...a Wall that consists of roughly sized and irregularly laid Field Stone. Far from being a flat surface, it has many areas where the Stone sticks out as far as 2"-3" in a lumpy or pointed manner. ................and I'm planning to use a Store-bought HangMan French Cleat?
The presence of a 18"drop pole Ceiling Fan (11' ceilings) as well as 12" x 10" Box-Wood Ceiling Beams every 4' added to the complexity of the decision making on this one.
Well we must all start somewhere.
First off, I decided to hang the Projector first to determine my maximum screen size. Screen width was constrained by the available width of the Stone wall Fireplace (approx 85"). The Owner wanted a size upgrade from the 70" Sharp he had been watching up to that point, so I was shooting for a 91"er (79" x 44") as this would allow me at least 3" of Screen Trim without having the edges of such protrude out past the edges of the Stone on each side.
But the limitations on Projector Placement, confounded by things such as required Throw Distances, Drop heights / Lens shift availability (or not), the Fan (...curse it...you don't tell people to lose a fan unless absolutelt required to do so...) and a acute sense of aesthetics in the Wife all served to drastically complicate what is my first foray into getting back in the saddle again.
So....after much head scratching, tape measuring, and product searching, I settle on using a Optoma GT1080. And for good reason. It had the ability to toss out my desired 91' diagonal image from 3.3' away, it incorporates a 7" vertical Image Offset at that size/distance, it is sufficiently bright for the job at hand, and reasonably priced.
But lemmie tell ya sumpthin'......I got insanely lucky. The first Beam across the room foremost leading edge toward the screen was.....3'-8" from the Stone Wall. It was my intention to effect a clean,"Pipe-only" Drop through the Ceiling, and essentially that meant drilling my 1-5/8" Hole directly against the leading edge of the beam. (...it should be noted at this conjecture that there was a Walk-through Attic area above the family room...)
Of course the hole needed to be exactly centered since I had no Horizontal Lens shift, and no Horizontal Keystone, and when your drilling a hole through someone's ceiling....well, you better get it right the first time around. So right from the start the nail-biting began.
Moving on to the screen itself, I chose a 4' x 8' x 6mm Sheet of Sintra for my substrate. It was cut to the size of my Frame... 83" x 48" allowing me 2" of leeway of Trimming.
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Then...I had to spray the screen "off-site" hanging across my Barn Doors at my home. It was approx 72 degrees, and somewhat humid, but I used my 18" Pole fan from 6'-7' away to hasten drying to 20 minuted per Duster Coat.
I only took the two Following shots during the painting process, ones that show the 1st and 2nd Dusters and how they appear. It seems many still stress over seeing the spottiness, but they should not. Close inspection shows the spots, after drying, do not show any texture.
1st Coat (w/Enlargement)
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2 nd Coat (w/Enlargement)
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Jumping ahead, here is a rough shot of the screen in place. Getting the Screen to hang level and plumb took me over 4 hours! The Image is not squared yet, nor has the PJ been adjusted as far as exact positioning (...the Chief RPA-O allows for side to side / front to back adjustment...) so the mage will be both a bit larger as well as centered.
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I will post a more complete set of images, as well as on that shows the rear Framing after I return from the location tomorrow. (...or later today as the case may be...seeing that it's 3:35 am )
This application involves a Family Room / Kitchen area that has a Beamed Ceiling, low hanging Ceiling Fan, and a Full Wall of "Floor to Ceiling" Windows on the left. There are Can lights directly above and to the side of the proposed Screen location.
But the biggest issue of all...a Wall that consists of roughly sized and irregularly laid Field Stone. Far from being a flat surface, it has many areas where the Stone sticks out as far as 2"-3" in a lumpy or pointed manner. ................and I'm planning to use a Store-bought HangMan French Cleat?
The presence of a 18"drop pole Ceiling Fan (11' ceilings) as well as 12" x 10" Box-Wood Ceiling Beams every 4' added to the complexity of the decision making on this one.
Well we must all start somewhere.
First off, I decided to hang the Projector first to determine my maximum screen size. Screen width was constrained by the available width of the Stone wall Fireplace (approx 85"). The Owner wanted a size upgrade from the 70" Sharp he had been watching up to that point, so I was shooting for a 91"er (79" x 44") as this would allow me at least 3" of Screen Trim without having the edges of such protrude out past the edges of the Stone on each side.
But the limitations on Projector Placement, confounded by things such as required Throw Distances, Drop heights / Lens shift availability (or not), the Fan (...curse it...you don't tell people to lose a fan unless absolutelt required to do so...) and a acute sense of aesthetics in the Wife all served to drastically complicate what is my first foray into getting back in the saddle again.
So....after much head scratching, tape measuring, and product searching, I settle on using a Optoma GT1080. And for good reason. It had the ability to toss out my desired 91' diagonal image from 3.3' away, it incorporates a 7" vertical Image Offset at that size/distance, it is sufficiently bright for the job at hand, and reasonably priced.
But lemmie tell ya sumpthin'......I got insanely lucky. The first Beam across the room foremost leading edge toward the screen was.....3'-8" from the Stone Wall.
It was my intention to effect a clean,"Pipe-only" Drop through the Ceiling, and essentially that meant drilling my 1-5/8" Hole directly against the leading edge of the beam. (...it should be noted at this conjecture that there was a Walk-through Attic area above the family room...) Of course the hole needed to be exactly centered since I had no Horizontal Lens shift, and no Horizontal Keystone, and when your drilling a hole through someone's ceiling....well, you better get it right the first time around. So right from the start the nail-biting began.
Moving on to the screen itself, I chose a 4' x 8' x 6mm Sheet of Sintra for my substrate. It was cut to the size of my Frame... 83" x 48" allowing me 2" of leeway of Trimming.
Then...I had to spray the screen "off-site" hanging across my Barn Doors at my home. It was approx 72 degrees, and somewhat humid, but I used my 18" Pole fan from 6'-7' away to hasten drying to 20 minuted per Duster Coat.
I only took the two Following shots during the painting process, ones that show the 1st and 2nd Dusters and how they appear. It seems many still stress over seeing the spottiness, but they should not. Close inspection shows the spots, after drying, do not show any texture.
1st Coat (w/Enlargement)
2 nd Coat (w/Enlargement)
Jumping ahead, here is a rough shot of the screen in place. Getting the Screen to hang level and plumb took me over 4 hours! The Image is not squared yet, nor has the PJ been adjusted as far as exact positioning (...the Chief RPA-O allows for side to side / front to back adjustment...) so the mage will be both a bit larger as well as centered.
I will post a more complete set of images, as well as on that shows the rear Framing after I return from the location tomorrow. (...or later today as the case may be...seeing that it's 3:35 am )
