I am just starting construction of my HT. This should be fun and alot of work. I just thought that I'd relay what I am doing to everybody as a learning experience, primarily for me, but also for anybody else who might drop by. Please feel free to critique what I have done and guide me as much or as little as you like.
Let me just start by saying that I do not have a digital camera or scanner that would allow me to post pictures, although I am taking them as I proceed. I am sorry, but you'll have to rely on my descriptive abilities.
First let me describe the space. It is in an unfinished portion of the basement in a townhome. It is about 19 feet between the two neighboring townhomes which means two of the walls (walls A and B) are firewall. It is about 10 feet wide with one side concrete (wall C), and the other facing the rest of the basement(wall D). It is 8'3" between the concrete and above floor joists. Wall D is basically delineated by a large, structure supporting I-beam in the ceiling. The bottom of the I-beam is about 7.5' from the concrete floor with supporting members (4" diameter) on either end of the space. Along the ceiling, under the joists, running parallel for about 10-11' of the I-beam on the unfinished side (i.e. in my future HT space) is a large section of box ductwork which branches into several smaller ducts distributed to various places in the house. About 10' of wall D is open into the laundry room, 3.5' of it is the opening to a hallway in the basement (where the door will be), and 5' of it is already walled off from a closet and steps. Wall A has the waste water line coming down it, about in the middle, and going into the concrete about a foot out from the wall. There is nothing along walls C and B that I have to contend with. There are two lighting fixtures in the ceiling, one above each half of the space.
Now, I have already built the wall framing. I built a staggered frame under the I-beam along wall D with 2X6 sole and top plate. The studs are 16" OC on either side of the sole and plate, meaning there is a stud every 8" OC. I have not yet framed the doorway, and the other section of wall D only has the pre-existing framing and drywall. Walls A, B, and C are all framed 16"OC. The top plates for walls A and C are secured to the ceiling joists with 16d nails, and with liquid nails for wall B. The top plate for the staggered framing of wall D was secured to the I-beam with liquid nails. The sole of all framing that I put up was secured to the concrete with concrete nails.
The space enclosed by the framing is 18'6" X 10'2" X 8'3". The door frame will jut into the room by about 5".
That is where I am now.
The equipment I have that will be in the room is as follows:
NEC 6pg+
FR, C, FL speakers....NHT super ones
RS, LS....Definitive BP2
2 Subwoofers....homemade, heavily braced, HDF boxes (3' cubic) w/ 12" Audio concepts DV12s
I plan on putting a component closet in the laundry room so that none will be in the room. This means I intend to have an IR repeater to allow control of the components.
I envision the seating positions to be about 10' and 16' from the screen. I am not sure about putting the screen on either wall A or B. The screen will be a 16:9 screen.
I will post descriptions of what I've done, as I go.
Tim
Let me just start by saying that I do not have a digital camera or scanner that would allow me to post pictures, although I am taking them as I proceed. I am sorry, but you'll have to rely on my descriptive abilities.
First let me describe the space. It is in an unfinished portion of the basement in a townhome. It is about 19 feet between the two neighboring townhomes which means two of the walls (walls A and B) are firewall. It is about 10 feet wide with one side concrete (wall C), and the other facing the rest of the basement(wall D). It is 8'3" between the concrete and above floor joists. Wall D is basically delineated by a large, structure supporting I-beam in the ceiling. The bottom of the I-beam is about 7.5' from the concrete floor with supporting members (4" diameter) on either end of the space. Along the ceiling, under the joists, running parallel for about 10-11' of the I-beam on the unfinished side (i.e. in my future HT space) is a large section of box ductwork which branches into several smaller ducts distributed to various places in the house. About 10' of wall D is open into the laundry room, 3.5' of it is the opening to a hallway in the basement (where the door will be), and 5' of it is already walled off from a closet and steps. Wall A has the waste water line coming down it, about in the middle, and going into the concrete about a foot out from the wall. There is nothing along walls C and B that I have to contend with. There are two lighting fixtures in the ceiling, one above each half of the space.
Now, I have already built the wall framing. I built a staggered frame under the I-beam along wall D with 2X6 sole and top plate. The studs are 16" OC on either side of the sole and plate, meaning there is a stud every 8" OC. I have not yet framed the doorway, and the other section of wall D only has the pre-existing framing and drywall. Walls A, B, and C are all framed 16"OC. The top plates for walls A and C are secured to the ceiling joists with 16d nails, and with liquid nails for wall B. The top plate for the staggered framing of wall D was secured to the I-beam with liquid nails. The sole of all framing that I put up was secured to the concrete with concrete nails.
The space enclosed by the framing is 18'6" X 10'2" X 8'3". The door frame will jut into the room by about 5".
That is where I am now.
The equipment I have that will be in the room is as follows:
NEC 6pg+
FR, C, FL speakers....NHT super ones
RS, LS....Definitive BP2
2 Subwoofers....homemade, heavily braced, HDF boxes (3' cubic) w/ 12" Audio concepts DV12s
I plan on putting a component closet in the laundry room so that none will be in the room. This means I intend to have an IR repeater to allow control of the components.
I envision the seating positions to be about 10' and 16' from the screen. I am not sure about putting the screen on either wall A or B. The screen will be a 16:9 screen.
I will post descriptions of what I've done, as I go.
Tim