I know this may be a ridiculously broad question, but I've got virtually no remodeling/home improvement/theater construction experience, and I'd really appreciate some basic guidance from the more experienced folks here. I just bought a house, and I'm going to be making some improvement to an upstairs room to adapt it for home theater use. The previous owner was a bit of a cheapskate; after framing up the walls, instead of hanging drywall, he just nailed plywood paneling to the studs. It's only a few millimeters thick and flexes if you push on it. My plan is to rip that out and hang drywall.
My question is, given that this is going to be a home theater room, should I take the opportunity to do anything beyond just hanging basic drywall? The house is old--1928--so the plan is to have someone who knows what they're doing check the wiring and update as necessary. I'll also be running speaker cable through the walls for the surrounds.
But if anyone has suggestions about features that I should include, or special materials, etc., I'd love to hear them; as I said, I'm completely new to this.
Thanks in advance!
Room is roughly 10x17, by the way.
My question is, given that this is going to be a home theater room, should I take the opportunity to do anything beyond just hanging basic drywall? The house is old--1928--so the plan is to have someone who knows what they're doing check the wiring and update as necessary. I'll also be running speaker cable through the walls for the surrounds.
But if anyone has suggestions about features that I should include, or special materials, etc., I'd love to hear them; as I said, I'm completely new to this.
Thanks in advance!
Room is roughly 10x17, by the way.