First, I like to thank this website and the wonderful people contributing to this web site for all the knowledge they have shared and sharing. This has been my inspiration and provided all the details I needed. Now, getting back to the theater.
We started this project in Sep 2013. The basement is unfinished but not much of a huge space. The theater room is around 14ft wide by 22ft long.


Here are the pictures after drywall:


2nd row riser and the front stage: We wanted to have a minimal stage to maximize the space.


Then the panel saga started:


Finally was able to move along to the painting: The paint used was just black paint from SW. I did not like it.


Then we got the carpet completed:


Then we were nearing the final stages and I could see the light at the end of the tunnel and the electric work is done and panels started going up on the walls.

Thats when disaster struck. While mounting the projector shelf mount one of the guys pierced a sprinkler pipe
.


Removed all the panels. The carpet was soaking wet

Spent a lot of time drying the carpet (did not know at that time we will be replacing the carpet):

Then got a plumber to fix the pipe:

Now I felt like going back in time as the entire ceiling had to be ripped:

Drywall put back:

Then went through the same steps as above but got a better black paint this time. Now fast forwarding a few months:

Got the 160" wide screen up. Was big relief when I could see the screen fit as we have only 1in between the side walls and the screen frame.

Two months after that we got the riser carpet put in and finally done



I will provide the other details later. As it was a long journey, now its time for us to relax and enjoy some movies
.
Even with this, it was an amazing ride and enjoyed each and every step of constructing a home theater from scratch.
Again, thanks for the people here for their trial runs (by constructing their own theater and sharing it) and the experienced thoughts provided by many as I went through different challenges.
Thanks
-Sen
We started this project in Sep 2013. The basement is unfinished but not much of a huge space. The theater room is around 14ft wide by 22ft long.
Here are the pictures after drywall:
2nd row riser and the front stage: We wanted to have a minimal stage to maximize the space.
Then the panel saga started:
Finally was able to move along to the painting: The paint used was just black paint from SW. I did not like it.
Then we got the carpet completed:
Then we were nearing the final stages and I could see the light at the end of the tunnel and the electric work is done and panels started going up on the walls.
Thats when disaster struck. While mounting the projector shelf mount one of the guys pierced a sprinkler pipe

Removed all the panels. The carpet was soaking wet

Spent a lot of time drying the carpet (did not know at that time we will be replacing the carpet):
Then got a plumber to fix the pipe:
Now I felt like going back in time as the entire ceiling had to be ripped:
Drywall put back:
Then went through the same steps as above but got a better black paint this time. Now fast forwarding a few months:
Got the 160" wide screen up. Was big relief when I could see the screen fit as we have only 1in between the side walls and the screen frame.
Two months after that we got the riser carpet put in and finally done
I will provide the other details later. As it was a long journey, now its time for us to relax and enjoy some movies
Even with this, it was an amazing ride and enjoyed each and every step of constructing a home theater from scratch.
Again, thanks for the people here for their trial runs (by constructing their own theater and sharing it) and the experienced thoughts provided by many as I went through different challenges.
Thanks
-Sen