New lounge set up floating wall!

tmurphy · 29-05-2008, 9:28 PM

It's been 5 years since my last major outlay on new kit so I managed to get approval from SWMBO to spend some of my hard eared cash.

Outgoing :-

Panasonic TH-42PW5B
Yamaha V740-RDS
Toshiba SD-900ee
Kef 2005.2
Sky+
Ikea Magiker AV Unit

Incoming:-

LG 50PG6000
Onkyo SR-605
Panasonic BD-30
Jamo A102 HSC5
Sky HD
Alphason Ambri Black

This is how the room used to look :-

With the old kit set up like this :-

First choice was what new colour to paint the room...

Then with the colours chosen, time to blank it all off so that I got no nasty dark/light patches when doing the main paint.

The frame was fixed at the start of this week, using 75mm x 44mm kiln dryed timber fixed with 115mm long frame fixing bolts.

OH got impatient and wanted me to start painting the walls...

Found a nice complimenting range of light / socket outlets at Homebase :-

I used to use one of therse for TV / FM and SAT from the loft down one cable but this time it's just for VHF and UHF :-

Wife hates seeing cables etc, so I have painted the area which will be behind the Alphason cabinets and exposed by the MDF cutouts matt black so it keeps it as dark as possible on the offchance you are lying on the floor looking through the cabinets!!!

And finally put together the shelving for the chimney brest alcoves, they are Expedit shelving units from IKEA but I had to paint some hardboard matt black and affix them as backpanels, here's before and after:-

That's it for now, main wall to paint tomorrow, ropelight to install, plasma also arrives so i can mount the bracket on it and work out where I need to add extra batons to hold the thing on the wall.

I have been paranoid about getting everything fixed to the wall correctly and bit the bullit last night and grabbed the top timber and held on for dear life, thnkning being if it can take the weight of me (130kg!) then it can hold up a 45kg plasma!

More pics soon....

Tony

blue max 2 · 29-05-2008, 9:42 PM

Hey Tony,

Did you paint the cat matt black as well

Look like a well executed project. Looking forward to seeing it develop.

Graham

tmurphy · 29-05-2008, 9:45 PM

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Originally Posted by blue max 2

Hey Tony,

Did you paint the cat matt black as well

Look like a well executed project. Looking forward to seeing it develop.

Graham

CAT..CAT...don't let my wife hear you say that, that's Ozzie one of our six Shih Tzu Dogs.

Tony

gillw · 30-05-2008, 8:41 AM

What colours did you choose for your walls?

Looking good BTW.

tmurphy · 30-05-2008, 8:58 AM

The main feature wall and floating wall will be Sailsbury Stones 1 (pictures tonight) and the other three remaining walls in the room are one shade lighter at Salisbury Stones 2.

They are both from the Dulux range. They are from the colour mixing machine and we chose the FLAT MATT option as we have noticed this gives a very solid feel to the colour.

Thanks

Tony

gillw · 30-05-2008, 9:09 AM

Cheers thanks for the info. We are looking to redecorate our living room and are looking for "warm" netural colours.

DomWint79 · 30-05-2008, 9:19 AM

Looking good so far. Will be keeping an eye on this for any ideas over my imminient floating wall build as it looks to be a similar size. You going for the Groove-approved ropelight from TLC?

Good luck with it.

tmurphy · 30-05-2008, 9:23 AM

Yes, the rope lighting has just been installed 5 minutes ago !!!!

Do the clips REALLY need 2 screws!

T.

velveteer · 30-05-2008, 3:10 PM

looking good so far tony, keep us updated.

tmurphy · 30-05-2008, 6:00 PM

Been hard at work today as this guy arrived

Managed to get the rope light installed along with a couple of coats of the paint.
Modified the frame slightly to lessen the bend radius of the rope light.

Once I knew how the screen would be positioned relative to the bracket, I fixed the additional timbers and mounted the bracket. (It's actually held up by 16 115mm x 10mm frame fixing screws, a bit OTT I know!)

And this is where we are up to...still nervous about the screen just "hanging" there

It's the MDF fix tomorrow

Tony

jolly · 31-05-2008, 5:43 AM

Looking good

DomWint79 · 31-05-2008, 11:07 AM

Gotta love the rope lights. I've been talked into a 42" screen (we'll be anywhere from 8-13ft from it) but I reckon our room could take a 46" or even a 50". That screen looks immense.

Tyler Durden · 31-05-2008, 6:43 PM

Looks good, but I am still a bit puzzled by people chosing to build a floating wall only to then mount the screen on it. Why not mount the screen on the wall then build the floating wall around it? That would surely give a much flusher / flatter TV look.

What made you do it like this?

RobJackson85 · 31-05-2008, 7:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler Durden

Looks good, but I am still a bit puzzled by people chosing to build a floating wall only to then mount the screen on it. Why not mount the screen on the wall then build the floating wall around it? That would surely give a much flusher / flatter TV look.

What made you do it like this?

I suppose theres many reasons to this, one being the amount of dirt/dust that you could get in/on your TV. Also if you where to build the wall around your TV it would be almost impossible to remove if there was a problem.

I'm very much liking these floating walls, so much so I'm tempted to build one in my bedroom, the only problem is I don't know if theres any point.

wonderboy · 31-05-2008, 8:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RobJackson85

I suppose theres many reasons to this, one being the amount of dirt/dust that you could get in/on your TV. Also if you where to build the wall around your TV it would be almost impossible to remove if there was a problem.

I'm very much liking these floating walls, so much so I'm tempted to build one in my bedroom, the only problem is I don't know if theres any point.

Would look even better with a Pana Plasma!

Tyler Durden · 31-05-2008, 8:15 PM

If you buy one of those flashy double jointed wall mounts then you can bring the tv right out from flush if you need to.

tmurphy · 01-06-2008, 6:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tyler Durden

Looks good, but I am still a bit puzzled by people chosing to build a floating wall only to then mount the screen on it. Why not mount the screen on the wall then build the floating wall around it? That would surely give a much flusher / flatter TV look.

What made you do it like this?

My main concern was heat. Plasma's run fairly warm and the majority of the ventilation on the LG is at the top and I did not want to crate an alcove were the heat could build up.

The MDF did not happen yesterday, as it was sunny I had to tackle the front garden - 3 ton of pebbles to put down

so that will be today's job, back willing!

Tony

Tyler Durden · 01-06-2008, 8:16 AM

I understand the concern about heat build up, however I'm sure a series of holes in the top of the alcove and the top of the floating wall would give sufficient circulation.

Good luck with the pebbles!

tmurphy · 01-06-2008, 8:27 AM

You are forgetting the most important design influence of all....WAF

A "sunken" plasma would not have passed

Tony

Tyler Durden · 01-06-2008, 8:49 AM

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Originally Posted by tmurphy

You are forgetting the most important design influence of all....WAF

A "sunken" plasma would not have passed

Tony

There's no accounting for taste. I would have thought a flatter wall more palatable than a hanging screen which now must be around 8 inches from the original wall.

Now go and get on with shifting those pebbles

groove · 01-06-2008, 10:48 AM

Im loving your colour scheme here tmurphy...cant wait to see it up and running in all its rope light glory.

All hail the rope light

tmurphy · 01-06-2008, 6:05 PM

Finally got the MDF mounted today......

Firstly though just in case you could see behind the screen when mounted, any exposed timbers / wall was painted matt black:-

Top sheet mounted :-

Then the bottom :-

A quick test of the mighty ropelight :-

Looks like I didn't need the matt black paint after all, the screen sits damn close to the MDF when mounted :-

Filling and sanding tomorrow !

Tony

ronaldhardie · 01-06-2008, 6:17 PM

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Originally Posted by tmurphy

Finally got the MDF mounted today......

Firstly though just in case you could see behind the screen when mounted, any exposed timbers / wall was painted matt black:-

Top sheet mounted :-

Then the bottom :-

A quick test of the mighty ropelight :-

Looks like I didn't need the matt black paint after all, the screen sits damn close to the MDF when mounted :-

Filling and sanding tomorrow !

Tony

looking really good tony

cant wait to see more pics of the progress

jolly · 02-06-2008, 4:55 AM

Coming along nicely, can't wait to see it finished

tmurphy · 02-06-2008, 9:55 AM

Bloomin' heck....I wish someone had mentioned how much the P38 filler smells - my dogs are going insane !!!

Tony

jolly · 02-06-2008, 3:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tmurphy

Bloomin' heck....I wish someone had mentioned how much the P38 filler smells - my dogs are going insane !!!

Tony

It is strong stuff

tmurphy · 03-06-2008, 10:40 PM

Floating wall finally got its 3 coats of primer, 1 coat magnolia and 2 coats of "Salisbury Stones 1"

Managed to get the Jamo speakers installed along with the construction of one of the Alphason units. Could not resist having a play....

Hopefully have pics of the completed room (excluding new sofa and curtains) tomorrow.

Tony

jolly · 04-06-2008, 5:07 AM

Nice finish, colour looks well

tmurphy · 06-06-2008, 6:59 AM

Here's the first finished picture, more to come when we get the new furniture and Sky HD !!!

Tony

jolly · 06-06-2008, 3:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tmurphy

Here's the first finished picture, more to come when we get the new furniture and Sky HD !!!

Tony

Wow, now that looks good