[wilding]

Welcome to my thread, not been on here long but I am now brave enough to start a log...So be gentle

I moved into my new house 18 months ago and one of the main attractions were the cellar rooms! One with be a fish room with a 8x4x2.5 in wall reef which will be viewable from the dedicated Cinema room.

The majority of work will be carried out by myself to keep costs down.

Get comfy as it will be a lonnngggggggggggggggg one...


Here are some pictures of what I looked like 18 months ago;

Pic one will be the fish room (currently a gym with a sauna) the things you do for pets

Pic 2 will be the cinema room (this room will be knocked through into the hall area to give me a 5msq room)

[wilding]

Worked has comenced

The previous owners made a poor attempt at damp proofing the cellar so back to the start... I had a little helper help pull all the plasterwork down and remove radiators etc..

The next step was to remove the Sauna....

[HandsomeBWonderful]

Ooooh this is going to be a good un. I especially like the fact that you're removing a gym and sauna to make way for a home cinema and fish tank. Who needs to be fit and healthy when you can spend hours on your backside in front of a big screen with a nice glass of Wolfblass in your hand and a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's finest on your lap

[wilding]

Once the rooms were cleared I concentrated on the fish room, the reason to do this was to help it mature. So I wasn't left looking at a pile of rock..

I promise to rush this bit as I'm sure most won't be interested

Where to tank will go;

getting ready for the RSJ

Foundations in place for the tank stand...After all it will hold approx 600Gallons

One hole waiting for a tank..

One tank in place

to give you an idea the tank is supported on two concrete colomns and is supported by 3 RSJ's

[wilding]

Here is an idea of the equipment invloved..

And Finally the finished article with some piccys of my favouite fish, still works in progress...

[rupees_al]

cool... thats a whole heap of plumbing right there...
gonna look sooo good when finished.

are you gonna have the tanks lights work on remote so you can turn em off when watching a movie?

also will give the fish a chance to get a better view without the reflections in the tank... you just need a little popcorn bucket that can release food for them during the movie lol...

[davidegee]

wow, you must love fish!!

[ukprometheus]

you would be suprised how many people are into reef keeping

and i am one of them, i will be watching this thread with interest.

if you need any advise just ask fella

[sstorrow]

Awesome fish tank! Very impressive, Any chance of some pictures showing it from further away so we can get a view of it as part of the room?

[wilding]

WOW Thanks guys, didn't realise how many people would like the tank.

I will see if I have any more pictures with respect to room size if not I will take some later..

Thanks Danny

[27neth]

ooh a couple of Deltec skimmers and Shuran calcium reactor I used to run reef tanks for about 10 years.

John.

[Mike Spence]

Has an electrician seen this?

Looking at this from a professional point of view (I'm a swimming pool engineer), putting all those sockets behind the pipe work is a big no no. Would you fancy reaching through the water spraying from a cracked pipe to turn the pump off?

[ukprometheus]

Originally Posted by Mike Spence

Has an electrician seen this?

Looking at this from a professional point of view (I'm a swimming pool engineer), putting all those sockets behind the pipe work is a big no no. Would you fancy reaching through the water spraying from a cracked pipe to turn the pump off?

looks fine to me

besides all reefers are hard nuts, we can take the pain

[alteredego]

Lovin' the tank set up. Very impressive

[jolly]

Amazing tank mate, I never realized all the work that went in to keeping fish

[MarkP80]

Who needs to be fit and healthy when you can spend hours on your backside in front of a big screen with a nice glass of Wolfblass in your hand and a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's finest on your lap

- that's the spirit Danny, I like your style!

Keep the progress coming, this is excellent stuff.
MarkP

[inzaman]

Originally Posted by MarkP80

- that's the spirit Danny, I like your style!

Keep the progress coming, this is excellent stuff.
MarkP

Totally agree on both counts Definitely keep it coming as it is excellent

[wilding]

Thanks Guys

Here is a list of what equipment I will be using.

Pioneer 43" plasma (for daytime viewing)
Infocus IN76 with a Beamax 96" electric screen (bargain via Fleebay)
Onkyo 605
PS3
Kef 7.1 surround including;
IQ7's Front
IQ5's rear
IQ8DS for Sides
and a PW2500 Sub...

I know there's not much around for a 7.1, but as I am running all the cables etc I thought I might future proof as much as I can..

More piccys on there way

[Carlos1401]

Great stuff mate. Impressed with your tank!

[wilding]

some progress, got ther tanking complete and layed some ply which will eventually be tiled onto.

[littlesheepy]

Wow, nice work so far. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this thread

[Jamo218]

Is there anything underneath that membrane i.e. a drainage system?

[albriscoe]

great stuff this

from a big tank to an even bigger tank

I`ll keep a check on this one matey

Al

[wilding]

Originally Posted by Jamo218

Is there anything underneath that membrane i.e. a drainage system?

Yes there is a pump and sump, but hoping it won't get any use at it only suffers from condensation (well it has in the last 18 years).

So fingers crossed

[wilding]

Originally Posted by littlesheepy

Wow, nice work so far. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this thread

Thanks mate, its starting to finally take shape....

Originally Posted by albriscoe

great stuff this

from a big tank to an even bigger tank

I`ll keep a check on this one matey

Al

Very good, I did have to read it twice

[shahedz]

this looks brilliant, keep em coming

[Jamo218]

Originally Posted by wilding

Yes there is a pump and sump, but hoping it won't get any use at it only suffers from condensation (well it has in the last 18 years).

So fingers crossed

Ok cool, I inspected a basement cinema just yesterday that had £30k spent on it, only for it to flood with 175mm of water.

[jolly]

Originally Posted by Jamo218

Ok cool, I inspected a basement cinema just yesterday that had £30k spent on it, only for it to flood with 175mm of water.

That must be soul destroying for the owners, what was the cause of the flood?

[Jamo218]

Yeah it's an amazing house but they just want to sell it now for all the grief it's given them.

As for the reasons, groundwater pressure comes to bear on below ground structures typically because of what we refer to as 'perched' water tables. This is a situation whereby the excavated and backfilled ground around a structure (i.e. when you dig a hole in the ground, build a structure in it, then backfill), more readily accepts water (usually rainfall) than the more consolidated/compact undisturbed ground in which the excavation was formed. If water collects in the backfilled area, it can then pressure on a structure.

If nothing is in place to deal with such pressures you end up with a flooded basement. I spend my working life remedying or preventing such issues and see flooded basement cinemas from time to time, certainly two in the last month or so.

[MisterEz]

Originally Posted by jolly

That must be soul destroying for the owners, what was the cause of the flood?

Their fish tank leaked...

Seriously though, this has the potential to be a great setup... I love watching these builds progress, gives me loads of ideas for mine (some day!).

Definitely gonna be checking back....

[edit: just noticed the dates... any updates?]