Building my own floating wall

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Hi all, first let me introduce myself. My name is Marcel and I'm about to start building a floating wall in my living room. I've been greatly inspired by Groove's work and will be using some of his idea's. (Well rip most of them... )

So to kick this project off, here's is the first art impression I made with Photoshop:

Dimensions I'm going to work with:
- Wall: 4200 x 3650 mm
- Floating wall: 3600 x 2100 mm
- Frame: 3440 x 2020 mm
- Clearance: 77 mm
- Overhang: 80 mm

Components:
- Samsung LE46A756 LCD
- Audipack Flatfix mount (clearance 28 mm)
- Denon 2309 amplifier
- TMA 903MK-IV stereo speakers
- Canton Movie 150 QX 5.1 to complete 7.1 setup
- DIY Media computer
- Ikea Besta cabinets (2x1200x380x400 mm and 2x600x380x400 mm)

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Oops, made a little mistake resizing the image (resized without resizing the layer effects)...

[hockfoci]

Looking cool, keep the update pics coming

Started ours this week..........groove....you should have ©'d the idea lol

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Originally Posted by hockfoci

Looking cool, keep the update pics coming

Started ours this week..........groove....you should have ©'d the idea lol

Will be posting progres pictures, only need to buy a cf-reader since I lost the cable of my camera. Now I'm back to clearing the livingroom...

One should really call it a Groove Wall...

[hockfoci]

Originally Posted by M.D. Klapwijk

One should really call it a Groove Wall...

I agree, anyone asks ....I'm building a Groove wall

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Ok outer frame is standin... ehhh floating I meant. Tomorrow I'll be buying a card-reader and will post the first day pictures.

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Ok, here are the progression shots of day 1:

The tv, stereo, speakers...

... and cabinets...

... which all will have to make room.

Testing the dimensions in real life.

The first barn raising. I joined the frame with some corner irons, so I could lift it by my self. I then leveled the frame and marked the wall for mounting points.

Now it's level and fixated with 2 of 6 m6 bolts.

Time to place the first...

... and second outer leg.

Unmounted the upper part of the frame to drill the 4 other holes, mark them on the wall...

... and fixate the upper part again.

About to test the tube lightning.

DAMNED!

Repaired the 2 light zones, which were broken.

Testing the 8cm overhang. I think it's ok...

[M.D. Klapwijk]

And here's todays result:

Placing more of the frame...

... and an other one...

... and again...

... and again...

... and finally the tv mount.

And here we go again, more frame...

...

...

Test fitting the Samsung. Once again I think it's ok.


Tomorrow I'll be painting the outerframe in a satin white for some more diffuse reflection and putting the wires in place...

[M.D. Klapwijk]

I think about placing horizontal beams at the bottom of the crosses aswell. Or would the 18 mm MDF be ridgid enough?

[SparksCW]

I would put some horizontal beams across in my opinion.

Also, you sure about the 80mm overhang? I've built a floating wall (albeit not for a tv) and have a 50mm overhang which seems to give a nice light around it, any wider I think the light wouldnt cast far enough out to give a nice glow. Just a thought anyways. Looking good though

Sorry for crappy picture but this is with a 50mm overhang. (excuse the non-matching bed sheets!)

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Originally Posted by SparksCW

I would put some horizontal beams across in my opinion.

Also, you sure about the 80mm overhang? I've built a floating wall (albeit not for a tv) and have a 50mm overhang which seems to give a nice light around it, any wider I think the light wouldnt cast far enough out to give a nice glow. Just a thought anyways. Looking good though

Sorry for crappy picture but this is with a 50mm overhang. (excuse the non-matching bed sheets!)

I know 80 mm is a bit more, but the spacing from the wall is 77 mm due to the depth of the HTPC. 80 is about the overhang wich blocks the lights from direct line of sight.

Check out this picture, the glow seems ok to me:

Will be creating some extra beams tomorrow though...

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Well that was a day well spent, watching the paint dry. Done some work in the toilet and bathroom though...

Tomorrow 08:00 painting the backside of the MDF boards and then the wires.

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Quick update:

Extra beams and the backside painted.

Right and...

left panel made and test fitted.

Testing the ligtning, again.

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Just finished the center plate:

Now I finally can screw the plates to the frame, ehhh, no need to vacuum first...

[M.D. Klapwijk]

Last update for today:

Finally fixed the center board to the frame.

Testing lights and tv again and fitted the wires.

Cabinets check!

The lights seem a bit hard in the picture, but in real they're more yellow.

Later this week I'll be fixing the left and right board to the frame. So what do you all think so far?