Grant's second home cinema room thread.

[grant666uk]

Hi everyone. Dont know if anyone remembers my stage by stage building a home cinema room from last year ?? Here is a link to the old thread ...

(Started to build a home cinema room (pics inside))

Well to cut a long story short about 2 months after finishing the room the wife tells me she wants to move house ARGHHHHHHHH!!!! etc. Well here I am about a year or so later with a new house and new room to start. Will be the same deal as last time most of the same gear too apart from the roof mount. Going to put all the av stuff in small cupboard and feed all wires into roof and down into cupboard. Oh and have a real screen this time no Ikea blind for me. Right better go take some before pics.

Oh before I start here are a few pics of the old room.

[martian1]

Good luck grant i hope you secured some additional funds for your new and improved room the better half must concede to this if she wants the move . I am in a similar position only my room took 9 months to construct, i ain't giving it up without some benefit for my cinema if we move after all i am perfectly happy where we live now

[grant666uk]

Right spent half the day taking six ton of junk out the room. My new roof mount came as well. Seems very well made and worth the cash. Next I need to strip the wall paper, Sand the walls smooth and get that old carpet up. Rip up the skirting boards and start putting all the wires down.

[Kenny Glasgow]

Good luck One good thing is you've done it all before

[grant666uk]

Not getting much of a chance to get stuck into the room since the wife has me fitting a new bathroom Arghhhhhhh !! Hope to get a lot done over the weekend. I did get my 5 meter component cable this morning. More pics coming soon.......I hope.

Oh and one more thing in my last room I put down carpet but it made it realy hard to move my two lazyboy chairs (very heavy) So I thought I would put down laminated flooring. Would this affect the sound at all ??

[inzaman]

Would this affect the sound at all ??

It could do, you could always put a rug down or if you have other soft furnishings then this may help with the sound. If the laminate is down and there is a slight echo then you will need to add some soft furnishings.

[grant666uk]

Originally Posted by inzaman

It could do, you could always put a rug down or if you have other soft furnishings then this may help with the sound. If the laminate is down and there is a slight echo then you will need to add some soft furnishings.

Good idea mate. Thanks for that. I will have a large space between the chairs and screen so a nice rug would fit a treat. Off to Ikea then at the weekend. That will keep the wife happy.

[inzaman]

That will keep the wife happy.

Thats always a bonus

[MacReady]

Ahhh that pic of the Vogals mount all in peices brings back memories

I have a laminated floor in my room and I set up all the HC kit before we got any furniture of curtains etc. in and it sounded quite bright and harsh. As soon as the sofa's and a large rug along with the curtains and other stuff were put in I recalibrated it all and it sounded much better.

[grant666uk]

Thanks for all the tips chaps. That's all the old wall paper and carpet gone. Going to sand the walls and paint them tomorrow. Will try and post a few new pics.

[grant666uk]

Well walls are done. Just started to paint them. Going with a dark matt green for a change. Looks rather cool. Right better get back to it.

[grant666uk]

Well I have ran out of paint so I thought I would put up the Screen to kill some time. had to put wood strips up in the loft to screw up into to take the screen.

[grant666uk]

Well finished all the painting. Then had to go over all the walls and fill in all the little holes and marks. Let dry then sand and repaint.

Being a old house all the power sockets stick about 2" out the wall so I changed them to flush.

Removed door from cupboard and used chissel to remove excess wood. Going to use this for all the av stuff.

Think that will do for tonight. Its my birthday tomorrow so I might take the day off.

[Not A Clue]

Its looking good

Keep the pics coming - can't wait to see what it will look like when all finished

[grant666uk]

Originally Posted by Not A Clue

Its looking good

Keep the pics coming - can't wait to see what it will look like when all finished

Will do mate. Hope to get a fair bit done over the weekend. At least get the projector on the roof and the speaker cables under the floorboards.