Español Français Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Svenska Dansk Japanese Chinese (Simplified) Russian
 
AVForums.com twitter AVForums is a member of CEDIA. THX certified reviewer.  Click for more information. AVForums reviewers are ISF Certified.  Click for more information.
 
The UK's biggest and best home entertainment electronics forums  
4 million visitors each month


Forums Register Blogs Information Social Groups Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Go Back   AVForums.com > Home Cinema Construction and Configuration > Home Cinema DIY

Latest AVForums Movie Reviews
Gray Lady Down - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD ReviewUp Blu-ray ReviewLéon Blu-ray ReviewNear Dark Blu-ray ReviewLogan's Run Blu-ray Review
Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Blu-ray ReviewStar Trek Blu-ray ReviewUFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir (2009) Blu-ray ReviewThe New York Ripper Blu-ray ReviewHeat Blu-ray Review

Similar Threads
thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
My humble effort..... scottlwl Members' Home Cinema Gallery 37 08-11-2009 11:08 AM
my humble cinema room jasi Members' Home Cinema Gallery 12 14-03-2006 3:55 PM
my home cinema room is finished (pics) fishyben Home Cinema DIY 14 28-08-2005 12:11 PM
Started to build a home cinema room (pics inside) grant666uk Home Cinema DIY 70 11-09-2004 9:35 AM
What Size RPTV for My Room? - Pics Inside Stevey CRT Televisions 5 26-03-2004 7:33 PM

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-02-2008, 8:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 150
Thanks: Gave 10, Got 9
Smile My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Hi All,

First off, Id just like to say a big thanks to the members of this forum (this section in particular) for giving me the ideas/inspiration to go ahead with this.

I'm certainly no DIY expert, and infact this is the first time i've ever tried anything like this. Reading all the other great threads and seeing what others have achieved made me think lets give it a go.

Right then. We moved into to our new home on 17th December (tell me about it ) and once Christmas was out the way,(ie boxing day) i begin my attempt at converting the loft into a cinema room.

This post may be slightly different to other posts, It's certainly not as detailed as others. As as I write this I'm pretty much done, I never had time to post as I was going along, so here you'll see a start to pretty much done in one post !!

Anyway, thanks again, here's the timeline pics.
---------------------------------------------

Not quite as bad as I remembered.




70's style carpet up, and first parts of frame up.



Frame complete with MDF boards on and painted.



A good cleaning and painting day!



Let's see what 'groove' was on about



All lit up at night - quite chuffed with meself at this point



Yeah - Kits arrived, lets have a look then.



And that's pretty much that, I've still got things to do, the last picture is projecting onto a bed sheet, won't have screen for another 10 days or so (gone for a fixed frame), my Jamo speakers are not here yet, although all cables are laid under the carpet and ready. There will be a long low storage unit for dvd's etc going under the screen.

The Onkyo amp obviously isn't setup yet either, and the projector need putting on a shelf on the back wall. I've also bought a sofa which you take up to the loft in bits and then assemble (not looking forward to that bit)

I've also talked myself into a gaming laptop, so that big desk up there is going.

Wow, long post, I better leave it there. I'll post a couple more pics once 100% done (if there is such a thing)

Cheers

Drew

Last edited by Drewster_UK; 01-02-2008 at 8:23 PM. Reason: pics ammended
Drewster_UK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-02-2008, 9:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: BRADFORD
Posts: 634
Thanks: Gave 9, Got 11
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

can't wait too see the end product !!
jtfab75 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 11:06 AM   #3 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3,231
Thanks: Gave 5, Got 166
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Going to look good, look nicer still if you get rid of the artex

__________________
Steve
kit:-Panasonic TH-50PF10,Lumagen Radiance XD,Onkyo PR-SC886 ,Nad M25,Tosh SD9500 ,Tosh EP35,Samsung BD-P1500,SKYHD,Xbox 360,PS3,M&K THX S150's/SS150's,SVS pb12-plus/2 subwoofer
jolly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 12:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 150
Thanks: Gave 10, Got 9
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Quote:
Originally Posted by jolly View Post
Going to look good, look nicer still if you get rid of the artex

Ha Ha - Yeah - That's defo on the to do list at some point. Not sure how easy it will be tho..
Drewster_UK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 3:35 PM   #5 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3,231
Thanks: Gave 5, Got 166
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewster_UK View Post
Ha Ha - Yeah - That's defo on the to do list at some point. Not sure how easy it will be tho..
Get a plasterer to unibond and skim it

__________________
Steve
kit:-Panasonic TH-50PF10,Lumagen Radiance XD,Onkyo PR-SC886 ,Nad M25,Tosh SD9500 ,Tosh EP35,Samsung BD-P1500,SKYHD,Xbox 360,PS3,M&K THX S150's/SS150's,SVS pb12-plus/2 subwoofer
jolly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 6:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 150
Thanks: Gave 10, Got 9
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Oh Right - Thanks for that - what's the unibond bit exactly?
Drewster_UK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 9:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3,231
Thanks: Gave 5, Got 166
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Unibond is a brand of PVA

It's a glue you can dilute and paint on the walls to seal them and provide a key for the plaster to stick to
__________________
Steve
kit:-Panasonic TH-50PF10,Lumagen Radiance XD,Onkyo PR-SC886 ,Nad M25,Tosh SD9500 ,Tosh EP35,Samsung BD-P1500,SKYHD,Xbox 360,PS3,M&K THX S150's/SS150's,SVS pb12-plus/2 subwoofer
jolly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 9:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 150
Thanks: Gave 10, Got 9
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Many thanks Steve - think i'll get a few quotes - any ideas of rough cost involved. Room is 16x11 foot.

Drew
Drewster_UK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-02-2008, 9:55 PM   #9 (permalink)
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 150
Thanks: Gave 10, Got 9
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Sorry - meant to say, I'm just after a quote for the ceiling - walls will be covered by pictures/posters anyway.

Cheers
Drewster_UK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-02-2008, 8:01 AM   #10 (permalink)
Prominent Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3,231
Thanks: Gave 5, Got 166
Re: My humble effort at a Cinema Room. (pics inside)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewster_UK View Post
Many thanks Steve - think i'll get a few quotes - any ideas of rough cost involved. Room is 16x11 foot.

Drew
No idea of cost, prices for plastering can vary quite a lot

Follow your own advice and get a number of quotes
__________________
Steve
kit:-Panasonic TH-50PF10,Lumagen Radiance XD,Onkyo PR-SC886 ,Nad M25,Tosh SD9500 ,Tosh EP35,Samsung BD-P1500,SKYHD,Xbox 360,PS3,M&K THX S150's/SS150's,SVS pb12-plus/2 subwoofer
jolly is offline   Reply With Quote



Bookmarks

Tags
cinema, effort, humble, inside, pics, room
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT. The time now is 9:09 AM.

AV Forums
Optimised for Firefox.
RSS Feed
AVForums.com is owned and operated by M2N Limited.
Copyright © 2000-2009 M2N E. & O. E.
Global Gold
Web Hosting