basement

A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Basements are generally used as a utility space for a building where such items as the boiler, water heater, breaker panel or fuse box, car park, and air-conditioning system are located; so also are amenities such as the electrical distribution system, and cable television distribution point. However, in cities with high property prices such as London, basements are often fitted out to a high standard and used as living space.
In British English, the word "basement" is used for underground floors of, for example, department stores, but the word is only used with houses when the space below their ground floor is habitable, with windows and (usually) its own access. The word cellar or cellars is used to apply to the whole underground level or to any large underground room. A subcellar is a cellar that lies further underneath.
  1. Excalibrates

    Tricky Basement installation

    A somewhat unexpected house move means that I shall be having to installation another cinema room, just a year after I completed my previous 7.1.4 project. On the plus side, there is a windowless room which is part of a basement complex and it is already tanked out and finished. On the downside...
  2. mikeh71

    New Basement Cinema Room ....

    Well, after trawling these forums for a few years, we are now in a position to convert our cellar into a cinema room. Background …… We have always wanted a dedicated cinema room with floor standers etc and up until visiting Allan (@Ideal AV) that was the way we were going. After visiting...
  3. Baseley09

    Question Converted basement boxed in sections?

    Hi all, after a ruddy nightmare struggle we've moved into our new place, hurrah! Couple of options for cinema placement prime being a pre-converted blank canvas basement. Not the biggest of issues but around the foot of the walls is a low level boxing in as i hope you can see from the picture...
  4. B

    Finishing Basement, Need Help

    I'm finishing my basement currently and need some help and opinions on what I should do for my AV. The first picture down below is where the TV will be. The wall is 9 ft wide and there will be cabinets underneath. The picture with the back view is where the rear speakers will go, it is about...
  5. B

    Basement conversion - M and K inwall 150 series home cinema conversion

    Hi All, I'm about to do a basement conversion and have quite a few questions if people wouldn't mind helping. I'll also be posting designs etc. and may as well start a build thread as a thank you for anyone reading :) After making quite a few calls round to different companies that i...
  6. mikeh71

    Question Initial planning for the basement conversion ....

    Hi all I am in the process of planning for a basement conversion which starts mid April and I wondered if anyone who has carried out a similar project had a Bill of materials or list of all things / items to consider so that I can put a budget cost against each item. Thanks in advance for any...
  7. P

    AV Plan for Basement

    I'm finishing my basement and I am trying to be smart about how much I spend. Everyone is talking about this "Control 4." Is it worth it? Are there less expensive ways to have the same result? I already have a Sonos, so I would be adding a play bar and a Play 5 in the space. Maybe 2 Play 5s...
  8. afzal

    Question Advice needed on upgrading bargain basement

    There's a few places where this could have gone, as I'm looking at projectors, speakers, etc., but I guess this is the most generic. In 2012 I turned my basement room into an HC on a very tight budget. It was my first foray into HC, and I went with a dirt cheap Onkyo AV+speaker setup, with an...
  9. B

    Basement Cinema Conversion Stockport (tanking required)

    Hi all, My apologies however i'm not sure where best to post this. I am looking at doing a basement conversion including tanking in the stockport cheshire area. Has anyone used any good contractors? I am particularly keen to include soundproofing and a baffle wall so i guess its a little...
  10. K

    Basement flat - full refurb

    Started a new thread for this as the last one stalled due to my back problems that halted progress, and then was destroyed due to photobucket blocking all the pics. I’m now living in the flat, my back operation appears to have been a sucess and progress should now progress at a much faster...
  11. R

    Budget basement man cave cinema/games room

    Hi all, I thought I'd start a new thread to get some thoughts on my budget game/cinema room basement conversion. I'll just upload the photos to show where it started and where it is now, about a couple of weeks to completion. The plan was to have a fairly high quality cinema setup, pool table...
  12. mymovieads

    Question Doorbell Video Monitor for Basement Theater

    Question for you guys. I'm building my cinema down in my basement but I want to put a separate tv monitor downstairs and out of the way that will show a feed of the front entry. I want the screen to be black unless there is motion detected within a few feet. When someone come to the door it...
  13. scruf

    Advice on Upgrading Home Theater For Basement

    I am new to this forum and I am looking for advice on upgrading my current home theater to a new audio/video system that will go with Dolby Atmos. I currently have a Yamaha Rx_V663 receiver, A 50" Panasonic Plasma HDTV Model TH_50PZ800U ( which I plan on still using in new upgrade for the time...
  14. MHawk

    Would love some advice on room layout in awkward basement please

    Hi Firstly, a quick thanks for everything you all do here. This forum has been a great resource over the past few weeks and I hope to be able to give back when my knowledge increases. I am doing a basement conversion and what started out as a humble build has quickly grown to a full blown...
  15. Sandmansingh

    Basement ceiling speakers

    Hello. So I am getting my basement done and then electrician ran 1 speaker wire and looped it for 6 ceiling speakers. So it's 1 cable going to 6 ceiling speakers. I have 2 zones. 1 zone is a side of basement for projector where I have independent speaker wire running so that is fine. I bought...
  16. tistles

    Question Renovating basement need help pre-wiring and setup

    We are doing our basement and I could use some help with design and setup so I can have everything ready before I drywall and don't forget anything. I did a projector about eight years ago, and just wired through tiled ceiling so it was fairly easy. I'm going to be dry walling everything in so...
  17. C

    Basement AV Design Questions

    I am looking for some advice/ideas on how I should setup/wire my basement that I'm trying to finish. The basement is currently unfinished, and I will have the opportunity to run whatever wiring I need. I have some concept of what I want in the basement (man-cave), but am not sure about the...
  18. Badgerstuta

    Basement conversion *update* work has commenced

    so we've recently moved into an old Edwardian terrace which has a basement that I'd like to convert into a dedicated cinema room. This will replace the old bedroom one I had at our previous detached. Wife has given the green light to convert and I have a budget of £8-10k. The only bits of my...
  19. A

    Basement Music Studio Re-Build

    Well after completing my basement cinema conversion; AVNewBee's Celler Conversion My brother wanted me to re-do his basement music studio that we originally converted 15yrs ago. Unfortunately, as it was our first conversion we made a couple of mistakes which lead to the tanking/drainage...
  20. xar

    Excavating a (sort of) basement

    Hi all, I currently have a setup in my garage but have long desired a bigger space, so have entertained going under the house. However, I have a eighties built house without a basement, but it does have 3-4 feet of crawl space under the house. I/tradesmen have been under the house a bunch of...
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