Triggaaar
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No, I’m not The Dreamer, I’m just a dreamer. Thread title unashamedly stolen from Phil, as my build has a fair few similarities with his, and I’m hoping for plenty of advice from him
For those who haven’t seen his thread, here’s a link:
The Dreamer stops dreaming!
Before getting on to our build, I’d like to thank all the pioneers who’ve lit the way for mortals to follow. The threads on here have been the inspiration behind our plans.
Onto our build.
I started planning the extension 13 years ago (at that point we only owned 1 of the 2 flats that we turned back into a house). We finally have planning permission for the build, and we’ve made a start.
I’ll be doing a lot of the work myself, and the extension will take until the summer. Once it’s finished, I’d like to do the cinema room (which will be by myself, except electrics and plastering). The cinema room will be in the existing games room, so we’ll be restricted on size.
Here’s a plan of the rear section of the existing house:
And here’s a photo of what that looked like from the garden, before I started smashing things:
Here then is a plan of the new layout for the extension:
And below are views of the planned layout for the open-plan kitchen/living area. The internal brick wall with windows and a door is the existing external wall to the games room. We’re keeping the brick wall as is, and the cinema will be behind that wall, so I’ll block the windows and door up from the cinema side.
And finally, onto the cinema. Here are the dimensions for what will become the cinema room:
The priorities for the cinema are:
Budget:
The main build will cost a lot (it's 83 sq. metres external, with a chunk of glass).
I don't have a fixed budget for the cinema room, but whatever it does cost will be far more than SWMBO will like. I'll be ok with the cost of timber, plasterboard etc. The AV equipment that goes in will have to be value for money. Not the best stuff available, but not so cheap that it wastes all the effort that this will no doubt take.
I’ll post photos of progress, and questions later.
Thanks for looking
For those who haven’t seen his thread, here’s a link:
The Dreamer stops dreaming!
Before getting on to our build, I’d like to thank all the pioneers who’ve lit the way for mortals to follow. The threads on here have been the inspiration behind our plans.
Onto our build.
I started planning the extension 13 years ago (at that point we only owned 1 of the 2 flats that we turned back into a house). We finally have planning permission for the build, and we’ve made a start.
I’ll be doing a lot of the work myself, and the extension will take until the summer. Once it’s finished, I’d like to do the cinema room (which will be by myself, except electrics and plastering). The cinema room will be in the existing games room, so we’ll be restricted on size.
Here’s a plan of the rear section of the existing house:
And here’s a photo of what that looked like from the garden, before I started smashing things:
Here then is a plan of the new layout for the extension:
And below are views of the planned layout for the open-plan kitchen/living area. The internal brick wall with windows and a door is the existing external wall to the games room. We’re keeping the brick wall as is, and the cinema will be behind that wall, so I’ll block the windows and door up from the cinema side.
And finally, onto the cinema. Here are the dimensions for what will become the cinema room:
The priorities for the cinema are:
- Projector with fixed screen, with front speakers behind it. Screen at one of the end walls (we may need to install a new door on the same wall as the existing door, but the opposite end).
- 2 rows of seating. Front row will just have a sofa, for 2 or 3 people. Rear row (raised) could be a sofa in the centre and a chair either side (if there's room), or a long sofa.
- Accoustics: I'd like to go to a lot of effort to treat the room well, so that it sounds as good as possible.
- Speakers: I'd like to set it up for Dolby Atmos (or DTS:X etc).
- Sound proofing. While I'd like to build a room within the room, like The Dreamer's build, I don't know if I'll have enough space to do that, without losing seating or speaker placement. We have the ceiling height to add a false ceiling. We could also build new stud walls within the existing room, but these would presumably also house any wall speakers.
Budget:
The main build will cost a lot (it's 83 sq. metres external, with a chunk of glass).
I don't have a fixed budget for the cinema room, but whatever it does cost will be far more than SWMBO will like. I'll be ok with the cost of timber, plasterboard etc. The AV equipment that goes in will have to be value for money. Not the best stuff available, but not so cheap that it wastes all the effort that this will no doubt take.
I’ll post photos of progress, and questions later.
Thanks for looking
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