sm2501
Novice Member
We are looking to install a home theatre into a living room that we are in the process of building as part of a renovation. We want a drop-down projection screen. I asked the designers to ensure this was possible and they said it was. We’ve got a bay window, and now that the room is built we've got the trusses to support the bay window roof right where we want to put the projection screen!
You can see the situation here. The yellow line is where I want screen to be, and the blue line is where it has to be currently (note only 350mm between these trusses even though it is not indicated on the plan that way)
The problem with that is it will come down in the middle of a couch that will be placed beside the window (marked in purple).
It has been suggested we could have it coming up from the floor but that's not really an option because we have small children that would place things into it We can't put it directly on the ceiling for a couple of reasons – the ceiling is only 2380 high and we have a nice view and we don't want to disturb that view.
So really looking for ideas of how we can solve this?
Our builder has suggested that we could get a screen that is longer than usual and basically set up like the picture below:
The blue bits are the trusses, the yellow bit is the projection screen with motor, orange is the screen. And then we would run the screen down further towards the bay window, (using rollers if necessary) coming out of the ceiling at the right point. Everyone we’ve talked to doesn’t seem to think this is possible. Being based in New Zealand there are a limited number of products that we can access in this market.
Has anyone had to solve a problem like this before? Is there any way that we can do what we want?
Thanks,
Stefan
You can see the situation here. The yellow line is where I want screen to be, and the blue line is where it has to be currently (note only 350mm between these trusses even though it is not indicated on the plan that way)
The problem with that is it will come down in the middle of a couch that will be placed beside the window (marked in purple).
It has been suggested we could have it coming up from the floor but that's not really an option because we have small children that would place things into it We can't put it directly on the ceiling for a couple of reasons – the ceiling is only 2380 high and we have a nice view and we don't want to disturb that view.
So really looking for ideas of how we can solve this?
Our builder has suggested that we could get a screen that is longer than usual and basically set up like the picture below:
The blue bits are the trusses, the yellow bit is the projection screen with motor, orange is the screen. And then we would run the screen down further towards the bay window, (using rollers if necessary) coming out of the ceiling at the right point. Everyone we’ve talked to doesn’t seem to think this is possible. Being based in New Zealand there are a limited number of products that we can access in this market.
Has anyone had to solve a problem like this before? Is there any way that we can do what we want?
Thanks,
Stefan