sirata
Established Member
After many years of reading these forums and feeling jealous, i am taking the plunge and (don`t laugh) building a HT in an outdoor wooden building (read shed ).
SEE PHOTOS.
We have a nice garage, but wife won`t let me convert,but as it is linked to next door ,may cause neighbour issues.
Any way,the shed is 12ft x10ft, i am going to use the window end for the screen, as you can see it is lined with plywood.The shed is about 30ft from the neighbours house.
The idea is to build a frame inside , put insulation between existing interior and a layer of plasterboard.
My questions are as follows
1/ what to cover the plasterboard with, i was thinking of carpet tiles halfway up,but as i don`t want to plaster,am unsure what to do with the top half/ceiling.
2/ Colour of screen wall,should it be black.
3/ i am thinking of something along the lines of a z2,at a seating distance of 10ft,what screen size would be comfortable.
4/ cabling, i mostly want to watch dvds,play games on xbox(yet to purchase,am looking at hi def,so component) and pc
where is a good place to get cables,as there will be two component sending devices and only 1 set of inputs,are there
such things as component switchers ?
lastly in the summer the shed is hot, i think i need some form of air-con,but presume this would require venting outside (somewhere for sound to escape ) has any one any advice re air con in my set up..
Any feed back welcome,as long as it`s not to say don`t do it,this is the only way i will get my big screen fix
Thanks
David
SEE PHOTOS.
We have a nice garage, but wife won`t let me convert,but as it is linked to next door ,may cause neighbour issues.
Any way,the shed is 12ft x10ft, i am going to use the window end for the screen, as you can see it is lined with plywood.The shed is about 30ft from the neighbours house.
The idea is to build a frame inside , put insulation between existing interior and a layer of plasterboard.
My questions are as follows
1/ what to cover the plasterboard with, i was thinking of carpet tiles halfway up,but as i don`t want to plaster,am unsure what to do with the top half/ceiling.
2/ Colour of screen wall,should it be black.
3/ i am thinking of something along the lines of a z2,at a seating distance of 10ft,what screen size would be comfortable.
4/ cabling, i mostly want to watch dvds,play games on xbox(yet to purchase,am looking at hi def,so component) and pc
where is a good place to get cables,as there will be two component sending devices and only 1 set of inputs,are there
such things as component switchers ?
lastly in the summer the shed is hot, i think i need some form of air-con,but presume this would require venting outside (somewhere for sound to escape ) has any one any advice re air con in my set up..
Any feed back welcome,as long as it`s not to say don`t do it,this is the only way i will get my big screen fix
Thanks
David