puffy5
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It has always been a dream of mine to have a dedicated cinema room.
A few years ago when we were unable to sell our current home we decided to take our house off the market and extend instead.
Luckily for me my wife agreed that part of the extension would include a cinema room. However, due to all the other things that needed to be included in the extension such as a downstairs toilet and utility room, the cinema room would end up being quite small. But at least I would have one and I would make the best of the space I had.
The other proviso would be that the room could be used by all the family, including small children, so natural daylight was needed during the day and the colours couldnt be too dark so as to make the room depressing during the daytime.
The build thread that follows shows the conversion from beginning to present day. The room isnt finished yet but is a work in progress when funds allow (nursery school fees are a killer!). Please feel free to comment and critique and I hope it makes an interesting read.
This is a photo of the garage from the back garden before the work began:
Work began in Feb12 with the emptying of the garage:
From this:
To this:
Then the builders got stuck in and removed the garage door and started on stripping the ceiling boards and cutting up the concrete garage floor:
Our builder said hed never come across a floor like it solid as a rock would be a severe understatement!
But they got the better of the 30 year old beast in the end and the result was:
Hole for soil pipe going in:
As we were having a vaulted ceiling in the cinema room to give an extra sense of space two concrete slaps were made to the required depth at this point in order to support the RSJ supports:
The start of the brick wall that would form the new garage back wall and front utility wall was built:
And then the damp proof course, insulation and concrete sandwich was laid. You can also see the battening for the walls taking shape:
A few years ago when we were unable to sell our current home we decided to take our house off the market and extend instead.
Luckily for me my wife agreed that part of the extension would include a cinema room. However, due to all the other things that needed to be included in the extension such as a downstairs toilet and utility room, the cinema room would end up being quite small. But at least I would have one and I would make the best of the space I had.
The other proviso would be that the room could be used by all the family, including small children, so natural daylight was needed during the day and the colours couldnt be too dark so as to make the room depressing during the daytime.
The build thread that follows shows the conversion from beginning to present day. The room isnt finished yet but is a work in progress when funds allow (nursery school fees are a killer!). Please feel free to comment and critique and I hope it makes an interesting read.
This is a photo of the garage from the back garden before the work began:
Work began in Feb12 with the emptying of the garage:
From this:
To this:
Then the builders got stuck in and removed the garage door and started on stripping the ceiling boards and cutting up the concrete garage floor:
Our builder said hed never come across a floor like it solid as a rock would be a severe understatement!
But they got the better of the 30 year old beast in the end and the result was:
Hole for soil pipe going in:
As we were having a vaulted ceiling in the cinema room to give an extra sense of space two concrete slaps were made to the required depth at this point in order to support the RSJ supports:
The start of the brick wall that would form the new garage back wall and front utility wall was built:
And then the damp proof course, insulation and concrete sandwich was laid. You can also see the battening for the walls taking shape: