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Re: The new Home Theatre Room (Reno Complete)
#126888 02/06/06 04:05 AM
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You bucking fastard. That's awesome.

Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126889 02/06/06 04:16 AM
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The link has been updated.
The page is now found here.


Sorry Peter.
I would have called you over for some help, but i heard you were moving out east to a new house in the Hamptons.
How do these rumours get started?


"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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#126890 02/06/06 04:52 AM
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Gawgeous, chess!


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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.


Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126891 02/06/06 04:56 AM
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A VERY nice job, Chess. I wish you many years of pleasure from your new basement.


Jack

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Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126892 02/06/06 02:25 PM
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Yes, i hope so too. Years of pleasure would be great.
Right now i search for even an hour of pleasure down there. Perhaps once i get the office moved downstairs i will see it a bit more often.
At the present time it feels like some fortress of solitude. No dogs, no cat, no kids go down into the basement. Our daughter is usually in bed by the time we head down there to relax. With a door at the top of the stairs, all the pets are kept at bay.
It really does feel like a getaway place in the home.

The beer fridge is conveniently located in the utility room.


"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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#126893 02/06/06 02:46 PM
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Nice job!

Great work!


That sure is a small room for m60's and an EP350.



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Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126894 02/06/06 03:02 PM
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At the present time it feels like some fortress of solitude.


LOL! I didn't think of that particular term, but, conceptually, I was on the same page. A refuge! Wonderful!


Jack

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Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126895 02/07/06 01:30 AM
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And here i was hoping to eek out 2 more feet. If it were not for those pesky poles...


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#126896 02/07/06 04:03 PM
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Well planned use of your space!

Was this an unfinished basement that you had started from? The wife and I are just starting ours (totally blank canvas from when we moved in Sept 2004). Framing and insulating of the exterior walls are almost done (had disclosed foundation problems which set us back a year). Our baby is just over four months old now so my work time with certain power tools and hammering is limited.

Did you plan the layout and do most of the renos yourself? Any special floor treatment (like Delta-FL) put down prior to final floor coverings? I noticed you used Roxul (Safe N Sound) in the walls. Excellent choice.

My wife reeeally wants a french door on the entrance to the Media Room but I am hesitant. Did you perform any SPL measurements inside and outside the room?

Re: The new HT Room (Reno Complete) LINK UPDATE
#126897 02/08/06 01:00 AM
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Well planned use of your space!



And that really is the key before starting. Have an idea, plan it as far as possible and try to stick to it. More than once we almost varied with different ideas and decided no, stick with the plan. There are enough unforeseen changes that will occur throughout the project as it is.
Saves the contractor alot of headaches too.

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Was this an unfinished basement that you had started from?



Completely.
Nothing but some 2x3 standard studs on the outside walls. We used some of them, not all, but otherwise it was a blank slate. Even the stairs were without backplates such that if you slipped on the step, your leg would go right through jamming the wood against your shin with horrible agony.

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Did you plan the layout and do most of the renos yourself?



Layout, colours, furniture and some finish work, yes, but most of the rough material and a chunk of the finishing (wall painting, door installs) were done by our contractors.

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Any special floor treatment (like Delta-FL) put down prior to final floor coverings?



There is a good quality pad under all the carpet. There is a membrane and blue pad under the laminate floor and the ceramic tile is sitting on a sub-floor off the concrete.
The sub-floor underboard, plus cellar walls and ceiling (floor joists) were all sprayed with urethane foam for insulation.

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I noticed you used Roxul (Safe N Sound) in the walls. Excellent choice.



Yes. No formaldehyde formulaic insulation. The sound control has been excellent. Good dense insulation. We did the floor joists in the ceiling, plus all surrounding walls, then drywalled. The floor joists received a double thickness as did some of the wall sections.
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My wife reeeally wants a french door on the entrance to the Media Room but I am hesitant.



Don't be.
Ours doesn't make a sound, not a peep.
We used a little boat storage latch to pull the dummy door tight to weatherstripping. It doesn't move. We also weather stripped the primary door such that when it closes, you have to push it tight. With the floor sweeps on the bottom, neither door rattles.
We are still planning on putting a heavy curtain over the door to keep out the light from the games room in case people are in there. Otherwise when the room is dark you can at least see someone coming to the media room before the door opens.
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Did you perform any SPL measurements inside and outside the room?



Oddly enough, no, i haven't done that yet.
It was on my list of things to do and i just haven't got around to it. I have to re-calibrate the convergence on my Toshiba so perhaps i will do the SPL measures on the weekend and report back.

Be sure to post some pics of your work in progress.


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