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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:38 am Post subject: Building a Home Theater & Listening Room |
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Hi all,
My wife finally parted with a portion of her terrace garden and let me build a home theater.
First off all I find myself very fortunate to build a room that can be dedicated to music listening and watching movies. The room will be 3.96 meters wide, 7.38 meters long and a height of 2.7 meters. So with a little more than 29 m2 it's not a big room at all.
We live in a duplex penthouse (5th & 6th floors with terrace rights). So, traditional construction methods are a bit difficult. I plan to take the prefab route.
Proposed HT Room area.
Columns set and trusses on.
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jeffslife
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Link Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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cool !
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks jeffslife,
The progress in construction of prefab wall panels:
Rear wall panels:
Screen wall panels:
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Spanky Ham
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central
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Link Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good.
Since you have a concrete floor, you may want to put down a rubber underlayment.
Have you bought your equipment?
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Spanky Ham,
I am planning for a thick wall to wall carpet... How does putting down a rubber underlayment help? I am piling up equipment...its going to be a mix of old and new gear. I am starting with DIY amps, a new Sherbourn PT-7020A , used speakers, existing projector and a big screen. As time goes by, and as my finances improve, I will slowly replace my components. I chose not to design a contemporary style theater. I wanted my home theater to remain true to my great memories of a traditional movie theater.
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Spanky Ham
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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I am looking at JBL speakers and I have an Epson projector.
These pics are of the composite decking sheet being fixed.... in fact yesterday...the plasterers were skimming the walls and pouring the concrete slab....
I will add more photos as the work progress.
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ecrabb Forum Moderator
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 15909 Location: Utah
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Link Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Cool project. It's fun to see how different countries' and regions' residential building practices differ. The prefab panels are more often found in commercial or heavy construction here, and typically larger. That makes me wonder (because I can't tell from the photos)... How tall is the building your place is in, or more to the point, what floor do you live on?
Are you going to leave the trusses exposed? They're kind of neat. It looks like they were recycled. Very cool.
Atmos, Spanky? Seriously? A few months ago, you're basically saying you don't really care about audio, and now you're talking about Atmos?
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks ecrabb,
Keen observation and rightly pointed out! The trusses were salvaged from an existing structure, which was in front of my 5th floor duplex penthouse supporting a shade.
I have built a new structure and converted it into a sky deck and usable space. You can see the old structure below the new one.
The old trusses are shifted to 6th floor to support the composite slab of my HT. So load bearing is not an issue.
Old structure removed
Sky deck finished and ready for use.
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Spanky Ham
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5643 Location: Comedy Central
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:55 am Post subject: |
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Which JBL speakers are you looking at?
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Atmos, Spanky? Seriously? A few months ago, you're basically saying you don't really care about audio, and now you're talking about Atmos?
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THANKS TO YOU!!
Admittedly, I have a price point that I don't think I would go above. With Atmos, I may push that price upwards slightly. Until I read about it coming to the home, I wasn't that interested in audio. Now, I want to hear it for myself at some trade show that is only a couple of weeks away. If it is a game changer, then I will look to incorporate it with the upward firing speakers.
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Jeremy112
Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 2645 Location: Fond du Lac, WI
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Hydrovac, I am very impressed! Not only with how awesome your new room is turning out, but the mere speed you are making it happen (I assume from what I have read and seen that you are doing this as you post these pics to the site?)
Either way, I am fascinated and I am quite interested to see how your theater turns out. Keep up the good work
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Jeremy112,
Started laying electrical, speaker and signal cables. The cabling work is being carried out by a local guy and someone from my work giving him a hand.
To reduce hum and noise I want to install a dedicated line with only a single ground from the audio / home theater system to the electrical service panel. Don’t want to attach anything other than the A/ V system to this special dedicated line.
Expecting the result to be noise and hum free power with a 'deep black background'.
By this stage of the project, I have already identified the following :
• Placement of all speakers
• Placement of A/V components
• Placement of video source
• Lighting needs
• Possible future enhancements
• Thermal Insulation & Acoustic Treatment
BTW I have provided a frame also…for supporting the screen.
I will try and post pics if there's interest...as soon as i work out how to do it....!!
I have all the kit i need already for this…mix of new and from old lounge... not top end by any means...but works for me...
HT room outside from terrace.
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Framing work in progress for rock wool slabs…
Checking out my old screen…
16:9 screen pulled down…
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AnalogRocks Forum Moderator
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Link Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Very nice! Love the way it's coming together.
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks AnalogRocks,
Framing work completed and AV cabinet in place….cabling almost done but for one sub signal cable. Got 20 Rock wool bags delivered yesterday.
There was a leak from one point of the slab joint side…. getting the pressure grouting done today.
Entry door to the theater on the left:
Bags containing Rock wool slabs:
AV cabinet built into the window:
Ceiling panels getting ready:
Insulation panels being fixed:
Ceiling Panels fixing:
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Paneling of rock wool frames almost done:
Steel trusses being enclosed in wooden beams:
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Nashou66
Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Very very Nice!!!
For Clean power look into installing a large enough Isolation Transformer between your main service panel and the theaters sub panel. I bet a 5-8kva transformer should do. It will act as a dedicated power source for your sub panel and Isolate the ground from the rest of the house and power company. Not sure what the laws are in india for that tho.
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2014 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the suggestion,
Further on construction:
Back row riser in place:
Front row riser:
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Got few sample seats today... my folks liked the red one, the design part of it and not the fabric though. Actually it is wider by 2” and comfortable than the other two.
Decided to order seven seats with individual arm rests… and different cloth material which I have to select.
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hydrovac
Joined: 04 Aug 2014 Posts: 16 Location: india
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Link Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:11 am Post subject: |
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Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Tough to get things done when you are on carpenter’s schedule, but I'm grinding along. Got most of the ceiling done, preparing bass traps and acoustic panels…
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