Home Theatre Room French Door

Drywall Mission

So yeh... moving the drywall and flooring down to the basement was as heavy and time consuming as we thought... so after a few hours of heavy lifting we managed to get the stuff down

PHASE 2: The project goes on

Its been a while since the last post. We had a month long hiatus because we were in Kenya/England on vacation. Its now June, the weather is nicer and we have less reason to be couped up in the basement labouring away. But nonetheless, the project must go on.

So a quick update on where we are:

• A few loose ends to fix on the framing
• Wiring is almost done, again a few small things to finish off
• Speaker wire runs to bar and rest of basement - complete
• Home Theater wired for 5.1, may expand to 7.1
• Video cable (HDMI/DVI + Component Video) for the projector still needs to be purchased
• Pot light wire runs are complete to switches
• All electrical outlets are complete
• Electrical for the bar area needs to be modified
• Coax to second floor will be run soon
• Ethernet runs to second floor will be run soon
• Wall sconces have been pre-wired and mounted to the walls in the home theatre
  
• 3 Doors have been installed (2 storage + 1 Bathroom)
• Plumbing for wet bar has been roughed in

After making some calculations and finally making a decision on the type of subfloor and ceiling we wanted to do, we ordered the next phase of goodies to install.

An early sat morning delivery by home depot this time. Still have some back breaking work to get all this down to the basement. Someones gonna sleep well tonight...

Delivery included:

• Drywall (4x8 and 4x10 sheets)
• Bathroom Drywall
• Chipboad + foam for flooring
• French doors for home theatre room
  
• Bathroom fan
  

Electrical and Wiring Continues

Wiring continues...

Did wiring for electrical sockets and lighting, coax for satellite, speaker wire for home theatre and aux speakers, ethernet and a few other wires.



loops for when we install the pot lights, once the ceiling is up
cutting holes for pot lights in the existing ceiling
main light switch area...

Demolition progress pics

Here are some pics as we broke down the large wall... finally what i've been looking forward to





Check that spirit level

More Demolition

Videos of wall being knocked out

On to the fun part of renovating:

Electrical begins...

Onto mounting electrical outlets and switches...

Home Theater Wall

So for the home theatre wall we'd like to install french doors opening outward. We'd like to enclose the area for a few reasons: Firstly, for privacy from the rest of the basement, Secondly, to stop sound from travelling throughout the house when we're watching movies, thirdly, so we can maintain a specific level of lighting without affecting other areas of the basement.


Before: Existing door to this side of the basementAngle from further away
Opposite angle, after existing door has been removed
Begining of frame work. Building of secure framing under the ducts

bracing the cripple stud before nailing it into place
framing of wall complete, pic from inside the room looking out
pic from outside the room looking in

Boys over for a lil coax run

Got the boys over on the weekend of Jan 28th to help run the coax cables for satellite.

G... with his infinite wisdom and technical expertise had the wires in fairly fast... we spent more time trying to fix an old cable connection than running the new wires. His big hands came in handy. i dont like the way you're holding that drill bit though.

Hero... lended a helpful hand with his 7 foot height and skinny fingers... ok fine i shouldnt say anything, he knows more about satellite than i do

Busy with the Basement, not so busy with the blog

Framing is now complete....wooo hooo!!

The Home Theatre room has been framed with room for french doors. Pics to come soon.

Now on to electrical and boxing the soffits...

Status update

Framing is about 85% complete. Onto the last few walls, might take a little longer than some of the other walls. Securing the top plate for the framing is going to be a challenge, there is low hanging ducts and electrical wiring in the way. We're going to box the soffits and then build the wall under the soffit. Hoping to have the framing complete in the next 2 weeks, then onto wiring.




Oh and we did a little shopping in between framing on saturday. Picked up a box or two of laminate flooring and a bunch of 2x4's and 2x2's for framing and soffits. Oh, and some electrical outlets and boxes.

Center Channel

Random pic of the center support channel running through the metal studs.

Only a few walls left to frame.. woohoo

Three walls left to frame. Home Theatre screen wall , wall to left and wall to divide the room to separate it from the rest of the basement.

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On to another wall

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