Turning bad situation into something positive.

[jimbones]

I've live in my home for over 30 years. I have a man cave in the basement that serves as my listening room and home office. It was old fashioned knotty pine but it was neat and clean. Well I have my first water issue that affected my listening area. I decided now is the time to do a total make over. I'll try to post pics of my redo along with explanations into turning this into an even better listening room. Stay tuned.

[Barry (NJ)]

Good luck Jim!

[rollo]

  If you need any help with layout, Electricity, conditioning give me a shout.  Have fun.

charles

[jimbones]

  If you need any help with layout, Electricity, conditioning give me a shout.  Have fun.

charles

Thanks Charles. the leak happened very early March. I have stripped the basement down to the studs. I re-insulated and ran more dedicated lines to give me options. The biggie was that I put in a new beam to enable me to eliminate columns. so it really opened up the area. Next is sheetrock starting Monday. Still working on electrical in ceiling but electrical in walls are done. Lots of smart lighting

[Barry (NJ)]

Thanks Charles. the leak happened very early March. I have stripped the basement down to the studs. I re-insulated and ran more dedicated lines to give me options. The biggie was that I put in a new beam to enable me to eliminate columns. so it really opened up the area. Next is sheetrock starting Monday. Still working on electrical in ceiling but electrical in walls are done. Lots of smart lighting

Nice!

[jimbones]

Thanks Charles. the leak happened very early March. I have stripped the basement down to the studs. I re-insulated and ran more dedicated lines to give me options. The biggie was that I put in a new beam to enable me to eliminate columns. so it really opened up the area. Next is sheetrock starting Monday. Still working on electrical in ceiling but electrical in walls are done. Lots of smart lighting

Nice!

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[tmazz]

Thanks Charles. the leak happened very early March. I have stripped the basement down to the studs. I re-insulated and ran more dedicated lines to give me options. The biggie was that I put in a new beam to enable me to eliminate columns. so it really opened up the area. Next is sheetrock starting Monday. Still working on electrical in ceiling but electrical in walls are done. Lots of smart lighting

Nice!

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Why should the room the different from anything else we do in this hobby?   

[jimbones]

TMAzz, absolutely the room is integral to the system, this was my opportunity.
However how many of us are able to just build a dedicated room? The only reason I could do it is I have some skills to do most of the work to save money and I got some insurance money to lessen the blow. And most importantly I have a wonderful understanding wife that is agreeable to me taking on this endeavor. Taking a basement down to the studs is no easy task. I can't wait until it is done.

[StereoNut]

 

Stereonut
 

[jimbones]

Stereonut
 

Yes I Know. For some reason my phone got corrupted and wont let me download pics to my PC so I will have to figure another way.

[jimbones]

what a PITA, my images are too large, i resize and still having problems stay tuned

[jimbones]

test post. Basement prior to demo

[jimbones]

begin removing lower section of wall

[jimbones]

more pics during demo

[Barry (NJ)]

Sweet!