The first post I talked about how the tiny theater room started to come together. This post will talk about when things really started moving along. The time frame is still measured in years but compared to the rate if change in the first decade of living in this house things start moving much faster.
Phase 3: Framed
Mid 2017- Mid 2018
I had a great neighbor for several years named Jim. He was bit of a jack of all trades. He owned several business over the years but ended up doing some handy man work one summer between other gigs. He had some constructions chops so I had him frame in my theater room over the summer.
He was great to work with and made my pencil and paper sketches come to life.
I had Jim build out the walls and a trey ceiling where the projector was going to live along with some nice soffits to cover up the duct work. I extended the curtains I had behind the screen to wrap around the entire room and dragged in some of my arcade cabinets to the back of the room.
Over the course of the following year I did all the low voltage wiring myself for speakers, USB ports, ethernet, HDMI runs, and what not so when the time came to drywall the room would be ready to go. The theater stayed in the walls without drywall phase for about a year.
Phase 4: Drywall
Mid 2018
My neighbor Jim had some free time the following summer so I had him come back over and hang, the drywall and painting. Once of his previous jobs was as a painter and he did nice work.
It took a month or so to get all the drywall work done and ready for paint but it was sure fun to watch it all come together. Once the drywall was done I put in all the AV boxes and connectors and we were ready for paint and carpet. But that's for my next post.
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| The projector being tested fitted into it's nest |
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| Some of my own low voltage handiwork |
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| Mudded and ready for paint |
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