watering hole

watering hole in our basement.... 2 kids and a canine....

99% Done - Home Theater / Rec Room

screen area of HT room. Screen is 120" framed with a 3" Velvet border with a 45 degree chamfered inside edge. Lolly column on Left still has to be boxed in.

Entertainment unit / stand for new Paradigm CC-290 cost $33 for materials. Still needs to be primed and painted.

Half a bass trap, and temporary sound absorptive panel
New Paradigm DSP-3100 sub.

Temporary Bass Trap (Sound treatments made with left over Roxul S&S)

All doors are Masonite (Safe and Sound) Solid Doors. Independent Lumber yards have these on sale for considerably cheaper than Orange box. I paid about $100 for each 32" door.

Old School Paradigm 3se (from high school university days)

J Channel Siding tip from DHC as cheap cable raceway

Close up of backside of Sound Treatment panel (seam is on the backside of panel)

border for screen

screen shots

doors at back of room

Lutron Maestro IR dimmers

main door into HT, double wall construction, needing a 12" jamb to span.

Price estimate:$12-13,000 for materials, projector, soundproofing, 2 new speakers and carpet installation (95% of the receipts added up, guesstimating the missing 5%)
Other Labour: me

Bigger than life size.

our new 'TV Screen'

Basement Reno's - Child Labour is a great way to save money!

So close to the end.....

Walls Framed,
Sound Insulation in
Sound Clips and Hat Channelling installed.
80 Sheets of Drywall Hung
Viscous Damping Compound applied
Drywall mudded, sanded
Primed and Painted
Electrical in

2 Doors in (2nd one went in way nicer than the 1st.)

Casing painted......

maybe another few weeks of child labour, and it'll be done.... Who says basement renos have to be expensive?


My painting stilts

Benjamin Moore Branchport Brown

Jordan painting casings

Brianna not looking where she's painting

Jordan watching paint drip off his brush onto his shoe

68 sheets of drywall = 4278lbs

68 sheets of drywall were delivered to our house today....

38 sheets of 1/2" drywall
30 sheets of 5/8th" drywall

8 neighbors helped us bring it in to the basement this morning.....

The drywall came in 2 piles... the 2nd pile is still on the truck

A little break from the Basement Renovations...

Took the kids out for a short snowmobile ride around town and to visit Julie's Uncle Brian..... In the middle of the snowstorm..... Brianna's had 3 snowdays so far in one Calendar week of school, and it might be a snowday tomorrow!

Basement Reno's are underway Days 1-3

Day 1: Area cleared of furniture, and TV, and some wood bought. Tools brought in.....

End of Day 3: One Staggered Stud wall put up., rough-in for door framed

Jordan with Hammer....