Building a Dedicated Audio Room

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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    How much for you to come to Miami and build mine out?:D


    Lodging will be fine; will work from 8 AM to 10 AM and rest from the hard work lying at the beach the rest of the day. Sounds fair????
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
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    Just lookin' out for you, but sounds like you've considered the pros and cons for your particular situation.

    By the way, you probably know that a sanding sponge can be used to eliminate/minimize the dust generated by normal sanding. I hate sanding too!
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
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    HTrookie wrote: »
    Lodging will be fine; will work from 8 AM to 10 AM and rest from the hard work lying at the beach the rest of the day. Sounds fair????

    You buy the materials and it's a deal!:D
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    Lol !!!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    You buy the materials and it's a deal!:D

    Hmmmm.....If I tell you I'm the "anonymous donor" will you throw in a little extra??? :)
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    man, Darla sure can take a guy attention away from a project. No updates for almost two weeks. Darn Darla I did not know you were this good.:D ;) :eek:
    the man can't finish his signature either. Dang LOL
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    What did you expect...it's 18 hours each way to Miami :eek: :eek: :p
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,360
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    Looks good Ricardo! You did a pretty good job for an engineer!;) I hear you about the drywall work. It helps if you have a friend or someone with those plaster skills. Are you going to get some Day-Glo paint and some black lights?:D Put up some posters of Janis Joplin and Iron Butterfly. Turn on the Electric Prunes music and light up a . . . . :eek: nevermind. I'm still stuck in the early '70's.
    Carl

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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    Ok; here goes an update.

    I painted the ceilings and put some crown moldings; I had a very hard time with the tapered edges...didn't think I would (Yes...I'm stubborn....). It looks really good though, and what you see is effect of the flash; in normal light it looks pretty uniform.

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    So....I decided to mud the walls; just enough to cover screws/edges, but without the need of sanding. I also built the sump pump enclosure and the "dummy" on the other side. I will make the covers with plywood and stain to match the speakers.

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    Next step: flooring and base board, then paint the walls. I'm using the same laminate I used for the rest of the basement....but I don't have enough, and the finish was discontinued, so I bough a lighter one and will have to combine them. Should look good.....

    Not sure I'll finish on target; this weekend is Chicagofest :cool: :cool: :cool:
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 9,159
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    schwarcw wrote: »
    Turn on the Electric Prunes music and light up a . . . . :eek:


    You still got your roach clip? Gonna let your daughter take it to school for show and tell?:eek: :D


    Looking good Ricardo. Maybe you should throw a room finishing fest.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    Carl, Rich, I have no idea what you two are talking about....:confused::confused::p:p
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,360
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    Ricardo, you might have had a hard time with the tapered edges if your walls aren't straight;)

    Seriously, looks good! I liked those corner blocks because you don't have to do the compound cut on the molding. A little caulking cleans up everything nice:)

    Carl
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
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    Well, you are well ahead of mine Ricardo, good job.

    RT1
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
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    Coming along great :)

    Ted, Move your A$$ ;)

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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    Looking good. I like the trim.
    engtaz

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
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    for the wall
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    Please help me select the flooring pattern!!!!

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52916
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    Flooring set. Next steps...base boards (I hate cutting those corner angles :mad: ), paint the walls, get the gear in here and start playing with room treatments.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
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    Ricardo,

    looking good my man. you are making me want that wood, you know wood!!!

    I seem to be having a union labor issue on my new woodshed, so feel free to drive on down if you work for beer!!!!

    Did you buy your green glue local or internet supply???

    RT1
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
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    You're going to totally hate yourself for putting down the floor before you painted :)

    But at least you won't have to do quarter round in addition to the baseboards.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    But that was not in the final poll picks. How did you have time after Chicagofest '07 and recover from it. LOL
    Looks great
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Did you buy your green glue local or internet supply???

    PM sent
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    unc2701 wrote: »
    You're going to totally hate yourself for putting down the floor before you painted :)

    The only reason I am doing it this way is that I'm using textured paint; putting the base board over textured paint would be a pain...I'd rather tape the BB and put up lots of plastic film to cover the floor :)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    engtaz wrote: »
    But that was not in the final poll picks. How did you have time after Chicagofest '07 and recover from it. LOL
    Looks great


    Putting up laminate flooring is VERY easy; this room had only a couple of tricky cuts, so I spent maybe 3 hours total.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    Great work.
    engtaz

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
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    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Ricardo,

    looking good my man. you are making me want that wood, you know wood!!!
    :D:D:D
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    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
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    Rock on. Good looking stuff right there.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,619
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    Ricardo, you don't think all this is work you are doing could be considered unnecessary, do you? ;):p:D
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,634
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    I don't, but the "boss" for sure does ;)
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,672
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    More pics more pics oh and progress report.
    engtaz

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