Test ShotTABLE OF CONTENTS:1) WORK IN PROGRESShttp://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1030377#msg1030377 2) WORK IN PROGRESS PART 2http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1056692#msg10566923) ACOUSTIC TILES AND FLOOR TILES http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1031541#msg10315414) MY YARD http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1033886#msg10338865) MY AIRCON http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1036076#msg1036076LAST UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009UPDATE DETAILS (SEPTEMBER 24 2009):Test shot see page 3*Check new pics at the end of this post belowPOSTED: JULY 10, 2009Being inspired by a lot of home theater designs here, I finally decided to make my own.
Fortunately, there was an old storage room in which I could use, unfortunately it was far from ideal.
The room is roughly
9ft X 10ft X 9ft (WXDXH).
Problems I was facing with the room are:1) Electrical system in that room was already shorted, and crumbling
2) Ceiling was falling apart
3) Room held over 15 years of items. (cleaning it would be hell 
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4) Far end wall is almost all louver windows and anodized aluminum.
5) Ugly walls and floor (Can't be helped architects of 40 years ago had bad taste )Before anything, I created a design of what the room would be (more or less) after I fix it up.
I used a nifty program by google to create my initial designs
Top View
Front View
Rear View
Iso 01 View
Iso 02 View
Scope of Work:1) Carpet Tiles
2) Relocate door to opposite side of the room (Why? To make it more accessible)
3) Put up new walls to cover the old
4) Fix up the electrical and put in new lighting
5) get new glass for the louver windows
6) board up the back with cork to prevent vibrations on the aluminum
7) install really thick curtains
install an airconIt took roughly 2 months to clear up the room and to kill those ginormous spiders. (I kid you not, they were HUGE
)
Update 01:Electricals were just completed.
1) conduits were installed
2) speaker wires were routed
3) tapped in electrical from other parts of the house to routeCeiling new lighting
Ceiling - Closer look
Existing Door (This will be boarded up soon)
Conduits and other stuff
Conduit - Closer Look
Wall where new door would be installed
Conduits for the rear speaker
POSTED: JULY 13, 2009Metal wall frame 01
Metal wall frame 02
Metal wall frame 03 
Ceiling Guide (Ceiling will be dropped around 15 inches) 
* This will also hide the curtain rod
New Door Cut-out 
New Door Cut-out (Close-Up)
POSTED: JULY 15, 2009Finally completed the wall metal frame.
We have just begun putting up the walls. Walls are made up of High Density Gypsum Boards.
Why Gypsum boards? I would think Gypsum boards should have some acoustic absorption properties since essentially they are high compacted chalk boards.
Well in case I am wrong then I have to put up bass traps and stuff. But until things are completed we won't know, so stay tuned.
Gypsum Board 01
Gypsum Board 02
Gypsum Board (Wire Cut-Outs)
POSTED: JULY 16, 2009I just love my new door. It's one of those very heavy solid doors
New Door 01
New Door 02
Puttying all the new walls have been finished, guess next step would be sanding then finally painting
Putty Wall
Putty Wall - Close Up
Since the T-runners are up, it's just a matter of time before I can put up the acoustic boards.
T-Runners 01
T-Runners 02
POSTED: JULY 17, 2009\Wall
In case your wondering what your looking at here, this is actually where the original door was. That door was dead-bolted shut, so theres no way it could be opened from the other side.
Acoustic Board and electrical test
I'll be screwing in a plywood on these brackets, after that I'll probably blu-tack my 9.1s on it.
Metal brackets
Color started with Adobe Red, and later mixed with a little black. I'm trying to achieve a choco brown color. This is only one coat so far and paint still a little wet. Hopefully I get the color I want.
Paint Test
POSTED: JULY 18, 2009I added a few more hints of black to get the choco brown color I wanted. Apologies for the reflection.
First Coat
Of course since the door is of a different material, shade is a little different from the walls, but not the noticeable.
First Coat - Door
I said it before and I'll say it again, Architecture of 40 years ago sucks. I don't even know why there are gaps under the aluminum wall.
I added metal supports/wood then finally an acoustic board to fill the gap. I'll be painting the acoustic board though the same choco brown as the wall. I know this will reduce it's effects but for this aesthetics first
The before and After
I had to sacfice a few of the louver windows but at least less areas for sound to leak out of
On the second hole will be putting an acoustic board there
New aluminum for aircon support
I bought some blank electrical plates and had a half inch drill bit create a hole right in the middle for the wires to come out of.
Electrical Plates with drilled hole.
POSTED: JULY 20, 2009Ceiling Tiles 01
Ceiling Tiles 02
Painting of the entire room is complete. BUt I'm honestly till not satisfied until I get the "clean" look I wanted. I'll probably spend a few more days sanding, puttying repainting.
Front Wall 01
Front Wall 02
This still needs a few more work
Rear Wall 01
Rear Wall 02
POSTED: JULY 24, 2009Outer grill cut-out
My new panny aircon 
My new panny aircon (Close-Up)
POSTED: August 03, 2009After A LOT of problems with the paint. And after weeks of work finally painting has been completed. Although there are still some problems but not that bad anymore and they'll be covered by the posters I'll be putting up.
Front 01
Front 02
Corner 01
Corner 02
Door
POSTED: August 8, 2009Before flooring could be laid out whatever imperfections existed had to be fixed.
Thankfully the only floor problem was an unsightly hole where the old wall use to be. (probably used as a support). If you notice the picture of my door the hole was right under it.
Just a little mixture of white cement then "wala" the hole is gone.
White Cement
After a few hours flooring was complete. I really love the new floor, it's something different. WHen light it directly shone on it it has these small sparkles similar to what you see on the beach.
It does really mimic how the mineral sardonyx looks like. And I feel it gives great contrast to the ceiling.
New Floor
On this shot you can see the small sparkles.
New Floor - Ant's eye view
New Floor - Corner 01
New Floor - Corner 02
POSTED: Semptember 4, 2009Continuation of the WIPhttp://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=98661.msg1056692#msg1056692That's it for now. More updates soon.
Btw, Here is my kit list
TV - Panasonic 50PV80
Reciever -
Denon 1909 Denon 1910
Fronts - Wharfedale 9.5
Center - Wharfedale 9CM
Rear - Wharfedale 9.1
Sub - Polk PSW110
Players - PS3 with 500 GB internal
- Wii
- Pioneer DV610 (black)
- Aspire 5920G (Thank god for built in 1080p HDMI out)
Power - HOSSONI 1500 (2X)
- Panther Line Filter (2X)
Others - DLINK NAS with 2 2TB hard drives (Never run out of space again)
