Almost done

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poorly stitched panorama of theatre area

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toward the stairs

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exercise room

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Hall, theatre area.

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back.

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Game area

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Music/Exercise/Bedroom

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Standing in theater area, looking back

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Standing in the game/bar area, looking toward the screen

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Screen Wall

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Archways

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Thanks to Chad for designing the archways...and my dad for building them.

Ceiling Detail

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You can see the arch thingy in the ceiling. Cool.

Plumbing! Hey-O!

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Right, so I paid for somebody to do *most* of the rough plumbing. Meanwhile most of the framing is done. We still have to frame out the archways, but plans are in the works.

Later this week - electrical.

...and more...

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...down the room....

Framing...after a weekend.

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Lots of progress.

More to come.

Plumbing Planning

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I have to bust out some concrete and put some new DWV stuff in here. Too bad I have no idea how to do this.

Ok, lumber is ordered, permits are coming, and I'm acquiring other materials and tools.

First step: insulation.

This isn't as easy as you'd think. The jury is still out as far as what the best approach to insulating a basement. Here's what I do know...

1. The house has 1" Owens-Corning Foamular 150 on the outside of the walls.

2. The rim joist area was insulated with fiberglass. When you pull these out, there's all kinds of moisture in there. Essentially air is moving through this area and condensing on the rim joist. The local building inspector said mold is a problem lately, so I want to avoid that. Solution: a DIY spray foam insulation kit by Tiger Foam. I considered doing it via rigid insulation, but cutting and trimming that would have taken months.

3. The top 4' of the wall is where most of the heat loss is, after the rim joist area. According to the Building Science Institute, you prevent only 10% heat loss insulating from 4' below grade on down. This means I'll only insulate the top 4'. Batt insulation won't be installed. The building inspector said this is a good approach.

Ok, more to follow.