Blu-Benny's Basement/HT!
 

Where the HT will go.

i plan on framing a wall about 2 feet from the foundation and have an access panel to the crapper pipe that i can cover up w/a poster frame.

i also want to build in an audio rack that will be shelves set into the wall off to the left side.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/417/img1841z.jpg

Where the bar will go.

the couches, tv, and gun rack will be removed and not be in the finished basement. i've got plans to build a bar and put on the right hand side here.

i also plan on building a liquor cabinet for behind the bar.

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A wall will be put up here.

my 1st project, a wall will be put up to separate my business from my finished basement.

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still in the planning stages of my HT revamp, plan on building my bar this coming fall/winter i think but here's the poker table my father in law built for himself however many years ago.....he has passed it onto me b/c they don't play cards anymore.

i can already count the money i'll be winning on this thing.

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and

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Tv should definitely go on the north wall like you suggested and furniture towards the south wall. Your side surrounds (well the left surround I think it would be I think I'd have like a arm bracket angled downward toward seating area unless you want to put stands/floorstanding speakers for your surrounds. The bar you could have farther outward due to the pipe in the way. I'd make like a wooden panels covering the pipe or incorporate it into a shelfing type thing. My dad had similar problem with pipes in way of his basement...he made a wooden shelf back wall of the bar that covered everything up.

Looks like a drop ceiling is needed to cover up the vents and such...I'd get all your wiring figured out and finished before you get the ceiling...building of other stuff done.

Does Jay and Silent bob lived here? :D

my 1st projects will be the wall by the furnace and i'll be building a platform @ the bottom of the stairs and wall off the opening that is there now so i can fully separate my business side and my ht side.

i'll probably frame everything out 1st then do all of the wiring as far as any electrical outlet additions and then do all of the speaker wire and audio/video cables.

i'm missing this one but i love jay and silent bob so i can't be too mad!!! :D

Blu-Benny, I have completed my basement overhaul, just wanted to tag this thread as I have many things that I learned from my year long project... More to come this week/end....

Good job so far!

not my ht but i'm posting some pix of our current projects on the yard.

here are a couple before pix:

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and

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here's an after w/all of the brick and sand out of the old walkway.

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here's my driveway w/all of the material waiting to be used.

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Looks like your taking on quite the house projects.

here's my progress after today, actually only worked on it for about 4 hours and got a lot of dirt out of there.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1861/img9571u.jpg

only got a couple more inches of digging to go and the rock and sand base can go in.

i'm stopping @ menard's 2morrow to get some pvc piping and wire and i'm gonna run some underground wiring for 3 pillar's that will have lights on them.

EDIT: looking @ this pic, notice what color the siding on my house used to be!!! :rofl:

that's why were also having the house resided this year!!!

NOT envious of the amount of work you're gonna have to do :panic:


It'll feel good when it's done though!

even better when i'm sitting on my completed patio w/a beer in my hand and a couple empty cans already on the ground!!! :D

I will help you empty a few of those cans when you are done.

Hmmmm Blu-Benny and Blu-Kyle...

brother??? or dare i say Blus Brothers

No, we're friends. Blu-Benny referred me to this site a couple times and finally decided to join.

Welcome...enjoy.

You done with that Patio yet????? better bring on those updates!

not yet, we got the rest of the dirt dug out and have a layer of rock in 2nite. we got to borrow a tamper from a guy my mother in law knows and we get to use it through the weekend.

i'm hoping to be laying brick by friday night. :fingers crossed:

2nite we got more rock in and tamped down....i got the patio block edging in (the black edging in the grass and on top of the board in the back....i also got some pvc pipe in so i can run wiring for some lamps and if i wanted to, come back to them later.

here it is, i'm hoping to get a little more rock in 2morrow night and then the sand and then i s/b able to start laying block!!! :rock:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9597/img9576.jpg

looking good! Good thinking on the electrical..... may as well run it out there now!

Looks good so far!

did a bit more tamping down of sand and started laying block 2nite:

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4176/img9585.jpg

hoping to be almost done 2morrow night!!! :fingers crossed:

Watch out with the tamper, it can bust your pavers if you're not careful.

Looks like it's gonna be a winner when you're done.

i was contemplating using it but think i'm gonna decide against it. will just make sure none move too much and will use that compound/joining sand for the cracks when it's done.

can't wait, hopefully i can get done 2morrow and break it in w/a good getting drunk party!!! :D

here's my progress after today:

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8814/img9589.jpg

we s/b able to get the last few blocks laid and while my wife is putting those in i'll be able to get the edges cut.

i might start on the pillars 2morrow too, we'll see how i feel about it though.

:highfive:

benny! kickass!

thanks dude!!! :D

here it is in all it's finished glory!!! my next project is wiring up the lights and building the pillars which you can see where they'll be in this picture.

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and here's a close up of the pattern:

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5 colors and 3 sizes in each color. in the whole thing no 2 colors are touching!!! my wife went and ordered the block from the place which is right across the road from us, showed them the picture and pattern we wanted and told them we wanted all 5 colors and all 3 sizes. the guy looked @ her and said only professionals do that pattern w/that many colors and sizes!!! :D

NOT ANYMORE NOW THAT BENNY IS A SEASONED PATIO LAYER!!!

kinda thinking about going into the masonry business!!!

Patio #2 has begun!!!

Before Pic:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1592/img9544v.jpg

and here's a status pic as of 3 this afternoon:

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here's a pic of me in all my manliness working the jackhammer!!! :D

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hopefully i'll be able to get my hands on a tamper again and get the rocks and sand in by tuesday night and get the patio laid by the weekend!!!

Don't you love working on the house ;)


edit:

Is that some sort of warehouse across the street from you?

it's a lumber factory. then right next to it is a concrete plant, that's where all of the block and rock is from.

Arg!

I'll have to check them at home, can't see the pics at work :(

so here's the 1st patio done w/the pillars up and the lights in:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/24/img9651j.jpg

and here's a close up of one of the pillars:

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4098/img9652.jpg

i still have to actually wire the lights and outlet and then mount the lights. but it looks nice all the same!! :D

here's the 2nd patio done before the siding gets done:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/968/img9654.jpg

now all we have left is the house to get done. i'll be posting some before pix here in a couple weeks.

Vary Nice Job on the Patio Benny , Looks great ! i like the different colors on the patio & the Pillers look good too . Job well done !!!:rock:

so our house project kicked off last weekend officially and we are in the middle of a huge f'ing mess!!! me & my wife stayed home on monday and ripped all of the siding and 1/4" insulation off, took all of the tin siding and aluminum trim work to a steel plant in town and made $150!!! our building permit costed $100. if we got a dumpster and put all of the siding into it, the dumpster rental would've costed $250. so not a bad deal.

now for the pix.

here are some before and after shots of our breezeway on the west side of the house. before we ripped the walls out, there was 1 anchor holding the wall to the foundation and about a 1 1/2" gap between the foundation and wall bottom on the side closest to the house!!! :jawdrop:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2047/img9654n.jpg

my old man helping clean up:
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and with the door in:
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