Has anyone ever renovated a low-ceiling basement into a home theater?

[toddly6666]

You know those houses with basements that are really cold, storage-looking dungeon-looking, mega-low ceilings (where you can't even stand up straight) with a boiler, washing machines, a bike and boxes of crap?

Has anyone here ever renovated them into a pleasant-looking man cave/home theater-type room? And is it even recommended or worth it?

[ZIPPO]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ce.html?pg=all

http://www.electronichouse.com/slide...egory/5411/831

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1250767/ca...oor-be-lowered

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by ZIPPO

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ce.html?pg=all

http://www.electronichouse.com/slide...egory/5411/831

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1250767/ca...oor-be-lowered

thanks, but these articles are about digging up the floor to make the ceiling higher (which is expensive and may not work if the house foundation prevents it). I'm curious if anyone has every created a home theater/man cave from a low-ceiling basement (sort of looking like something out of the half floor in Being John Malkovich!

[jcdennis]

I don't know if mine is as low as you're thinking... but my ceiling height is only 81" in my home theater.....

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by jcdennis

I don't know if mine is as low as you're thinking... but my ceiling height is only 81" in my home theater.....

unless you are a basketball player, I guess you can fully stand up in there. Is it in your basement? And if so, was it renovated from dungeon to man cave?

[jcdennis]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

unless you are a basketball player, I guess you can fully stand up in there. Is it in your basement? And if so, was it renovated from dungeon to man cave?

I can stand fine in the majority of the room, but I mounted my projector on the ceiling, and have a step up for my second row of seating.

The folks who get sent to the second row have to watch their heads (at least all the guys I know, and a couple of the girls....).

LOL - it was a bit of a dungeon honestly. But in some ways that made it better. More or less a perfect rectangle for a theater, no windows, and a blank canvas. I was able to wire in my lighting (on the walls) and hide my speaker wires (for 7.1) to make it a little cleaner.

The only real negative I'm finding, is that it's made me pay a little more attention to a projectors lense shift. I have to have the projector mounted within the screen frame, there's not an option to raise it higher or drop it lower than the screen.

[Dieu]

Hi, I'm adding a garage to my house and i have the option to get a room below. But it will be 7'1'' tall. The room will be 11'x 24'.

I a bit shy of mounting the projector to the ceiling because it will be at the reach of everyb..DON'T TOUCH THIS YOU SON..#%#% ;-)

Seriously, I got the idea of building a fixed furniture between the two front seat (Lazyboy kind) and put the projector inside so it will be at the bottom of the screen.

EDIT: what about a short throw and a rear projections? So many choices...

Any toughts?
Thanks

[Tedd]

If the throw works, why not put the projector in a hush box in the back wall?

Short throw projectors work well, as the projector typically ends up over the front row
seats.

[sonic_debauchery]

I have....My ceiling is 78 inches from the floor. I use a jvc projector with great zoom and lens shift, which are key. My theater is 11.5 wide by 27 feet long. Perfect rectangle. The sound is great, walls fully insulated all the way around.

[deltatauhobbit]

Originally Posted by sonic_debauchery

I have....My ceiling is 78 inches from the floor. I use a jvc projector with great zoom and lens shift, which are key. My theater is 11.5 wide by 27 feet long. Perfect rectangle. The sound is great, walls fully insulated all the way around.

Bit of an old topic, I wonder if he ever did anything.

My finished floor to bottom of joists height is 6'-8" (80") and I haven't had any issues. I'm only 5'-5" though. There is some duct work throughout the basement but even after boxing that stuff out, I still can sneak under without ducking, other people no so much haha.

If we're talking under 6'-0", I can see how that would feel cramped, I've taken tours of old colonial houses and plenty of them are around that height. Doable but your projection screen would pretty much be floor to ceiling depending on the screen a person is going with.

I went with a short throw projector based on my room needs and where I figured would be the best spot to put it.

[Barry_NJ]

When home shopping, first place I visit is the basement, sniff test usually tells all

[superpacman]

Originally Posted by ViktorWA

I welcome everyone. At the moment I am renovating my house, I have noticed that a lot of dampness passes through the foundation. Now I want to make waterproofing. Perhaps you have had such an experience, what can you advise for this?

I recently noticed this happen in one part of my basement, and I was confused. It made me understand the need for them Dricore subfloor panels.

https://dricore.com/products/dricore-subfloor/

Has worked wonderfully so far, but I didn't have a huge issue with it on a regular.