Hey everybody. These are some pictures of my garage home theater conversion. Since the early 90's I have dreamt of building a home theater. My dream was finally realized in 2009. We converted our 22 x 22 foot garage into a theater. The final dimensions are 22 x 17. A wall, five feet in from the garage door, was built the length of the room allowing me to have some storage. Originally, the plan was to seal off the garage door and have access to the storage space through a door in the theater. Not ideal, but there was no other option. Fortunately, my contractor came up with a great idea. He shortened the tracks to a point just inside the storage area and attached them to beams inside the room. I can only get the garage door up half-way but at least now I also have access from the outside. These are the pics of the process which began February 30th, 2009 and completed April 2nd, 2009.
Preparing the garage.
Another pic of the garage. Notice the tracks I spoke about. If they were left as is, they would have protruded 6 feet into the theater
Building the riser
The riser is complete
The storage area framed out. Notice the shortened tracks.
The front of the theater wired and ready for insulation
The rear of the theater with HVAC installed
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The insulation is just about complete. Ready for sheetrock
Everything is taped, mudded, sanded, and ready for priming and painting
The painting is complete
Installing the carpet
Closeup of carpet
The console Prior to assembly
Console's done
Installing the pillars
Pillars and acoustic panels in place . Attaching the last ceiling panel
Rear of theater
Closeup of one of the pillars
Rope lighting in place
The screen is ready to go up
Screens up
The seats are ready for assembly
Chairs assembled and in place
These are a few pictures of the finished theater
Equipment list
Klipsch RF-83 fronts
Klipsch RC-64 center
Klipsch RB-81 rears
2 Velodyne DD-15 Subwoofers
Anthem Statement P5 power amp
Integra DHC-9.9 pre/pro
Pioneer BDP-95D blue-ray player (for my intro DVD)
Samsung BD-P2500 blue-ray player
Panamax M5300-PM surge protector
Verizon FIOS HD DVR
Anthem LTX 500 LCOS projector (JVC DLA-RS20 repackaged and sold by Anthem)
110" Stewart Firehawk screen
Universal MX-980 remote
Active Thermal Management Cool-Stack ll cooling system
SVS AS-EQ1 subwoofer EQ (Not installed at the time this pic was taken)
Equipment pics
Well that's about it. Thanx for viewing
