Thanks to all. I will answer all of you. I appreciate the sentiment and your advice.
Sorry to hear it, but again it sounds like a little bit of a blessing in disguise I suppose.
I've been meaning to gut my basement anyway and start over down there. This is less a blessing in disguise than a shove to get me off my lazy A55 and get moving on the project.
I'm sorry to hear that too. That's a pretty good chicken salad story though. When the contractor shows up, ask for his union card.
Chicken Salad???
Dave sounds like you have a good idea of what you should do.........
Yes, yes, I do. I just need to translate ideas into reality. Hopes and dreams don't build home theaters.
Sorry to hear about your basement, Dave.
Though it sounds like you've got a plan, and a good one at that.
Is this a bad time to ask about the new Integra?
Actually, the Integra is installed and working just fine. I can bitstream the HD audio and see DTS-HD and True HD on the front panel like God and the engineers intended.
Dave, you have got to teach some of the rest of us how you were able to convince a tree to borrow a root into your drain. To get a home theater, most guys would have done something more mundane and easy to catch by their spouse -like bust a pipe. Your legend continues to grow. Kudos, Tree Master.
[BTW - I'm sorry that you had to wake up to that. Unexpected house damage is never fun, in my book - but you've got a good plan!]
I wish I were a Jedi Tree Master so I could use the force to choke the life out of that tree like an Imperial Stormtrooper that failed in his duty.
I can tell you from experience, remove the offending tree or you will have trouble again.
The offending tree is on city property next to the curb. Removing it without approval is a 10K fine. Getting approval to remove a healthy tree is impossible.
The problem with what you had is that it wasn't just water, so you will want to use some kind of disinfectant on anything it was in contact with. I used bleach when it happened at my house.
Yes, everything that came into contact with water is either getting bleached or going to the dump. The entire floor will be bleached and the walls all removed. I'm going to be sending a fair amount of mineral wool acoustic insulation to the dump because it got wet. It's a shame.
Like many here Dave, I am very sorry this has happened to you. But, talking about
ADAPTATION-you just did it with style. That is, taking something negative and turning it into an
opportunity that in the end becomes
quite a blessing. Now, that is what I am talking about!!!!
Kudos to you for doing so my friend. Be sure to keep us all updated on this process as many can learn from it.
Have a blessed weekend.
Cheers,
Phil
Thanks Phil, I guess I will be having a blessed weekend. My brother lent his truck to haul stuff to the dump and his custom license plate praises God. So I guess in a technical sense, when I am driving this truck around town, this atheist is spreading God's word.
We know what will happen.
"Throwing out the dishasher, washing machine, furnace, waterheater...."
"Why are you doing that????"
"Making an awesome HT room downstairs honey!"
The awesome HT room has one serious limitation: ceiling height. At it's highest, it's just short of 7'. At it's lowest where the ducts run, it's only 5'9". Because the house is just a small rectangular bungalow, I'm thinking of raising the whole house and adding three rows of cinder block to the foundation. Once the whole basement is gutted and all outside walls exposed, I figure it can't be that expensive, maybe under 10K to have an architect and licensed contractor do the work. This will be a long term plan, not a short build. I figure it will be worth the expense to nearly double my usable living space.
