Finishing Our Basement (AKA the Man Cave)

[burlington1971]

Originally Posted by R.F.D.

Can you provide more info on the deferment program cannot find anything online, I've been keeping a close eye on all Big Box stores when they offer the 1 year deferment and hoping it would be prior to Feb 1, 2010.

Tks

It was last Thursday through Sunday, no payments till Jan 2011. Sorry but you missed it.

[R.F.D.]

No worries they and others will have it again, anticipating more so towards the tax deadline which actually works out for post xmas/ny start...

no bathrooms in the plan?

Originally Posted by burlington1971

It was last Thursday through Sunday, no payments till Jan 2011. Sorry but you missed it.

[burlington1971]

Originally Posted by R.F.D.

No worries they and others will have it again, anticipating more so towards the tax deadline which actually works out for post xmas/ny start...

no bathrooms in the plan?

No bathrooms. I need the exercise going up the stairs.

[GregS]

Are those the speakers in a faded blue on the walls?

Are you going for a THX or Dolby 7.x setup?

In each setup, the surrounds should be on either side of the seating area and the rears should be behind the seating area.

May want to consider in-ceiling speakers for the rears/surrounds.

[Jeffask]

Will the in ceiling speakers fit between the joist?

When your framing the ducts try using 2 x 2's with osb board for added support.

So are you going with the 8' front projection?

[burlington1971]

Originally Posted by GregS

Are those the speakers in a faded blue on the walls?

Are you going for a THX or Dolby 7.x setup?

In each setup, the surrounds should be on either side of the seating area and the rears should be behind the seating area.

May want to consider in-ceiling speakers for the rears/surrounds.

Dolby 7.1 set up, speaker placement to be confirmed when seating is figured out 100%, the blue is recessed lighting.

I'm not a fan of in wall speakers, I have a Klipsch speaker system already anyway.

[burlington1971]

Originally Posted by Jeffask

Will the in ceiling speakers fit between the joist?

When your framing the ducts try using 2 x 2's with osb board for added support.

So are you going with the 8' front projection?

I'm going to frame everything using 2 x 4's. No projection, 50" plasma (maybe a new 63" if I can sneak it in).

[Big Al]

Steel studs do the best job around ducts (easier too).

[burlington1971]

Originally Posted by Big Al

Steel studs do the best job around ducts (easier too).

I'm not a fan of steel studs. I like doing it old school! But they are much lighter to use when working on a ceiling.

[burlington1971]

I got the zoning certificate in one day. Put the building permit in this morning, should be good to go in ten days.

FYI, the permit application process has been very simple and the city has been very helpful.