Browse Forums Lighting + Lighting Design Re: Home Theatre lighting ... anyone want to share? 3Dec 24, 2010 4:48 pm Building with Life$tyle Homes in Perth SOR Key Dates on First Page of my Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38761 Re: Home Theatre lighting ... anyone want to share? 5Dec 25, 2010 5:22 pm my house blog: http://sugarloafdrivebuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Home Theatre lighting ... anyone want to share? 11Feb 15, 2011 10:07 pm There were 5 aspects to the wiring of my theatre room I had to consider; 1) lighting 2) data cabling 3) speaker wiring 4) HDMI cabling 5) power supply For the lighting I opted to just have a provision for downlights left in the ceiling, as well as the standard 2 x baton fix lights (aligned across the room, rather than down the middle of the room to allow for my DLP). I will be putting in 6 x downlights, removing the 2 baton fix lights, and putting in two lamps that I found that look like old movie prop staging lights with the little adjustable flaps - I'll be hooking them up to a dimmer switch for 'mood' lighting. Almost all the Home Theatre componentry these days have network cable hookup; TVs, blurays, recorders/tuners, amplifiers/receivers, projectors, so I ensured that I have enough CAT5/6 cabling installed for all current and future components. For example, I ran a CAT5 cable to behind where my projector screen will be, just in case I ever decide to put a Plasma/LCD on the wall behind it. Similarly, with my speaker wiring, even though I currently only have a 5.1 amplifier, I ran speaker wires for a 7.2 system, for if/when I get a new receiver. Think carefully about what heights you want your speakers (and wiring plates) at, especially if you ever decide to buy new speakers. I currently have smaller 'bookshelf' type speakers, but placed the front speaker wall plates at ground level in case I ever get floorstanding speakers. Rear and surround plates are at ear level as I would only ever use 'bookshelf' wallmounted speakers. HDMI Cabling is also very important to consider - as mentioned a couple of points up, I don't currently have a flatscreen to mount on the wall behind my projector screen, but I ran a 5 metre HDMI just in case. I'd rather spend $80 now and not use it for a few years, rather than have to spend a lot of time and money running them through walls down the track. TIP: if you're going to run the HDMI cables yourself (or have a contractor do it) make sure you do it as close to gyprocking as possible, that way there is less time for them to go 'missing'. In regard to power supply,work out how many points you'll need at your 'componentry' area (dvd player, vcr, bluray, set top box, amplifier, xbox, ps3, router, etc) and double it! better to be safe than sorry. I've gone for an 'awesome foursome' wall plate, as well as having my 'surge protector' 6 plug powerboard. I've also allowed for two low mounted double power points at the rear to accommodate powered subwoofers, with the 'double' powerpoint being for anything else I might need/want such as lamps etc. I made sure not to have them mounted too low, as I am having a 300mm raised platform at the rear of the room for the back row of seats. I also included a power point provision in the roof to power my ceiling mounted DLP, as well as a double point behind my projector screen for the future possibility of a Plasma/LCD. I also have a double point at the front on the side wall for general use, such as vaccuuming etc. As a bonus tip, go spend $20 at your local hardware store and get some 190x40 timber cut to size to use as mounting points for any location where you might ever consider wanting to put a plasma/lcd in the future. I've done this at 5 different points at my place that is currently under construction, as well as an extra one in the laundry for the dryer mount... <EDIT> sorry, got kinda carried away and off topic.... to answer the actual question very simply, I bought a lamp from Target of all places about 4 years ago that has 3 old movie themed spotlights with the 'barn door' flaps on them that I'm going to modify and use as roof mounted lights... should look pretty cool traditional gable roof facade - Have you did the dark and light gray color combination in facade with gray stone in facade… 0 4141 I would be wary. Is you site demilished but nothing else done? Sounds like liquidity problems to me. Our builder did the same. Got hundreds of thousands of dollars of… 2 15390 Sounds like rubbish to me. Ask for the contamination report which I doubt they have. If it's part of a normal subdivision it would have had a contamination report done… 9 5635 |