Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Home Theatre ceiling height 2Dec 12, 2007 12:50 pm Hi Casa.
For the motorised screen you (well we do, and have in the past...) order it to be made with Extra Top Black Leader, however, the more of this you need to add the more the screen could lose it's 'lay flat' properties, and it will be more susceptible to (at the bottom) swinging due to slight air currents in the room (if I walk closely past my screen when it's rolled down I can induce a small swing back and forth in it with the air that I disturb) I'm honestly not even sure Screen Technics will/can agree to make a screen with the amount of black leader you would need (perhaps 1.2m !!) if you were going to mount the screen canister to your ceiling (or above the ceiling!). All of the extra material might be too much to squeeze inside the canister... What about creating some sort of bulkhead at about normal ceiling height in the theatre? (you can put downlights in it for effect, you can completely hide the screen in it). As far as sound goes, the higher ceiling can only have a negative effect - any relection/echo will be more likely to show up (as the delay for the reflection reaching you will be more)... It will be more important to try to absorb/reduce those reflections. Re: Home Theatre ceiling height 3Dec 12, 2007 3:53 pm Rod,
Thanks for the reply. 1) The reduction in the 'lay flat' properties is a concern. 2) Not too worried about the swinging since the image would remain fixed. Have i got this right? 3) The ability to get the extra 1.2 m, or so, black leader into the canister is a problem. I think I'll contact Screen Technics to see what they say. 4) The bulkhead idea is something to think about, but may look odd since looking along the screen wall I would have, from bottom to top: a) 0.9 m of wall b) 1.5 m of window c) 0.3 m of wall d) 0.6 of bulkhead protruding, say ,0.3 m e) 0.6 m of window d) the ceiling. I'm sure it can be made to look good, but more things to think about!!!! 5) The delayed reflections from the high ceiling have me concerned. The extra roof height is mainly to make the outside look good and provide some sun shielding on an otherwise flat roof. I could, as a last resort, still put in a ceiling at 2.7 m height. This would result in about a 1 m space between the "roof ceiling" and the "room ceiling". Imagine how much equipmen I could store in there!! I'm going to have to do some more thinking. And my brain already hurts. Cheers, Casa Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Home Theatre ceiling height 4Dec 13, 2007 6:58 am Cool man.
Re the swinging, that's pretty much correct - it would have to pick up a fair swing before you'd actually notice it from where you're watching the picture from (free hanging screens probably get tiny swings in them all the time (ie less than a couple of mm), too small to be noticed from the viewing position). The idea of the lower ceiling in the theatre has real merrit. You could therefore very easily hide your screen up in there (if you decided to do this then be aware that the trusses would have to run the same direction as the screen/screen box) - there'd be plenty of room to work up there. You could also install a motorised projector lift to hide the projector itself (like mine ): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also, you could do something creative with the ceiling itself, like perhaps creating a recessed feature section like this (not necessarily with the same colour scheme): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: 5Dec 10, 2012 10:08 pm Howdy Rod We are playing around with our HT/Sitting room which is 3260 x 4380. We intend to have 2700 ceilings throughout but following from some research the celing height is best to be between 2400 (standard) to 25550. I noted your comment re a creative ceiling which is what I am pondering with a drop ceiling and a shadowline around the edges for some discrete lighting perhaps. Am wanting to see what other great ideas are out there...... Went to click in the URL where you show a recessed feature but is a bad link... If you have any suggestions where I could research ideas on what I can ponder with the ceiling be much appreciated. Shane Deposit Paid 31/10/12 Selections 25/1/13 NHC 28/2 DCA 20/3 Siteworks 2/5 Slabbed 20/5 Wall Frames 3/6 Brickwork Finished 2/7 Lock Up 19/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58864 Re: Home Theatre ceiling height 6Dec 10, 2012 10:14 pm I would pm rodda, I havn't seen him much online these days best way for him to answer you questions Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Thank you @ashington Homes for your reply! They just got back to me and offered credit for me to just take it as is. It was a less than quotes I got from ceiling… 6 2969 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 10325 i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16751 |