Drywall Part 2

Thanks to Keith and Brian for helping me sheetrock the ceiling. The drywall lift made easy work out of it, but it's still a pain the butt. I have a few small pieces to fit but that shouldn't be a problem doing that myself. Next step is the walls! I also emailed Chad to get a quote on spraying the drywall and doing a skip trowel finish. This should hide all the mistakes, I hope!

Here's some pictures of the finished ceiling.

Drywall Part 1

Saturday my brother and I carried 34 sheets of 5/8" drywall down to the basement. That was a pain in the butt! At least the tough part is done.

HVAC troubles

I tried cutting into the HVAC last night and it simply won't work. The space is too tight and I can't get tools in there to make the connection. One of our first floor vents comes off the end of the ducting behind the false wall, using round ducting. Home Depot has a T connector that slips on or "saddles" an existing 6" round duct. So, all I'll need to do is cut a hole, slip that on and put some 6" clamps on it then run the rest with flex down to the vent. sweet!

Electrical is done and tested

Yesterday I spent most of the day connecting and testing the electrical. I found a few bad wire nut connections but everything else worked as it should. As a final test I hung the 3" lights and connected them to the Lutron Grafik Eye. Awesome! I can't wait to have it all done. I'll be dimming the lights all day.

Wiring and Plumbing

Today my friend Steve Koehler connected all my circuits to the main panel and moved some plumbing that ran under a floor joist. Thanks Steve!

Switches...

Last night I wired up all the electrical switches and moved the screen lights. It's moving forward...

Port 3

Yesterday I did some research regarding port 3 on the Barco Graphics 808. Many have better luck using that port and VGA sources because of the issue with negative sync on port 5. I found a hand made VGA cable, popped one end off and crimped on some pins, then added a DB9 end. It worked great! Time to measure up and get the pj out of the way.
I think I might need to move some lights. More on that later.

Conduit and Port 3

I bought another 4" 10ft pvc today to run from the EQ rack to the projector. This will hold the cables and allow for future runs to the projector if needed. Pipe + Hangers + Elbow joint = $16.
I also found out that my barco 808 has an optional RGB card that will allow RGB or RGBHV over port 3 too. So, I can have two different sources! That means I can run the 360 on one port and the Video scaler on another. Excellent!

Another wednesday of work!

Yesterday I had my electrical inspection. Everything was great except for a few n00bie mistakes, like leaving too much cover on the wires inside the box. Easy fix. I also broke out the tabs on the 2 and 4 gang boxes, so he's making me caulk the holes. Oh well. Brian was really great and even drew me a picture to help me wire up my 3-way switches. I don't know why it's so difficult to do, but I'm looking forward to learning more about it.
My brother gave me enough insulation to cover 3/4's of the ceiling of the entire space. He even helped me put it all up! We finished putting up the last of the light boxes, then did the insulation in a few hours time. Awesome!