THE BASE, home of the giant robots.

[Muerto]

Nice to hear the deal came through!!!

[gyruss]

Nice place for a DLF meet, you are also like 1 hour away from him, right bruno ?

+1 count me in if there is going to be a meeting (and if i'm welcome of course).

[Q*ris]

Thanks for your comments!...and yes of course, we can definitely plan a DLF meeting there. You're all welcome!
Just give me some time to fill the place with our favourite black boxes.
I have never actually seen all my games lined up, that will be a sweet sight.
For the moment they are at...hum... 6 different places (all in Belgium that's already an improvement)...
I should pick them soon if I don't want to loose 6 very helping friends 

[Q*ris]

I could use some input from you guys.

I suspect this room might get a bit humid in the winter time (that's probably why they removed the carpet from the ground).
I don't want to take chances with my precious games so I'd like to build a wooden floor to avoid having the cabs directly touching the ground.
As I'm renting the place I want to do that for very very little money.
The room is about 5metersX3meters

I was thinking of using palets like these ones (I think I can even get some for free from a friend).

What do you think?

[Muerto]

Good idea, and when the pallets are layed you can put plywood on top... 9-12-15 mm

[Q*ris]

Thanks Michael, I'll gather these things next weekend and start to work on it.
Much easier while the room is empty 

[Etienne MacGyver]

yes, good plan, only 1 thing comes to my mind, does the door open to the inside of the room, or to the outside ?

If to the inside i think you need to remove the door 

[level42]

What do you think?

I think you should solve the cause of the humid conditions if possible. Take away the problem, not go around it. (I'm not a construction expert though....)
I mean, even if you raise the floor according to your plan, the air in the room will still be very humid which isn't very good for the games either !
Good ventilation is important to prevent humid air in your rooms. If nothing else works, get a dehumidifier....or whatever these things are called.

[Belike]

I think you should solve the cause of the humid conditions if possible. Take away the problem, not go around it. (I'm not a construction expert though....)
I mean, even if you raise the floor according to your plan, the air in the room will still be very humid which isn't very good for the games either !
Good ventilation is important to prevent humid air in your rooms. If nothing else works, get a dehumidifier....or whatever these things are called.

+1 and you should also remove those bushes and trees outside from that window area.

[level42]

By the way, moist and wood = mold.

[DarthNuno]

Here's a segment from the V2 construction  

I know there won't be any deformation problem on the osb floor because the steps for doing the foundations have been done exactly like an house. Have a look at the previous pictures. Moistures won't reach the the top of the slab. No humidity/cold too, because all the walls + roof have been insulated  Did I already notified my father is ...mason  The same job has been done three years ago for the first room, and no problem at all 

OK, so here's the stuff of the day :



Under the OSB boards, I'm applying an anti-humidity layer   



I'm using glue for wood between the OSB boards :





The delicate part : cutting the boards in order to match the entrance ...



Hey, something is missing between the two rooms 



Better now   



Finished 





 

...and after that, put a carpet  

Still no problem after 6 years (V1 construction... similar than V2 

[Q*ris]

Thanks all for your help, it's just that I will keep heating really low during the winter and I wanted to be extra cautious.
The reason for the possible humidity is that the rest of the building is an unheated warehouse.
I think it will be acceptable though, I mean, until last year there were people living there (this room was their bedroom).
OK, they were a bit weird, to say the least...  
I will inquire on the price of such anti-humidity layer next week, nice tip!
Stay tuned

(and regarding the door, I will get rid of it, probably using a hadoken or a light sonic boom)

[Q*ris]

Following your good advices, I managed to find a stock of free pallets and some discounted Berry Excellence anti humidity layer.


This sunday around 22h30, all high on DW40 scents, I was quietly working on the cabs from the dusty roadtrip huming the soundtrack from Out Run
when I heard a tiny "shhhhh" coming from the bathroom.
I went to check and there was tiny water leak the size of a needle head coming from the "water heater".
Weird because I didn't ask the owner to have the water turned on but anyway,
I put my fingers on the water heater tap to slightly tighten it and stop this leak...
...and then it happened: the tap broke and was violently thrown to the wall because of the water pressure that was coming out from there!
It was like having 4 taps fully opened pouring water constantly.  
I went to turn off the main water but it was nowhere to be found in the room!!!
By then it was 23h00, I tried to call the owner 10 times but all I got was his answering machine  
I tried to call a plumber and he said that he doesn't work at night and suggested I call the firemen.  
I did that and they said that they could come and break all the doors until they find the main tap to turn the water off... gloups...  

23h10: the water had already completely invaded the bathroom and was almost filling the soon to be gameroom.


I called my girlfriend an ask her to search the web for another telephone number for the owner (all I had was is cellphone).
Meanwhile I taped the curtain shower to the water heater and directed the flood right into the toilets.
That was already much better...


Did I already tell you that my girlfriend is just great?
Well, she is because she found not one but two phone numbers of the owner  
I tried the first... damn! another answering machine!!  
I tried the second and his daughter picked up, yes!!!!!
Apparently I woke her up but I didn't give a wet mario about that.
She passed me his father who was sleeping too and I explained the situation.
He told me that indeed I have no access to the main water tap and jumped into his car to open the other part of the buildig where this goddamn tap was located.
15 long minutes later he was there and could finally stop this nightmare!
Wohoooo!!

Fortunately:
-I was there when it happened!
-That Berry layer wasn't already applied to the ground!
-My "good games" weren't already there!
-The water didn't reach the main room where many cabs are already located!
-My super girlfriend is top   and could handle a google search under (water) pressure!!!


I guess I'll now have to wait a bit to let everything dry (even though weather is not great for that atm) and then I'll finally apply the layer,
put the pallets and maybe some wood panels on top and then I will finally be able to bring my favourite cabs in there!
Just a slight delay but I just wanted to share this epic failure with you.
I had been warned by Sonic 1992 and others here that water and cabs don't mix well
but I wanted to publish this story to demonstrate with this practical example that they are 100% right.
Keep the water away from your gamerooms guys!

Sorry Mr Berry but you'll have to wait another week before being applied...

[Dazza]

WOW! Lucky escape. Water is a bastard when out of control!

[Belike]

OMG Chris, this could be a real nightmare!
Anyway, You and your Gf. did the best you can to avoid a bigger catastrophe.