I'm building my personal Gaming Room...

[DarthNuno]

10th of may 2005

I have no more place in my house... and the last game I got 'StarBlade' decide my to dedicate a room for that... and I'm also needed a room to play music, so  I'll transform an unused garage into a Gaming Room / Home Studio...  

The garage before the transformation... what a mess :





11th of may 2005

The room is now clean :





12th of may 2005

Here's the basic stuff :





13th of may 2005

I'll replace windows by ... wall ! I don't like to have too much light  :idea:    :



14th of may 2005

New incoming stuff :





Finaly we replace the most of windows by this :



16th of may 2005

The walls  are now electric sockets free :



I'll build & install a new electric shema for the garage... I need a lot of power for all the games & music stuff  

[DarthNuno]

22th of may 2005

What a day   , it starts at 9:00am, my father is right on time

I'm digging, while my dad works on the garage :



Pfffff.... this stone so strong... a HUGE work to break it, even with that tool...



... done ...



... but I've to repeat the job for the other house side :-( The most difficult part for me :-( I do the job & survive...



While this time, my dad is doing a great & clean  job :







A very long day for my and dad    I'm happy to take some rest  

[DarthNuno]

23rd of may 2005

A lot of small works today ( holes in wood, cleaning, ... )
I decide to replace the poor window in the back of the room by an aluminium double glasses window.

Here it is before the job  :



While the process :



Thanks to my dad for the Job  

... not finished today... to be continue  

[SPACE HARRIER]

Hey,very VERY nice
Good luck with your own little arcade hall
Are you planning to buy more cabins ?  

Till next time,greeds Will.

[DarthNuno]

Hey,very VERY nice
Good luck with your own little arcade hall
Are you planning to buy more cabins ?  

Till next time,greeds Will.

Hey Will  

Well, at this time I cannot buy anothez cab'   :cry:  I have to finish that room first and don't spend money for anything else... so no more cab until the end of the room    ( exept maybe a Dragon's Lair cab if I can found it    )

See ya  

[DarthNuno]

28th of may 2005

I prepare all the connexions to equip the room. I have to put five wires into one tube.

Here's the wires before the 'insertion' onto the 'tube' :



Let's place the tube :



Done :



Now the Studio/GameRoom is now equiped for :

- Electricity ( tri-phase ), of course
- Phone
- Network
- TV cable
- Satellite cable

[DarthNuno]

28th of may ( next)

The new window in now in place.
The work on the other side of the room can start.



...in progress...



... in progress...



my Dad in a master   What a great job  

[DarthNuno]

4rd of June :

Work on the ceiling :













While my dad was working to place the new ceiling, I'm working on the electricity circuit :



... to be continue ...

[DarthNuno]

12th of june

Let's continue on the ceiling :



Arg... bad count    I've to buy two more pieces to finish the job  



My dad has few old used electic sockets left  ... Let's clean & use them :



The first electrical circuit is now operational  




...to continue...

[DarthNuno]

26th of june :









Stay tuned  

[DarthNuno]

10th of July

The new door - hand made specially with personal dimension - has arrived  



The original small window border is paint in black, and we put  a second plexi  -> double layers  :idea:



I've also received 34m2 of acoustic isolation for the ceiling :



Start to remove the garage door :



...removed...



Let's rebuild the frontage of the room :





Done :



Next step : fix the new door .

Stay Tuned...

[DarthNuno]

24th of july

The door is now in place  



add the cement to finish the border :


from the inside :


cement is now dry :


stay tuned  

[DarthNuno]

4rd of august

Some updates...  

Time to clean the room before starting the upcoming task  



..here we go...



... I'm not really sure what is the best way to fix these acoustic squares, so I'm trying to different to way to fix them

this one :


... alternate with this one :


the two products used :


...further...







ZZzzzz tired... So I stop for today  

Stay tuned  

[DarthNuno]

5th of august :

... part 2    :



... 4 hours later, it's done :



...working on that angle was not easy :



other view :

[DarthNuno]

9th of august :

Let there be light    

There is the chosen ones  :



...an easy step this time  





I choose a variomatic light controller, who's able to let me choose the intensity of the light I want in the room :



from soft...



...to high intensity ...



Stay tuned