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« on: May 22, 2005, 12:27:40 AM »
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...  8)

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:  :roll:  :



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   :twisted:
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2005, 12:58:05 AM »
22th of may 2005

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

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  :oops:  I'm happy to take some rest  :roll:
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2005, 10:04:35 PM »
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  :D

... not finished today...   
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2005, 10:50:43 PM »
Hey,very VERY nice :D
Good luck with your own little arcade hall :P
Are you planning to buy more cabins ?  :lol:

Till next time,greeds Will. :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2005, 08:49:21 AM »
Quote from: "SPACE HARRIER"
Hey,very VERY nice :D
Good luck with your own little arcade hall :P
Are you planning to buy more cabins ?  :lol:

Till next time,greeds Will. :wink:


Hey Will  :P

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  :roll:  )

See ya  :P

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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2005, 09:00:55 AM »
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 8)
- Phone
- Network
- TV cable
- Satellite cable

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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2005, 09:43:32 AM »
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  8) What a great job   :)
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« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2005, 09:58:13 AM »
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 ...
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2005, 09:18:02 PM »
12th of june

Let's continue on the ceiling :



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



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



The first electrical circuit is now operational  :D




...to continue...
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2005, 08:47:19 AM »
26th of june :









Stay tuned  8)
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« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2005, 07:02:49 PM »
10th of July

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



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...
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« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2005, 10:46:10 AM »
24th of july

The door is now in place  8)



add the cement to finish the border :


from the inside :


cement is now dry :


stay tuned  8)
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2005, 10:43:23 PM »
4rd of august

Some updates...  :roll:

Time to clean the room before starting the upcoming task  :roll:



..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  :roll:

Stay tuned  :arrow:
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2005, 09:20:11 AM »
5th of august :

... part 2  :)  :



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



...working on that angle was not easy :



other view :

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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2005, 10:19:06 AM »
9th of august :

Let there be light  :twisted:  :roll:

There is the chosen ones :)  :



...an easy step this time  :roll:





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  8)
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