Building a Home Theater & Listening Room

[hydrovac]

My wife finally parted with a portion of her terrace garden and let me build a home theater.

First off all I find myself very fortunate to build a room that can be dedicated to music listening and watching movies. The room will be 3.96 meters wide, 7.38 meters long and a height of 2.7 meters. So with a little more than 29 m2 it's not a big room at all.

We live in a duplex penthouse (5th & 6th floors with terrace rights). So, traditional construction methods are a bit difficult. I plan to take the prefab route.

HT Room area.





Columns set and trusses on.

 

[GeorgeO]

Congratulation on convincing your wife that this is a necessity and not a luxury!

 

[hydrovac]

Thanks George,

It took me quite a while convincing her. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Cheers

 

[RMCWS]

Congrats man....and keep updating us, obviously with pictures.

 

[hydrovac]

Thanks RMCWS,

I will update as the construction progress.

 

[captrajesh]

Congratulations for getting the rights.

Prefabricated HT room reminds me of the Anutone demo room where the Bangalore guys have conducted their audio meets a few times.

 

[hydrovac]

Thanks Captain,

I really had to fight for my rights.

 

[mdharan]

Hello hydrovac,
First of all congrats for your passioned intrest in personal ht and taking a bold steps to setup in a pre fab way, great.
I promise you won't get dejected after you complete your ht construction and when you are a hollywood and bolywood movie lover.

Murali

 

[Nikhil]

Great news! Look forward to seeing the updates!

 

[hydrovac]

Hello hydrovac,
First of all congrats for your passioned intrest in personal ht and taking a bold steps to setup in a pre fab way, great.
I promise you won't get dejected after you complete your ht construction and when you are a hollywood and bolywood movie lover.

Murali

Thanks Murali,

After going thru your thread, I have a lot of questions to ask at a later stage.

 

[hydrovac]

Great news! Look forward to seeing the updates!

Nikhil,

The progress in construction of the prefab wall panels.

 

[sash]

@hydrovac, it will be awesome if you post details of what these prefab wall panels are, where you got them from, price etc

 

[hydrovac]

sash,

The wall panels are Aerocon brand manufactured by Hyderabad Industries Ltd.
HIL Limited is a flagship Company of the C.K. Birla Group of Companies.
Costs around 130 Rs/sft.

 

[olly42]

Good Going Hydrovac following this thread keenly

 

[Decadent_Spectre]

Who did the acoustic room design?

 

[hydrovac]

Hi Decadent_Spectre,

The acoustic design has to be done after the slab is on. I am consulting Jignesh Khatiwala of Absolute Sound for acoustic treatment solution.

 

[tumula]

Congrats for your HT Room. Please post the updates.

 

[hydrovac]

Thanks tumula,

I am waiting for inputs from the consultant. will update as the work starts.

 

[sam9s]

sash,

The wall panels are Aerocon brand manufactured by Hyderabad Industries Ltd.
HIL Limited is a flagship Company of the C.K. Birla Group of Companies.
Costs around 130 Rs/sft.

hydrovac, this seems an interesting concept and I am very much interested as I also have roof rights to my flat but permanent construction is not allowed as its the 2nd floor. So this might be a solution. I am googling more on this as I write this post, how ever can you share some more points on this.

1. prefab thing, does it seem suitable for a home theater kind of construction.
2. The 130 rs psf, what does it include. just bare 4 walls, roof and floor or anything else ... ?

I might have more queries as and when I feel this might be what I was looking for.

 

[hydrovac]

Hi sam9s,

Yes, prefab is the ideal solution where conventional methods are not possible.
Prefab Panels do not transmit water or moisture. However, for better water proofing and protection of panel walls, a coat of alkaline resistant primers may be applied.
The cost includes material and erection of wall panels only. You have to provide the MS skeleton structure. I am planning a composite slab for roof.

Cheers