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[Paul Heroy]

Yep, attic was very warm last weekend here even with temps in the 70s! It's dropped this week but not for long so I have a small window before it goes from uncomfortable to just unbearable.

[AVSMike]

Here is rough in for the rack. Still have one more box to cut in. Will have:

Twenty seven speaker/sub connections (Amazon has sent the wrong plate twice. That is why one is white.)
Five 20 amp circuits
One 220 volt 30 amp circuit (where blank plate is shown) Wire in place, will pull plug and breaker from my existing house.
One male 120 volt receptacle to get power to the projector. This way I can have surge protection at the rack for the projector.
One box for smurf tube to projector.

Still need to cut in one more box for Smurf tube to baffle wall for control sensor. Smurf tube is run, just behind the wall.


Received the lights and dimmers today. Using these lights. https://www.amazon.com/NICKLED-Recessed-Adjustable-Rotatable-Downlight/dp/B0CNCRFLR7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1TFR60WEKUT9A&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.OTbMwrRJIpzS-bILY17hdChl8f83o8rC829HcIXVgKN_UAZA3Inp-xmwFP2-wo4a1TWuhHlHwn-HSsjIz09uNFeHLPAYzLi-SNErKFEPLebksRLsT1BvHLYvQlSqE_ulPRrYLBdLWRUBxSccHmx1DmaUDisGKYW7kEIM-GJ9bJ5DHkhYAGIOVL9CgOMMpsPjFJybgDZ3-VjeC6qLAg4JTmw-dgmlZWBfQT4Vi3rBuNhIHiSefYHaOOD6K0eOeTqPqitLQCbsapaHayvClB59LaBGxWgOBOfdkQVoyj8SX4g.w3AfN6aNTOlM_zjpAi6kWNXyhrLHYv7B_S4cbXyN2lA&dib_tag=se&keywords=4+Inch+Black+Gimbal+LED+Recessed+Light%2C+Adjustable+Rotatable+Downlight+Lighting+Fixture%2C12W+100W&qid=1713835684&s=hi&sprefix=4+inch+black+gimbal+led+recessed+light%2C+adjustable+rotatable+downlight+lighting+fixture%2C12w+100w%2Ctools%2C109&sr=1-2
Dimming worked smooth, no flicker. Keeping it simple with eight small LED lights and three Lutron Caseta dimmers. Will control two of them by my Harmony Pro 2400 remote. Third dimmer is for the lights at the back of the room. Will be able to control from wall or the APP. May also set up all lights to be controlled by voice.

[AVSMike]

I don't want a bar/counter in my room for acoustic reasons, but since I do have around six feet behind my sub that will be right behind the seats. I think I will have three or four bar stools right outside the room for when I need seating for more than three. Something like these.
https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/darby-home-co-greer-swivel-29-bar-stool-w005059717.html

[AVSMike]

Here is how I am going to mount my atmos speakers and all of the acoustic treatments. Will use 1/2 unistrut and a cover. This allows me to be able to reposition my speakers and sound treatments in my room. And provide a nice clean look. 1/2 strut is only 13/16" in height. Is a lot more discreet than full 1-5/8" height unistrut.

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[David Vaughn]

Here is how I am going to mount my atmos speakers and all of the acoustic treatments. Will use 1/2 unistrut and a cover. This allows me to be able to reposition my speakers and sound treatments in my room. And provide a nice clean look. 1/2 strut is only 13/16" in height. Is a lot more discreet than full 1-5/8" height unistrut.

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Mike, 

Where did you get those covers from? I have my projector mounted on Unistrut and that would really clean up the install. 

[AVSMike]

Mike,

Where did you get those covers from? I have my projector mounted on Unistrut and that would really clean up the install.

This is one reason I posted this. I figured several others would be interested in this. I will be doing several interesting things with this build.
https://www.fastenersplus.com/products/plastic-channel-closure-strip-5-ft-black?utm_term=&utm_campaign=z%23+Shopping+-+Diamond+Blades+and+Accessories&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=3477180114&hsa_cam=20384453192&hsa_grp=152322219998&hsa_ad=666245164287&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=pla-2223333861487&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw_e2wBhAEEiwAyFFFo9LGb8lKq9EZHKyOwuEo1md7oLuhl7HeEE-nFWoN0qacfhk7BURYEhoCcV4QAvD_BwE

[AVSMike]

Installed the wood blocking for the projector today. This blocking was holding up several things,like:

Completing the smurf tube to the projector.
Completing the smurf tube to the baffle wall.
Completing all of the pulls of speaker wire.

I started pulling wire and the smurf tube, only to find out the spot in the attic that I needed to get to for the wood blocking was so small and tight, that all of the wire and tubing was going to block access. Getting in that one piece of blocking was not something i was looking forward to doing, but got it finished and got both pieces of smurf tube finished, along with the 17/27 pulls of speaker wire. Also cut the eight holes for the recessed lights. 

[AVSCraig]

Lot's of work there.

[AVSMike]

Today after work I installed the 1/2 unistrut for mounting the atmos speakers and pulled the six drops for the atmos speakers. The drops come through the unistrut.

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[AVSMike]

And here is a picture with the cap on the unistrut. Will be a nice clean install.

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I also installed one light fixture, but did not take a picture. Will do a few more tomorrow and will take pictures. Once I get the new lights hooked up, I will take the old track lighting down.

[bmoney]

That’s def a slick meathod. Very nice and gives options 

[AVSMike]

Pulled the wire to all the lights and installed them. Currently all of the lights are on the old dimmer. Will be installing three new dimmers, but they go in the end wall that I can't build yet. Need to take down track lighting and pull the painters tape off the ceiling. I currently have 22 of the 27 speaker wire pulls made. 

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[bmoney]

Wow. Making great progress. Nicely done

[AVSMike]

All the speaker runs in the walls and ceiling are pulled. I have two runs going in the floor for the dual 24" sub and power going in the floor for the seats. Both will be in the same floor box. I now need to start terminating all of the speaker connections. Need to pull down the old track lights. This will probably be all I do until I take possession of the house. 

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[bmoney]

That will be a large step complete for sure