My Basement Renovation

The Speakercraft AIM Wides were chosen for their aimable dual tweeters/cones.   They feature the same easy-install flip out drywall supports as the in-ceilings.   They were a little heavier than expected which made installing a little tricky for one person, but I managed.  Having banana plugs on the wires helped a lot here. I aimed the [...]

As you can see the metal hvac ducts ran down the middle of the basement ceiling (actually off to the side a bit).  They hung loosely, about two inches from the drywall ceiling. Given that headroom is high value in a low ceiling basement, I needed to address this wasted verticle space.  The plan was [...]

The completion of the drywall allows me to concentrate on painting, rack installation and speakercraft in-wall/in-ceiling speaker installation. In the above picture you can see how the top part of the recessed tv area has a sloped to to help let heat from the panasonic plasma escape. The top cutout will be the home of [...]

In a previous post on my basement renovation I mentioned a nice architechtural detail that I found hidden behind a lousy old drywall job.  The previous owner framed and boxed in the brick columns seen below.  It was framed crooked, no corner bead, and basically the corner cutting that could be found everywhere down here [...]

After the removal of the old oil tank, the staircase, and widening an opening into the bathroom/storage space area, teh room is taking shape.  The rough layout of this half of the basement looks something like this: The area is roughly 20′ x 30′.  The closet/bathroom area in the lower left is an exisiting closet (door [...]

The number one issue that had to be addressed related to the basement renovation was the staircase.  The old stairs to the basement were very steep, narrow, and uneven.  Each step was a different size and the rise:run was about 10:7.  Yes, that is the opposite of a what a staircase should be.  The entry [...]