Basement gameroom build

Hi everybody,

Just started to build my new gameroom. It`s going to be a long road. Hopefully it will be finished
in April.
The guys started digging, and using dynamite to remove the rocks. (too bad i was at work, always great seeing things get blown up).

Hoping to get some ideas from fellow pinsiders when i start to decorate it.

Until then, here are some pictures of the build for the interested.

Here is the before picture:
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Tearing down the entrance:
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More digging:

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Starting on the concrete floor:

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Concrete floor done:

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Starting on the walls:

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the games i will have there is (so far..) TS, STTNG, T3 and BSD.

Thats it for now!

Axl

#2 9 years ago

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futurepinhead

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Favorited. To be honest I never knew this was an option.

#3 9 years ago

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DefaultGen

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OP
Quoted from Axl:
the games i will have there is (so far..) TS, STTNG, TS and BSD.
Thats it for now!

Two Shadows out of four pins, you have great taste.

#4 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

Thanks for the heads up!
A typo sneaked in... It's T3...
But since it has the Aurich treatment, it counts as two

Nice to hear futurepinhead!

Axl

#5 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

Is your house on bedrock? That's a tough build. I'll keep watching.

#6 9 years ago

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PinsideTroll

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looks like a lot of work with that rock. keep posting pics as its done

#7 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

If you want to build a basement in Norway, you have to be
Prepared to use some dynamite
And because of the cold climate, I have to have isolation.

The digging trough the solid mountain took about 1,5 week.
The rest has so far taken 1,5 week.

#8 9 years ago

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Edenecho

Quoted from DefaultGen:
Two Shadows out of four pins, you have great taste.

Haha! Cant get enough luuuv

#9 9 years ago

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Edenecho

Looks great Axl, wish I lived closer so I could visit

#10 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

It's just a short boat trip edenecho, and as you can see, the door is always open

#11 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

OP
Quoted from Axl:
If you want to build a basement in Norway, you have to be
Prepared to use some dynamite
And because of the cold climate, I have to have isolation.
The digging trough the solid mountain took about 1,5 week.
The rest has so far taken 1,5 week.

Oh your in Norway.

#12 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

Quoted from MustangPaul:
Oh your in Norway.

Hi MustangPaul, forgot to add my location, but now its there, and yes, its in Norway.

Axl

#13 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

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Quoted from Axl:
Hi MustangPaul, forgot to add my location, but now its there, and yes, its in Norway.
Axl

Ah Norway, land of the midnight sun. Feels like Norway here right now, up to a foot of snow on the ground and tonight it's going down to 5 degrees which is cold here for this time of year. Is the sun still up at this time of year for you?

#14 9 years ago

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Edenecho

Yeah it is still shining through at times, except when it is clouded like fuck like today. But winter is coming, and the winds of winter are cold

#15 9 years ago

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Shoot_Again

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Looks good so far. I would put a doorway on the right side though next to the existing basement door side. Just for convenience.

#16 9 years ago

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thall17

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Wow! All I wanted to do was wall of half the garage not blow things up!

3 months later

#17 9 years ago

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Axl

Hi everybody, this took a long time, but the build is slowly moving forward.

right now, the basment is done and dry. Next week i will start with the drywalls and eventually
the floor heating and electrical.
The mancave will double as a living room since we ar remoddeling the whole house.
But it will soon be all games and fun.

Here are some pictures of the work up till this point:

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#18 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

Nice progress. What's the size?

#19 9 years ago

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Axl

The room will be 19,4m2 or 208ft2 depending on where you live.

#20 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

About 11X20

#21 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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Almost the size of a master bedroom.

#22 9 years ago

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Axl

Yeh,

The room will be 6.9 X 2.70 meters or 228" X 810".

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So i am thinking about a setup like this. Any other suggestions would be great!

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The tables and chair will be where the music "studio" is. My computer and synths.
The rest of the room is for pinball.

Would like to fit in a small couch. But if not, i will just go for bar solution on one of the walls.

All suggestions are wellcome!

Axl

#23 9 years ago

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ToucanF16

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Looks like a tight fit!

#24 9 years ago

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joey316g

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I love this

#25 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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Why did you settle on 8' and not 15'?

#26 9 years ago

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Axl

It would be great to fit 5 games in there, but I can live with only 4. I think that 6 of them would be stretching it. There has to be room for me there as well

#27 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

Hi Magic_Mike, the guys had to use explosives to make it this big, the house is built on Bedrock, so
it really was a cost issue. So i have to make it work, but it would be great to have 20 machines at home!

Axl

#28 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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OP
Quoted from Axl:
Hi Magic_Mike, the guys had to use explosives to make it this big, the house is built on Bedrock, so
it really was a cost issue. So i have to make it work, but it would be great to have 20 machines at home!
Axl

Make it work within your budget. This is a $50K project where I live.

Are you doing any of the work yourself?

#29 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

It will be an expensive project in the end, but we will make it work...
The room like it is now is where I am going to do the rest of the work.

Axl

#30 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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OP
Quoted from Axl:
It will be an expensive project in the end, but we will make it work...
The room like it is now is where I am going to do the rest of the work.
Axl

Can't wait to see how it turns out!

#31 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

That's about the best layout, no room for a bar really.

#32 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

I think a bar would be too much, but just something along one of the walls to put your drink down, and maybe some bar stools would work out.
It would be great if i could fit in 6 games. So maybe i have to get my priorities straight and
kick out the music part

Axl

#33 9 years ago

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ls1chris

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Quoted from Magic_Mike:
Make it work within your budget. This is a $50K project where I live.
Are you doing any of the work yourself?

this would be 150k project where i live.

#34 9 years ago

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Magic_Mike

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Quoted from ls1chris:
this would be 150k project where i live.

Damn!

I just added 1200 sq ft to my house and it ran me $80K.

#35 9 years ago

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Axl

oh…. lets not talk budget….
right now we are looking at 240k $ for the whole building.
this includes new bathroom, kitchen and 80m2 extra building including the game room.
It hurts, but we flipped an apartment and did a killing, so we can sort of afford it.
sorta…

So the place will be paid in full when i turn 70, yay…

Axl

#36 9 years ago

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Gorno

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Wow, dynamite for the basement. We definitely have very different soil.

#37 9 years ago

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Slugmeister

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Hey AXL Thanks for sharing.We did a small 200 sg ft addition last year.It will try your patience for sure.Of course when it's over it will all be worth it.

#38 9 years ago

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Spyderturbo007

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Quoted from Axl:
The guys started digging, and using dynamite to remove the rocks. (too bad i was at work, always great seeing things get blown up).

I would have totally called off work that day!

#39 9 years ago

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ToucanF16

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Quoted from Spyderturbo007:
I would have totally called off work that day!

I second that! Blowing stuff up is always entertaining!

#40 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

I had to go to work that day they used the dynamite. And my girlfriend had to go catch the bus just when they startet, but she managed to hear the siren before the explosion.
I am still impressed that they could use dynamite that close to the house!

Small update today:
The electrician has put the cables up, i was still unsure about the breaker, they way it was
layed out was 16A for the whole room including floor heating.
And doing the math, that is going to be a problem, so they will install another one with 16A more.
We only have a total of 65A into the house, but i think we will manage.

So i have ordered all the materials i need for det gameroom and the kitchen, and that arrived today.
All the tools are ready for tomorrow when we start with the drywalls.

Axl

#41 9 years ago

AXL

Axl

Just a quick question to people popping in.
Where i live, the housing price is 5400$ per 1m2.

What is the price in the States and Canada?

Axl

#42 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

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Quoted from Axl:
Just a quick question to people popping in.
Where i live, the housing price is 5400$ per 1m2.
What is the price in the States and Canada?
Axl

Oh man your not gonna like what I'm about to tell you. My story and a half house was built in 1943, 744sq ft main floor, 744 in basement and the half story is about 350 useable. The house was completly redone, everything you can think of was redone, it also has a 24x24x10 high ceiling 8 year old garage on a nice lot in St Paul. I payed 55k almost 3 years ago. So if you just go by the main floor it works out to be $74 per sq ft. If you go by total sq ft it's $30 per sq ft.

You should move here.

#43 9 years ago

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Quoted from Axl:
Just a quick question to people popping in.
Where i live, the housing price is 5400$ per 1m2.
What is the price in the States and Canada?
Axl

A quick Google search found this. This is for new construction.

In the Midwest, a good guideline is to budget for $150 per square foot on the main floor, $100 per square foot for the second story and $50 per square foot for finished square footage in the lower level.

#44 9 years ago

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Axl

Wow!

That is very cheap for a house, if i only thought of that sooner and relocated.
Or, simply that Norway is crazy expensive...

#45 9 years ago

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Gorno

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Hmm I will have convert to square metres. $9621 per square meter. Or, $272 per square foot. Housing is ridiculous here. And I live a in a shitty house.

#46 9 years ago

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That's almost the same dimensions as my game room which is 8' 6" x 25' 6". It was an attic conversion and there was a main support beam that prevented me from making it wider. The door into the attic area is 3' in from one end so I have room to fit 6 pins plus 2 slot machines in a row. You may be able to fit 5 pins in your main row.

I've considered putting a 6" or so bar shelf for drinks and stuff on the wall opposite the pins but it would make it more difficult to move them around and take out the glass. You have a few more inches to work with though.

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#47 9 years ago

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MustangPaul

Quoted from luckymoey:
That's almost the same dimensions as my game room which is 8' 6" x 25' 6". It was an attic conversion and there was a main support beam that prevented me from making it wider. The door into the attic area is 3' in from one end so I have room to fit 6 pins plus 2 slot machines in a row. You may be able to fit 5 pins in your main row.
I've considered putting a 6" or so bar shelf for drinks and stuff on the wall opposite the pins but it would make it more difficult to move them around and take out the glass. You have a few more inches to work with though.

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Post a link to your thread about it, he might like to see it. I liked it.

#48 9 years ago

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Edenecho