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We bought a new house and are in the middle of a complete reno/addition. We've been renting for the past 2 years and all of my games are out on loan to friends at the moment.
Part of the deal with the new house was that under the new family room area I'd get a basement with 9 foot ceilings. This is as of today.. to be my game room in just a few months...
IMG_5442 (resized).jpegIMG_5443 (resized).jpegIMG_5444 (resized).jpgIMG_5445 (resized).jpgQuoted from Bryan_Kelly:Very interesting framing. Where are you from?
Quoted from f3honda4me:Why metal studs?
We are in NJ. The foundation is a precast foundation. It is poured offsite to spec and the framing \ insulation is all built in. It's pretty cool actually. They just truck it onto your property, crane it into place and boom, you have an addition. See photo of them swinging one section into place
They arrived at my property at 7:30 AM and pulled away at 11 AM. All set, we could put the deck on it that day (but we waited until the following day). There were 6 sections, and they are attached with bolts and glue. I was told that the glue is so strong that one time when coming back to try to correct something, they tried to separate the panels and ended up breaking the foundation while the glue held.
The foundation needs no water proofing as the conditions in the plant are so good that they density of the foundation is far superior to that which could be achieved on site.
It's more expensive, but the timing of our project was such that it made sense. A traditional foundation would have delayed us a few months, and this we could pop right in and work through the winter months. I'm very pleased with it so far.
IMG_2728 (resized).jpgQuoted from heni1977:WOW, talk about a home renovation. Did you invite Bob vila over?
Great job, can't wait to see it finished!!
Yup, this has become a full gut and major reno. We are basically getting a brand new house. Here are some pictures of where we stand now. Siding started going on yesterday. Pardon the landscaping for now please...
Quoted from RWH:Have not seen that system here in Ohio yet and I'm on various job sites weekly. Looks very interesting though. Nothing seems to far out to me since I saw them constructing bridge abutments out of huge styrofoam blocks they covered with a cement product. The entire approach to the bridge was done like that and this is on I-75 which is a very busy corridor.
Apparently it's becoming more and more popular. I'm seeing it all over in our area.
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Can I ask- Where did you get those stools for the cocktail? I'm in the market for some for my galaga, the ones I have are garbage.
Love the floors, I almost did epoxy on mine as well, but decided to stain them instead. Did you do it yourself or have a professional in? I stained myself to save some $$
I'm in the middle of my game room work now, can't wait to finish....
Quoted from mikecav:We bought a new house and are in the middle of a complete reno/addition. We've been renting for the past 2 years and all of my games are out on loan to friends at the moment.
Part of the deal with the new house was that under the new family room area I'd get a basement with 9 foot ceilings. This is as of today.. to be my game room in just a few months...
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See above for where I started... this project was moved up in priority due to the pandemic and me working from home. My arcade/office space is almost done, just need to decorate the walls (and add some more pins)...
The contractors did most of the work, but I finished the floors, built the shelves, did some of the metal work, finished the stairs, and built the hockey stick tops... I considered trying to black out the ceiling myself, but decided against and thank goodness I did after I saw the effort that went into that!
IMG_8254.JPGIMG_8255.JPGIMG_8256.JPGIMG_8257.JPGIMG_8258.JPGIMG_8259.JPGIMG_8260.JPGIMG_8261.JPGIMG_8262.JPGIMG_8263.JPGIMG_8264.JPGQuoted from xsvtoys:And indoor shooting range!
LOL I've been asked by the wife not to fire the guns in the house...
Quoted from Saltimbanco:Hockey sticks top, beer on tap, full size Donkey Kong and Mrs Pac-Man! I dig that!
Thanks! What goes together better than hockey and beer?? Just can't wait to the pandemic is over so I can get back to the rink to drink those beers with the boys after a game!
Quoted from CanadianPinball:mikecav Talk to me about the beer selection on the TV and then your keg-o-rator setup.
Hockey is sorely missed right now!
CanadianPinball the beer list on the tv is run though taplist.io. It's mostly set up for kegs, and I believe its used commercially, but there is a $39 a year home subscription that works for me.
I only have a small two tap kegerator, but I have a decent amount of cans on hand right now... so I was able to mess around with it and load can and bottle images in place of the keg images. You can check out what I currently have on tap (sixtels of Sloop Juice Bomb and Kane Head High) and in can/bottle at https://taplist.io/mikecav.
There is a Amazon Firestick app that plays to my tv and scrolls through my beer. It's easy to update in real time via the web, you can add whatever beer you have with little effort. Unnecessary but very cool I think...
Hockey is missed... I'm "growing out of" my hockey gear with all this pandemic sitting around... at least we are back with the NHL next week... Let's go Rangers!!
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New Vernon, NJ