I always enjoy seeing home renovation projects, so thought I’d document and share my game room remodel here on PinSide. Hope you guys enjoy.
Starting with the ceiling, working on my design for decorative beams. The concept is workable, just need to tweak the design at bit.
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2 coats of stain and ready to go. I frictioned fitted the beam in place and secured it with drywall screws. Now it’s time to start laying out the nailers for the side beams.
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Had to bring this in through the upstairs window. Fun fun.
The changes to your room look very nice, but quite honestly I'm jealous of your shop area! Looks like you have a lot of nice power tools (Festool...), nice organization of your hand tools, and it is clear that the dust collection is working well!
Thanks for the kind words. I wouldn’t attempt this project without the tools. I cleaned the shop before I started this project, so it’s not usually that clean
I can tell from the precision of this first project the total remodel is going to be awesome! Following.
My buddy had to add a mini-split to his upstairs gameroom FYI, the heat from all the games plus being a hot room in the Summer forced it. Hopefully the re-work on the ducts takes care of that.
On a side note, are you putting in a cargo lift / elevator / device to help get games up and down?
No cargo elevator. My room is right above the master bedroom, pretty sure the wife wants to keep it unaltered 
I have an escalera, so it isn’t too bad.
I’m worried about the heat as well. I upsized the duct run to the room and it is feed directly from the plenum box, which is only 10ft from the diffuser. That seems to have helped, but we will see in July/August. I have a lot of acoustic guitars that will be stored in the room, so temp and humidity are a concern.
Installing new outlets and replacing insulation.
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Because I have OCD, I’m adding some studs. This way I can line up all me outlets on parallel walls.
Quoted from PinballMikeD:Because I have OCD, I’m adding some studs. This way I can line up all me outlets on parallel walls.
Me too, I once moved a structural beam holding up the second floor so a layout was perfectly aligned at a 45 degree angle. That is why my projects take a loong time.... Your project is looking real good!
Man I hate drywall work. It’s an art that eludes me. I’ll get it done, but only after I sand 75% off of what I put on
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Tape and first coat of mud done.
Quoted from ReadyPO:Me too, I once moved a structural beam holding up the second floor so a layout was perfectly aligned at a 45 degree angle. That is why my projects take a loong time.... Your project is looking real good!
Thanks for the kind words.
Quoted from PinballMikeD:Man I hate drywall work. It’s an art that eludes me. I’ll get it done, but only after I sand 75% off of what I put on
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Tape and first coat of mud done.
Looks like you are possibly using WAY too much. Unless your walls are crazy out of plumb, you should be able to get away with just single initial coat to just smooth over the tape joints, then maybe do a second coat if things are still popping through, then skim coat and done. The way you’ve gone over the entire wall there - you can save yourself a lot of time! Seems counterintuitive to do multiple coats and wait for them to dry but it’s way faster (and less messy) than sanding for a week.
Waiting for it to dry is frustrating but you can use the 1 hour set (comes as a powder) and be done in a day. Mudding still sucks anyway you slice it though! Room is looking quite good
I had a friend come over and help me install the side beams. They are friction fitted over the nailers. I then used 6” long 1/4” screws to pull them up into place. No brad holes to touch up 
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No gaps, very happy with how these turned off.
Quoted from PinballMikeD:I had a friend come over and help me install the side beams. They are friction fitted over the nailers. I then used 6” long 1/4” screws to pull them up into place. No brad holes to touch up
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No gaps, very happy with how these turned off.
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NICE work! Those look great. Is that real
Wood for the ceiling planking, or the newer vinyl type?
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:NICE work! Those look great. Is that real
Wood for the ceiling planking, or the newer vinyl type?
It’s pine tongue and groove. I sanded it to 320 and white washed it.
Yeah poplar is a b$&ch. Minwax pre-conditioner is the only way to go. The dark stain makes it easier as well.
Financed this project with the sale of Dead Pool. Nothing is free right
Thinking of doing an accent wall. Picked up some sheets of MDF with a brick pattern from HD to play around with.
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Whitewashed
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Added some color (same color I’m using for the walls), to give it some pop.
Thoughts?
Quoted from PinballMikeD:Thoughts?
I like the whitewash - I went a couple of steps further in my office:
1. I cut the sheets out on the edge to zipper butting pieces together, and filled with a grey caulk;
2. I did what is called a German Schmear using joint compound across the bricks. Sealed with a polyurethane.
20220106_182910 (resized).jpgI was planning on zippers as well. I like the idea of the joint compound. Did you water it down any?
Didn't water it down, just made sure to vary the thickness so bricks show through. When you put the Polly on (water based) it will thin it out and more of the red will show.
Ok, I might color all my bricks brown as I’m looking to get away from the red. Thanks for the input.
Quoted from PAPPYBALL:Nice job with the brick!
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Thanks, it’s been slow going as of late. Work has been crazy, but I did manage to get most of the paneling and sparkle up.
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