Crawland
03-18-2009, 09:49 PM
Hi all,
New guy here. I've been lurking for a while over at the other forum. I've stared gathering all my materials for my first poker table. That brings me to my need for a man cave to put it in. I've got all the plans, but they're currently only in my head.
Unfortunately, it's going to be a drawn out process getting it all together. My wife and I just got back from adopting our daughter in China. That's her in my avatar. I know what you're thinking...we were surprised by the mustache too, but we love her!:mrgreen: So, like the U.S., a lot of our money is tied up in China now.
Our basement is about 35x28 less some space for the stairs. The stairs break it up into three areas.
12.5x15 workout area
16x15 area for home theater
35x13.5 area for pool table, poker table, kids play area, etc.
It will have a drop ceiling and the floor will be carpeted. The walls are poured concrete that will just be painted for the time being to save money. The walls were poured in a form to make it look like brick so it looks pretty good painted.
Now a couple questions for the experienced cavers. Since the walls won't be insulated, it can get pretty cold in the basement. Have any of you guys added any heat to your basement? I've been thinking of some different options and thought about using something like this. (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_595_595)
The other thing I was wondering is how do you determine how many lights you need? I learned while building our house that I need more lights than I think I need.
Well, that's it for me for now. I hope to have this finished by the time my kids leave for college.:p I'll be posting pictures along the way. Hopefully that will keep me motivated to finish it.
-Crawland
New guy here. I've been lurking for a while over at the other forum. I've stared gathering all my materials for my first poker table. That brings me to my need for a man cave to put it in. I've got all the plans, but they're currently only in my head.
Unfortunately, it's going to be a drawn out process getting it all together. My wife and I just got back from adopting our daughter in China. That's her in my avatar. I know what you're thinking...we were surprised by the mustache too, but we love her!:mrgreen: So, like the U.S., a lot of our money is tied up in China now.
Our basement is about 35x28 less some space for the stairs. The stairs break it up into three areas.
12.5x15 workout area
16x15 area for home theater
35x13.5 area for pool table, poker table, kids play area, etc.
It will have a drop ceiling and the floor will be carpeted. The walls are poured concrete that will just be painted for the time being to save money. The walls were poured in a form to make it look like brick so it looks pretty good painted.
Now a couple questions for the experienced cavers. Since the walls won't be insulated, it can get pretty cold in the basement. Have any of you guys added any heat to your basement? I've been thinking of some different options and thought about using something like this. (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_595_595)
The other thing I was wondering is how do you determine how many lights you need? I learned while building our house that I need more lights than I think I need.
Well, that's it for me for now. I hope to have this finished by the time my kids leave for college.:p I'll be posting pictures along the way. Hopefully that will keep me motivated to finish it.
-Crawland