Home Theater Pictures, Framing

Since the basement was already finished I decided to do a minimum amount of reconstruction (as I had a minimum amount of money!) The major work was the "Big Dig". In order to feed cables and such for the theater, family room above, and deck outside a trench was cut in the ceiling.

As you can see, a lot of stuff is in that trench. I wanted to add a floor outlet box in the family room above, but my wife and I couldn't decide on a location. It was kind of a Catch-22; until the Family Room was finished we didn't know how we wanted the furniture laid out. Without the furniture in place we didn't know where to put the outlet.

Outlet box for dimmers at the bottom of the stairs.	Equipment rack shelf as seen from the unfinished room.	Another view. Speaker wires are hanging on the left.
Trench cut in ceiling. A ton of stuff ran through here; a gas line, 8 speakers, power lines.	Looking at the left wall. Speaker hole, wall light and switch box holes.	You can see the speaker closet framing, sealed window and center-channel location.
Wall light box near bathroom.	Left surround speaker hole. Note access hole above.	Corner bead around equipment rack shelf cutout.
Left wall; light, speaker hole, and switches.	Close-up of screen wall. Wiring, old window, center-channel box.	Relocated HVAC duct. I didn't want dust blowing on the screen.
Close-up of wires by screen wall. Family room speaker cables here, too.	View of trench from screen to bar.	View from right front corner. Door to unfinished room seen.
Right surround hole with woofer clearanced.	Close-up. Thanks, Dino.	Old fixture and wires for pendant lights.