Game/Cinema room basement conversion

[R8Steve]

FerdiZ28 said:

Cheers pal. My dream is to have some proper pumps, chiller etc. No idea where to start though.

It’s quite easy actually, have a look on YouTube, you can set one up with an old fridge, some lines, co2 canister and regulator and a tap pretty much. I’ll send you a step by step once I’ve done mine if you want.

[FerdiZ28]

R8Steve said:

It’s quite easy actually, have a look on YouTube, you can set one up with an old fridge, some lines, co2 canister and regulator and a tap pretty much. I’ll send you a step by step once I’ve done mine if you want.

That would be awesome cheers pal. Enjoy it this weekend

[R8Steve]

I’ve been playing about with the lighting a bit to see if I can create a daytime/nighttime effect on the wall mural. Put an extra spur and required the order of the lights so now I have

Daytime outside in New York


Night time outside in New York

[FerdiZ28]

R8Steve said:

I’ve been playing about with the lighting a bit to see if I can create a daytime/nighttime effect on the wall mural. Put an extra spur and required the order of the lights so now I have

Daytime outside in New York


Night time outside in New York

Such a good effect. Is the res good on the mural close up? Looks amazing.

[R8Steve]

FerdiZ28 said:

Such a good effect. Is the res good on the mural close up? Looks amazing.

They’re amazing quality even up close, just got it off eBay for about £50 all in and fitted it myself.

[Miocene]

R8Steve said:

Had almost forgotten about this thread and the actual room as I’ve been that busy with other stuff but thought I’d add an update to bring it up to date.

Added a dartboard

The plug socket under that dartboard concerns me!

[R8Steve]

Miocene said:

R8Steve said:

Had almost forgotten about this thread and the actual room as I’ve been that busy with other stuff but thought I’d add an update to bring it up to date.

Added a dartboard

The plug socket under that dartboard concerns me!

You would need to be a pretty good (or bad) shot to get a dart in the live socket but don’t worry. That plug socket will be getting moved. The plan for that wall is to cover it with recycled wooden pallets, a bit like this here -

[Miocene]

Have you never played darts whilst drunk? Or kids!? From experience... anything is possible!

Room looks fantastic by the way.

[rustyuk]

My son would hit the socket first shot!.

[R8Steve]

Thought I would post a small update here, been mega busy with work and my first kid being born but managed to use some of my paternity leave to get the bar pretty much finished, just a few small jobs to do to get it finished now.






Jobs still to be done -
Put the pallet wood up on the dart board wall, move that switch and fit a dart board light (led picture light)
Cabinet lights for the internal bar cabinets
Plumb in the bar taps for the beer kegs
Wire up the 4 atmos roof speakers
Few tiles to finish off and treat
Finish off the skirtings

[R8Steve]

Some Gump said:

Miocene said:

The plug socket under that dartboard concerns me!

Me too, first thing i saw!

It’s on the list to sort, it’s getting removed next, you lot must be really bad at darts

[DoubleD]

What an amazing space. It would be great if this threads ends up like the "who has the best garage" thread.

[JulianPH]

That is brilliant. I absolutely love the 3D wall mural!

[Schmeeky]

This. Is. Awesome!

The bar is looking great, and the New York mural such a cool idea.

And congrats on becoming a father!

[R8Steve]

Schmeeky said:

And congrats on becoming a father!

Thank you

His arrival has made the room even more relevant as a bit of a safe haven/getaway.

[bunn89]

Congrats on the little one Steve! It's a room you should be proud of looks a right mancave

[R8Steve]

As I had a bit of free time I set about sorting the dart board light and blanking off the double socket and adding a switch in its place, all relatively straight forward.

[R8Steve]

Now to tackle underneath the bar area to make some kind of cabinets/storage area.

How it looks now -



Ignore the wonky photos, iPhone strikes again!

[R8Steve]

Interior of the bar sorted now and all lights, av, electronics set up with routines with amazon Alexa.

Alexa, just me tonight - dinmed lights and chill music
Alexa, set up a game of pool - pool table lights and some music
Alexa, set up a game of darts - dart board lights and some music
Alexa, boys are round, you know what to do... - all lights on, projector onto PS4 mode, boys night playlist on Spotify at high volume

[R8Steve]

That’s me ready to give the bar tap and keg system a go, does anyone have any experience with this?

Plan is to run the pipes into the adjoining utility room into a fridge in there.