Pull down/hidden shelves for projector?
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Looking for a discreet way to hide a projector in the ceiling....
I've a room where its at 1st fix stage, floor joists are in, head height in the area where the sofa will be is only 1995mm, i'm looking to have a projector hidden in between the floor joists that I can 'pull down' or lower as its going to be a cinema room.
Has anyone got any ideas of bits I could use to make it?
I've a room where its at 1st fix stage, floor joists are in, head height in the area where the sofa will be is only 1995mm, i'm looking to have a projector hidden in between the floor joists that I can 'pull down' or lower as its going to be a cinema room.
Has anyone got any ideas of bits I could use to make it?
If your floor joists are in than I suspect it's too late for any motorised recess unless the builders can work around the joist. I looked at options for our media room but the complexity and cost meant I just settled on getting a wooden box built versus something like this.
Do makes sure you measure the size and ensure you have enough clearance for cooling. Even a moderate mid range projector will come in at 40cm wide with 20 cm depth, so add in 10% either side and you need 50 cm width and 25-30cm depth between joists to accommodate an hidden recess.
Also double check than triple check the HDMI cable if running a long run. I'm on my 4th cable, the builders put in two, but both weren't able to deliver 4K reliably over a 15m run. I than had to return a cable I bought for the same reason, and currently seem to have found me that works. Luckily I can access the floor boards above so will move the current cable into the celling once am 100% sure it works.
Whilst doing cabling don't forget about power and CAT6. I should have just asked the builders to run a separate CAT6 cable from the projector box to the media wall and used HDMI over ethernet than faff with long HDMI cable runs.
Do makes sure you measure the size and ensure you have enough clearance for cooling. Even a moderate mid range projector will come in at 40cm wide with 20 cm depth, so add in 10% either side and you need 50 cm width and 25-30cm depth between joists to accommodate an hidden recess.
Also double check than triple check the HDMI cable if running a long run. I'm on my 4th cable, the builders put in two, but both weren't able to deliver 4K reliably over a 15m run. I than had to return a cable I bought for the same reason, and currently seem to have found me that works. Luckily I can access the floor boards above so will move the current cable into the celling once am 100% sure it works.
Whilst doing cabling don't forget about power and CAT6. I should have just asked the builders to run a separate CAT6 cable from the projector box to the media wall and used HDMI over ethernet than faff with long HDMI cable runs.
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