i showed some photos of the beam

being raised and patched in the last

post. but one thing we did during

that time was build an area for all

of the audio/video equipment and

speakers and such. we call it the a/v

wall (or ‘av wall’ for short because i’m

too lazy to incorporate that backslash into

my typing skill set).

but the wall as it was had an ancient version of

sound baffling. which is probably better for you

and the environment (in it’s make-up) than the

stuff they make now, but it doesn’t perform as

well. it seems to be made up of lightly compressed

wood fibres. as much of it as i’ve handled, it’s

definitely not a fiberglass product. but this stuff

lines the wall and ceiling where we’re putting our

av wall, so removing it to get to the stud locations

and the electricity was first. ‘clean slate’ for av

then we had some walls going up on each side.

these will house the speakers and the sub.

then there’s going to be this fabulous bench seat

(adding the bench) that will provide some additional seating

and help frame the screenwall. then we’re going

to bring down the ceiling (nearly finished av structure)

just above the seat for some additional lighting

lights cut in and (again) to help frame the

screenwall opening. and TA DA!

call those sheetrock boys, cause we’re ready to finish .

we also decided that the back porch was a bit

sparse with two foldable camp chairs, so we

invested in some happy plants and the decided

we needed more happy plants and some furniture.

but i’ll post those pics later.