Refurb/Redec Beo Installation of Lounge

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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:04 GMT
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Hi All,

Last week i posted to see if anyone was interested in a jandyt style photo thread of the redecoration/refurb and B&O installation of my front room. I had some positive response on that thread so have decided to crack on and see how this thread goes.

 The thing with me is i cant just give a room a lick of paint when i redecorate, ive got to rip out complete and make everything as perfect as possible, which seeing as i do most of the work myself and have a demanding job and two baby girls as well as trying to live in the house while i do it all, as you can imagine things take a long time to get done.

 I have been planning/thinking about this room since i moved in 2 and a half years ago and you will see how this has helped with the installation of all the B&O gear. So to start of with this is a picture of my house when i first bought it.
 

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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:06 GMT
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This was my front room the day i moved in. Check out the awful 1930s tiled hearth and surround.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:14 GMT
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Looking at the above photo (of front room) the BV28 is going to the left of the chimney *** and the BS9000 is to be horizontally wall mounted to the right of chimney *** with the BL4000 wall mounted horizontally high up above TV and stereo and masterlinked to MX4002 in kitchen/diner. As i dont want to see any cables i started to plan where the electric sockets would go.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:25 GMT
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Next there was the cabling routes to think about i.e Masterlink, FM aerial, Sky+ cables, powerlink, mains cables for speakers. As we are still using the lounge i decided to concentrate on one corner first and this had to be where the TV was going and where all the Maserlink, sky, tv & fm aerials were going. Lucky enough this wall had previously been plasterboarded against the block wall, so no chasing out was required. I decided to batten off the wall and run all cables in plastic trunking. Here are the tools.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:32 GMT
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To fit the 2"X1" batton and the trunking i drilled through batten and trunking and secured with rawl plugs and screws (obviously using a spirit level). Notice how i have also secured a backboard to wall where the speaker will hang. This is to get a perfect fixing once the wall has been plaster-boarded and skimmed.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:45 GMT
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 Down in this corner under the floor boards was the masterlink cable thats connected to the MX4002 in kitchen diner, this had previously been hooked up to the BS9000 which was vertically wall mounted in this corner.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:48 GMT
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This will run up through the trunking marked 'strangely enough' masterlink and through ceiling into the corner of my built in wardrobe in my bedroom. As will the other two masterlink cables.
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ArgyleMoss (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 19:51 GMT
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At this point this is where the previous years of thinking had come into play, as you can see when i built in the wardrobe i had conveniently left a gap for these cables.
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darioazul (archived)
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Posted February 13, 2008 at 22:53 GMT
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WoW!!  

 

Nice...Keep the photos coming.

 

Dario

 

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BEOfreak (archived)
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Posted February 14, 2008 at 02:30 GMT
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Keep it comming...

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