Fortress Monastery Build Project (Man Cave)

Valrak40k · 17 Jul 2015 at 17:22

After seeing Smogsy cave, it really kicked me in the ass to get my own going. My garage was basically a tip and just full of Junk so I decided to make it into a room, here is the log of that process!

Firstly the Clear up!

And after a day of cleaning:

Stay tuned - next up,cinder bricking up the garage door, knocking down and replacing cracked Cinder blocks, damp proofing and adding the roof frame

FL630 · 17 Jul 2015 at 18:18

That's a pretty big garage to swallow that Mini like that

Love these man cave projects, will be watching keenly.

TechMinerUK · 17 Jul 2015 at 19:14

Looks like you've got your work cut out

Will be interesting to see what you do, what plans do you have as for a layout/setup

Definitley looking forward to see how this will turn out

Snookums · 17 Jul 2015 at 19:25

I'm more interested in the moment you decide racing the mini around the garden will be a good idea.

Valrak40k · 17 Jul 2015 at 22:47

@FL630 - Thanks

@TechMinerUK Planning on adding a small bathroom into it so it will be fairly sized for my gaming needs

@Snookums I would do a video but I think my 'frame' would break it and my daughter wouldn't be too happy with that

Valrak40k · 18 Jul 2015 at 09:57

Starting to take shape

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 18 Jul 2015 at 10:04

Needs more context! - Wheres that wall come from/to!?

Valrak40k · 18 Jul 2015 at 10:21

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
Needs more context! - Wheres that wall come from/to!?

Well the front of the garage has been complete bricked up, the entrance is now on the rear side facing inside my property. Most of the original cinder brick was okay so we kept it, some was cracked and had to be rebuilt. There is a whole another skin of bring built within the garage so we can install installation and keep it nice and warn/cool

Next step will be adding the roof frame

TechMinerUK · 18 Jul 2015 at 12:45

You could use grow Chia for the roof so it looks like it has hair

I can also see you have added insulation to the wall, definitley a good move

Brian18741 · 18 Jul 2015 at 13:29

Love these man cave build logs, subbed!

Snookums · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:09

I always envy these logs, one day I shall own a man cave of my own, it shall be far superior to any seen by man before.

Valrak40k · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:21

Roof frame was put on then we moved onto the first stages of wiring before the floors go down, roof tiles go on and plasterboard gets put up

Wiring all in place

Thanks for all the feedback gents, really cannot wait to get this finished and have my own domain for a couple of hours a day

TechMinerUK · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:34

This project is coming on in leaps and bounds

Just wondering, does the wiring include any CAT5/6 cable or are you using another method for connecting your devices :confused:

As always it's looking good

Valrak40k · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:49

TechMinerUK said:
This project is coming on in leaps and bounds
Just wondering, does the wiring include any CAT5/6 cable or are you using another method for connecting your devices
As always it's looking good

Got myself some Cat 6 cable from OC I haven't put that in yet as I haven't actually gone into my house, when the plumbing starts that's when I will start running everything from the room to the main house

Wilko_Dog · 18 Jul 2015 at 21:20

Looking good ! Clipping on the cables could be a bit neater that's just me though as I'm an electrician

Valrak40k · 19 Jul 2015 at 13:06

Wilko_Dog said:
Looking good ! Clipping on the cables could be a bit neater that's just me though as I'm an electrician

Noted

First Stage of the Rendering done:

Bathroom is taking shape, will help me so I can wash after a hard game session or take a tactical toilet break in between matches, started the first stages of the plasterboard and roof installation - hopefully tomorrow the roof on.

pexonpcs · 19 Jul 2015 at 13:37

Hey man, any chance you could resize the pics?

Valrak40k · 19 Jul 2015 at 13:49

pexonpcs said:
Hey man, any chance you could resize the pics?

What size? I just take them off my phone matey

pexonpcs · 19 Jul 2015 at 14:30

Just make them like 800-1000px in width man, the pics are mahoosive at the moment

IF you upload them to imgur, you can choose the sizes

Looking good so far though man!

Valrak40k · 20 Jul 2015 at 00:37

pexonpcs said:
Just make them like 800-1000px in width man, the pics are mahoosive at the moment IF you upload them to imgur, you can choose the sizes

Looking good so far though man!

Will do mate, thanks for the tip!