The Man-Cave

smogsy · 7 Jun 2014 at 07:44

The Man-Cave [99.9% Complete!]

My Man Cave arrived
Meet your Dreams!

it was specially made for me
extras I added on like:
extra room inside
double glazing
different windows than standard
extra window in the extra room
Tall Construction (2 beams higher than standard
Bigger josts 3x4 not 2x4
Extra room will be toilet facilities

& little storage
These are the day its built. shall get more soon,

Air con 5KW Office unit to sit outside does Hot & Cold & time sensor

I've also ripped out a bathroom in my garage (close to the man cave) to put a new suite in So I can have my own toilet facilities in the Man-cave & full bathroom in the house

COMPLETED (List Below)
Add 8 Triple Sockets (Power)
Add 2 Double Sockets (Power)
70mm Celotex Insulation in Roof & Floor
10mm Armoured cable Fitted - Complete
Spotlights placed & fitted (inside & out) - Complete
Floor - To be Bought & fitted
Satellite cable to run
2x Cat 6 to be run to the Man-Cave
paint man cave - complete

Few things i'm setting up in their
50m of Cat6 for Broadband connection
2x 8 port switches
1x 24 port switch
Sky TV
Home Cinmea
Computers
spare bed for guests & if i'm to lazy

smogsy · 8 Jun 2014 at 07:59

When will it be my turn?!

Can I ask how much that set you back/what your budget is for the project?

Cabin was 7500 with all the extras
Insulation was 800
Base 800
Spent 8.5k pound already, estimate 11k by the time its finished

Bah, that's as big as my studio flat.
But I also have it only for myself
Great man-cave indeed, but now you need equally huge rig and some gadgets to get rid of the empty space.
I recommend large fridge for beer, a must have in any man-cave

Some Stuff Going in their:
Computer Stuff
1x 2319WM 2560x1080 2x 23" DELL 1080p
Gaming Rig - i7 3770k 7990 16GB 4xSSD
USB DAC
AKG K702i

1x 27" SA950D 1080p
15" Laptop - i7 3.4ghz - 16GB ram - 256GB SSD - Nvidia 750 1920x1080
USB DAC

2x 8 port Netgear GS108
1x 24 port Neatgear (get model later)
ASUS 5GHz Router
50m CAT6 to House to Internet connections: 153mb & 24mb
(got have backup internet!)

Cinema/Entertainment
50" Panasonic VT20 3D TV
2TB Sky Box
Cambridge Audio azur 651A
Cambridge Audio DacMAGIC
Tannoy DC6T Reveolutions
PS3 Ultra Slim 250GB
Wii
Bluray Player
108 Bottle Wine Cooler
Nexus 7 for chromecast

Chill out
Double Bed, in-case of guests or lazy for a nap
5KW Air conditioning, hot & cold (can cool entire office floor)
3 seater sofa to match

that's it for now

smogsy · 8 Jun 2014 at 08:16

it should have been, haggled with the price should been 8k+. i also went to the manufacturer rather than a middle man. I believe they also want to come back to take pictures for their website after its finished

few odds & sods:
Colour Change:

Triple Sockets

Whats in the ceiling & floor? 70mm thick Insulation:

How it done?

Painted inside with same as outside Medium Oak Barn Paint 60 quid per 5 litres

10mm thick armoured cable, in theory 60 amps of power

smogsy · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:46

Bart_Hunt said:
There was no beer fridge on the list !!!
No fridge, no man-cave !!!

i do?

108 Bottle Wine Cooler
can easily hold 80+ beers if shelfs are taken out xD
or LOGIK LWC59b12 Wine Cooler

smogsy · 9 Jun 2014 at 17:41

This. I'd love to do this but would worry about thieves, especially if there's lots of tech going in there.

It looks amazing man.

Its Covered

Surely this is projector territory? I have no idea on your requirement and I'm guessing there's a reason why not ... I just love dem biiiiig screens.

Liking the progress, mooooooooar

never been a fan of projectors always look washed out to me or not very clear

My God this is so awesome!! I want one in my backyard! How many systems will you be putting in there?

at least two possible some Macs too

smogsy · 9 Jun 2014 at 18:05

ttaskmaster said:
You have windows... Why do you have windows?
A cave isn't supposed to have windows - Especially in a Man Cave, where windows inevitably mean annoying screen glare!!

Windows also mean people can either see what websites you're on, or what you're doing while you're on them, but that particular trauma is their own fault for spying anyway!!

lol that's what curtains are for? or sayingi should run unix

smogsy · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:43

so i'm also doing the 2 bathrooms for the ManCave

1 inside the mancave with toilet
1 close to the mancave with toilet Shower & Sink

Here in the one close to the mancave, Plasterer coming tomorrow tiling being done in 2 weeks

smogsy · 11 Jun 2014 at 08:18

few things I got already:
2x 8 port switches, 2x 50m Cat6 1x 15M HDMI & using 15m Toslink

These are currently in the spare room ready to move in the cabin

Need to restock

smogsy · 11 Jun 2014 at 17:47

Before

after Plastering

smogsy · 11 Jun 2014 at 20:34

Baron C said:
Heh, keep waiting to see an immigrant builder walk into shot covered in plaster.

You weont he's a family friend and the electrician is a friends dad, he does the wiring for industrial companies

smogsy · 12 Jun 2014 at 19:20

ordered MDF for Ceiling so i can paint to match walls

& here is rough layout of spotlights

smogsy · 12 Jun 2014 at 21:42

Its OK its same as I have in the spare room there all LEDs between 4-7w

Plus put all the wires in now

smogsy · 13 Jun 2014 at 20:29

restocked (bacardi in the other fridge)

4 deep 4 high 6 wide + some stranglers at the top

smogsy · 14 Jun 2014 at 08:43

~Mike~ said:
No beer smogsy?

see below:

restocked (bacardi in the other fridge)

Grand opening depends on my electrician waiting for him to confirm i've setup the light wires correctly going with (double dimmer in 2 locations) then ceiling can be put up.

I have the ceiling ready
Going to order buy the Floor today

smogsy · 15 Jun 2014 at 11:21

Bit of an update:

the new Ceiling

New floor

MDPE possibly for Ethernet run

Bathroom now

Paint now its dry

wiring

Outside switch too!

inside dimmer #1 of 2

Batton for Ceiling connected to

smogsy · 15 Jun 2014 at 19:19

tomparker95 said:
This is gonna be awesome!

guttering fitted

indeed
Ceiling going up this week, Electrician hopefully coming the end of the week to finish wiring up the spotlights.

then time for Floor! & Air-con

smogsy · 18 Jun 2014 at 12:42

Bare wood,

was going to board it, but wood expands & after talking with the Manufacturer (met the builders in person as I went to their factory, cut out the middle man) he said it can expand up to an inch in a year.

so if I board it all and it expands by a inch there be gaps appearing or cracked boards. so bare wood. & got admit it looks cool :cool:

kind of want to look like a cabin in the woods like American films now

smogsy · 18 Jun 2014 at 12:55

~Mike~ said:
That's a good point.

Expect it could get quite warm in there in the summer months, good job your're installing air con.

yeah Good Air Con to.. should been close to a 1000 pound for aircon. got it cheaper

but it was hot the other day and the Insulation board was hot but the room was very cool. so that 70mm or 3" of insulation in roof & Ceiling as well as the air void between roof & insulation is helping it keep warm & cool

smogsy · 19 Jun 2014 at 19:10

A few things I would consider.
1. security, someone is bound to try getting in.
2. wooden flooring to go with the rest.

1. Will be sorted not hard

2. Done, Ordered & possibly start laying tomorrow

smogsy · 20 Jun 2014 at 17:48

had some family helping during the week.

Ceiling is Up & painted with spotlight holes
Floor is almost put down (another few hours tomorrow that be finished)
they managed what I asked. so all the join are in the same place on every other board like:
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Electrician is hopefully coming monday to finish off lights

will get some pictures of it for you soon

in just over 2 weeks the following has been done
Cabin Built
Add 8 Triple Sockets (Power)
Add 2 Double Sockets (Power)
70mm Celotex Insulation in Roof & Floor
10mm Armoured cable Fitted - Complete by Electrician
Spotlights placed & fitted (inside & out) - near complete
Floor - To be Bought & fitted - nearly fully fitted