Let there be light! (Attic to Game Room Conversion Status)

Myrddin · 31-03-2011 5:44pm

Ok I'm done. Final update, final pics, finito.

More or less finished psu solution. There's enough slack on all the wires to rearrange them any way I need them.

One of the Madcatz adaptors in place, I'll mostly be using the DC through a VGA box into the lcd, so leaving a scart there as an option for incompatible games

The other side. I'm still waiting on s-video adaptors, & a better RF solution (I've a multibox on the way so I can pack the rf cables away completely when that arrives)

I'll have to find a storage solution for these

Games

I closed off the entrance area with a small shelving unit. Makes it safer than walking along & suddenly there's a big hole in the floor, especially when there's an 8 year old running around up there.

Cry havoc, & let slip the dogs of games!

Signing off on the thread now, thanks lads

CiDeRmAn · 31-03-2011 6:21pm

Well done there, fantastic!
If I might make a suggestion about the hole in the floor, make a small set of balustrade and a railing, Wood would be the obvious choice but a metal one would be slimmer and very strong.
But well done once again.

Myrddin · 31-03-2011 6:56pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well done there, fantastic!
If I might make a suggestion about the hole in the floor, make a small set of balustrade and a railing, Wood would be the obvious choice but a metal one would be slimmer and very strong.
But well done once again.

Good thinking, I'll look at doing that & thank you

Tallon · 31-03-2011 7:59pm

Noooooo, I love this thread...

We need a video

Myrddin · 31-03-2011 8:28pm

Tallon wrote: »

Noooooo, I love this thread...

We need a video

Lol, I'll see what I can do then. There won't be any oirish talking on it though, as I despise hearing back my own voice

The thread has naturally come to a close though, there isn't much more, if anything, I can show. As far as I'm concerned the conversion is complete...I just have to actually use it now

Jack burton · 31-03-2011 8:37pm

Very very nice, and the struts you took out in the middle, did you brace them at the sides again instead?

I forgot to ask the first time

Myrddin · 31-03-2011 8:58pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Very very nice, and the struts you took out in the middle, did you brace them at the sides again instead?

I forgot to ask the first time

No the two I removed wern't load bearing, the two supports that run the lenght of the attic at the sides are the load bearers. The ones I removed were superflouous, I checked with a roofer before removing them. So far so good anyway, after nearly two foot of snow recently & near gale force winds last night there's no issues at all.

Jack burton · 31-03-2011 9:06pm

Ah right, I would have cut them about a foot down and ran a kind of collar tie to each joist, but thats just me.

Strange that they wernt load bearing but seems to be working out well for you, cudos good sir, its a job well done!

Myrddin · 31-03-2011 9:15pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Ah right, I would have cut them about a foot down and ran a kind of collar tie to each joist, but thats just me.

Strange that they wernt load bearing but seems to be working out well for you, cudos good sir, its a job well done!

They were connected to nothing though, as the load bearers are taking the weight, there really was no point supporting them with a collar tie as they themselves were supporting nothing. Pdbhp reckons they're for support for high winds, & the roofer said they were used as a construction aid when these houses were being built. Either way there's still 2 in place. The snow was a real tester for roof integrity, & the recent winds too.

So happy days, if itwere any bigger I'd have moved into it myself

Let there be light! (Attic to Game Room Conversion Status)

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