My Basement Lounge Project is Officially Underway

[sboyajian]

After some saving and selling.. I've finally been able to begin my new Project. A fully ventilated, closed off room in the basement. My lounge.

Free from the 101˚ / 90% humidity days of the Virginia Summer and the 5˚ (-5 windchill) winter days that come with it.

The ability to smoke a cigar while I decide to either watch my Sox fight for another World Series or Clint Eastwood tell someone off.

The day has finally come and today I have started my project. Below are some initial pictures of the room. I've determined how much lumber I need as well as drywall. I've located the vent and additional duct accessories. I've also picked out the flooring. With luck, my room will be complete before the middle of September, time allowing.
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Picture 1: This is the actual area for the lounge. You can see the chalk line that runs along the bottom of the room. The total dimensions (after finishing) will be 12' 4" x 12' 6" (the nook on the left side of the picture is not included in the dimensions as I will explain later).



Picture 2: This "nook" is 11' x 16". This will used for two things. A 1' panel will be added to the left side of the nook as this is where the air intake from the outside will be located. This will also house the inline duct heater which will help in keeping the room approximately 70˚ when in use. The remaining 10' to the right will be a built in Cabinet Humidor. Shelves along the top with 30" storage cabinets along the bottom.




Picture 3: This is the view from the far corner (the right side of the picture above). One of the first things I will need to do is to move the vents from the well to the left of the door to the adjacent wall on the other corner. The builder informed me those are only there to provide more air to the utility closet so moving those will not harm anything. The door will be replaced with a french door and will be sealed with heavy duty weather stripping and a heavy duty sweeper.

The wall is noted with a white line. Part of the project is to build a 9' x 12' 4" Exercise room for my wife. She will have a matching French door which will involve relocated the two studs to the right of my door.

For both rooms I will need to build a bulkhead around the HVAC duct that is running crossways from the floor joists above. I will be tapping into this duct for my HVAC for when the room is not in use. The outside intake and inside HVAC will be switched using Electronic Dampers (HVAC Open when not in use, Outside Closed).



Picture 4: Square Baby!



Some things I am doing to prevent smoke from escaping out of the room is not putting in can lights. All lights will be wall mountable sconces. We also plan on putting R13 Insulation around the room just to help filter anything additional.

[dj1340]

well, your lounge is officially underway and I'm officially jealous. Nice project. Can't wait to see further pics.

[Tarks]

Sweet. Keep us updated with your progress.

[Dgar]

Very cool project.

Im sure your going to enjoy lighting up in your climate controlled man cave...


Hope to see more pics as it comes along... thanks

[SMOKE20]

That is gonna be awesome. Post up as it goes. Very cool project

[Volker]

Congrats Stephen on starting this project !
Looking forward to read the updates.

[bilingue23]

Frickin sweet.

[slyder]

nice clean basement to start with!! Thats always good. Youll enjoy it. Mines not done yet and i spend more time down there than the living room! Smoking inside and not having any smoke linger is so awsome!

[Brodeurman69]

Man thats going to look GREAT when its done. Cant wait to see the finished product. Any room for some fellow puffers???

[rajuabju]

When do I get my invite to join you down there?

Damn I'm jealous. Great project, I cant wait to see the progress updates.

[sboyajian]

Originally Posted by Brodeurman69

Man thats going to look GREAT when its done. Cant wait to see the finished product. Any room for some fellow puffers???

of course..

seating for 4.. but foldout metal chairs a plenty!

[ca21455]

You have a great start! Looks like a really nice sized room. Thanks for sharing!

[Bill Brewer]

Vey nice. Can't wait to see the rest.

[mrsmitty]

Man I wish I could do this in my old studio has nice wood floors but no smoking in the house I know you'll enjoy it. Don't forget to buy a big screen!

[slyder]

Figure up your cubic feet and install a good exhaust fan and fresh air (make up air) intake. Its fairly easy to do in the stage your in. You wont regret it! Always go just a few cfm bigger than you calculated also. I did this in my basement bar and used motorized dampers on all supply ducts to close them off when the fan runs..........cant smell any smoke in any parts of the house and the fresh air intake really helps get rid of the smell in the bar. I guy could get really carried away and install duct heaters on the fresh air intake to preheat it in the winter even.