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Brian Hampton
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Have a de-humidifier running down there non-stop since the incident.
Got to it quick too.... I think I may have gotten fairly lucky.
Anyway... my wife read the first post up top here and then said something like ... maybe later in the year you can re-model the HT with some new gear as well. (I think she's trying to cheer me up,... it certainly made me laugh.)
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AnalogRocks
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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Tell her you need quad stacked and blended 909's a blenzilla and all new cabling. 
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jkruger
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Location: Carlsbad, CA
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Dry it out now, before the mold starts to get a real grip on it.
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Kipper
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: I know how you feel... |
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I know how you feel Brian. I just recently discovered mold behind my screen wall. Damn patio door seal is leaking. Had to tear down the screen and false wall, then tear down the drywall, insulation and framing. Scrubbed the entire cement wall with soap and water and then bleach. I think I got rid of all the mold but my issue is it is like 0 degrees here and I can't reseal the patio door until spring...guess I won't be watching any movies until the summer.
Oh well has given me an opportunity to overhaul the room...think I am gonna do fabric panels on the walls with some acoutstic treatments...got lots of time to plan 
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stefuel
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Location: Green Harbor MA USA
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| Brian Hampton wrote: | Hello again,
Well,... things are MUCH BETTER today. I confirmed that no equipment was damaged... that's a big one.
Everything still works.
The carpet never got wet... I guess the subfloor saved me. Inside the theater it looks like nothing happened at all.
For now I'm planning to re-route the heating system so that the pipes don't run above the HT. (Therefore this will never happen again.)
If I go digging to find what got water damaged... it will be in the spring time...I'm not going to tear into it for now. I did put up a plastic barrier around the walls of the theater which in retrospect was likely super vital. Having plastic all around the edges of the theater and habving that subfloor which is plastic underneath went a long way to saving the day.
Anyway... I'm feeling much better about things today.
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You can re-route the pipes or just replace them with heat rated PEX (plastic) tubing. That way, if it freezes, it won't burst, just expand and contract with the ice. I use the Stadler brand heat rated PEX tubing that is three layer with a aluminum oxygen barrier. Super easy to work with but requires the crimping tool kit for installation. You just solder on adapters out where you can deal with it better and snake it to the locations the where freezing is a issue. I use it all the time now on new installations as the price of copper has gone $hit-house. It also cuts installation time by 75% and less chance of leaks from bad soldered joints. You can buy that three layer tubing by the roll or I suggest getting it in 20 foot straight lengths for small jobs. I'm not sure if you can rent the tool kit any where for it but if you promiss to bring it right back, you can use mine.
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Brian Hampton
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HI,
I hosted church movie night last night.... Everyone seems to love my HT.
I guess I over-reacted the day it happened. Seeing running water come from under the walls of the HT made me think all was lost. A few things I did when I built the HT seemed to help a lot with minimizing the damage. I put in a sub-floor (mostly for acoustic concerns) and that's plastic on the bottom and the water just ran right under that. The carpet never got damp. I also put up a "vapor barrier" around the concrete foundation behind the walls when I was building them. It was like a big sheet of plastic (like a glad trash bag/tarp) and after framing the walls it took minutes to stretch it behind the walls. I put it there because I was concerned with humidity in the basement but I bet it helped me a lot in this case.
On wednesday, I re-routed all the piping in the basement so none of it is above the HT. I had the de-humidifier running non-stop but there must be 03% humidity because it's not collecting any water.
The way I built the theater... repairing the damaged pipes would be a lot of hard work... I'll have to see what happens and what I do about it but for now... the HT is business as usual.
-Brian
p.s. Chip... I looked at the PEX and some connectors from "shark bite" when I was buying pipes to make repairs. It's interesting and may be useful.
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ronholm
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| Brian Hampton wrote: |
p.s. Chip... I looked at the PEX and some connectors from "shark bite" when I was buying pipes to make repairs. It's interesting and may be useful. |
I dunno how much plumbing you might do in the future... But PEX rocks... just check your crimped clamps with one of the "go/no-go" guages and go to town... a cheap set of the crimpers will work great for limited use... Or you can buy the pinch type... the tools are cheaper... but the clamps are more expensive...
If you aren't going to do enough of it to justify buying the crimpers.. I keep a assortment of "Shark bites" in my tool box.. I love the damn things... Pex straight to CPVC or copper.... just push them on and you are done... I use them to cap rough in work so we can pressure check systems before closing up the walls... Then when the time comes just slip them off and back into the tool box...
My main waterline to my house broke due to a bad plumbing job.. Dug it up and slipped a shark bite fitting on there 3 years ago... Love it... The only downside to the shark bites is cost... small projects sure... but you have to buy very many of those things... well when you get to the hardware store you will understand....
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