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August 25, 2008 | by Lisa Montgomery

Grease and grime had been soaking into the concrete floor for more than 100 years. It was not the clean, pristine environment deserving of a high-end home theater.

“To look at it, it looked like putting in a theater would be impossible,” recalls Greg Mizerek of Advanced Media Systems in Morristown, NJ. But with a huge dose of TLC and the integration of a host of awesome A/V equipment, the two-stall space transitioned from a dark, ugly storage area into a stellar entertainment oasis.

“From the start, we designed it as a guy’s home theater,” says Mizerek. That meant wood paneling all around, topped with a handsome coffered ceiling. Those amenities would certainly help warm up the look of the room, but like most garages built over a century ago, heating and cooling ducts were not part of the design. For heat, the existing concrete floor was busted up and repoured to accommodate a radiant floor heating system. For air conditioning, the additional ducts were added. The A/V components (listed below) finished off the interior space.



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Lisa Montgomery - Contributing Writer
Lisa Montgomery has been writing about home technology for 15 years, with a focus on the impact of electronics on a modern lifestyle.


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61-inch NEC plasma TV
Denon receiver
Definitive Audio speakers and subwoofers
Universal Remote Control handheld remote
Two 23-inch Samsung TVs
Three satellite receivers (one for each TV)
DVD player
Xbox 360 and Wii gaming consoles


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Posted by Lisa Montgomery  on  08/28/08  at  07:24 AM

Patrick,
By all means send us photos (in progress and finished project) of your theater. We may want to feature it.

Posted by Patrick  on  08/26/08  at  10:49 AM

I’m working on transforming my garage into something similar as I read the article! Very well done!!



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