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Originally Posted by Stones (Post 772387)

Nice work with the ceiling man!

What type of material are you using for the frosted inlays in between the woodwork? Looks pretty slick with the RGB led backlighting.

It's not frosted inlays, it's just drywall cut to size and painted white, here's a pic of one of the LED covers removed. You can see one of the screws holding the drywall up and the led strip light.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...3090593F10.jpg

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Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 772396)

body shots or keg i need to know?

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...309C17ADF7.jpg

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Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 772402)

that was time three do your homework boss. the last time around i stalked him at big als undetected though so not sure it counts.

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Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 772405)

he bought coral off me too during my last rape'n'pillage fest.

It was actually Pisces :surprise: and for the record I just bought some corals, I don't need a jealous kien crying at my doorstep.

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Originally Posted by Ross (Post 772406)

What are the orange pipes? Fire suppression?

Yeap, my house has sprinklers installed in every room and closet. Ties straight into a 2" water line at 100psi so I only need to worry about drowning in my sleep and not smoke inhalation.

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Originally Posted by Coleus (Post 772622)

I like your ceiling beam, i should have done something like that.

If you did you'd still be working on it. I am developing a severe problem relating to extending the amount of time and money involved to finish this basement. It was suppose to be done by Christmas.... 2011. A year over schedule and I'm half done.

Looks amazing. That is some very nice tile work also.

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Originally Posted by sphelps (Post 772644)

Yeap, my house has sprinklers installed in every room and closet. Ties straight into a 2" water line at 100psi so I only need to worry about drowning in my sleep and not smoke inhalation.

^^^
LOL!

Looking killer mang. If only I had half the DIY skills you do.... MAYBE I would be half done my build! lol

Thanks for posting the explanatory pics regarding the ceiling tiles. Man you are going to be needing alot of LED strip lighting to do the edges of all 8 panels!

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Originally Posted by Stones (Post 772679)

Thanks for posting the explanatory pics regarding the ceiling tiles. Man you are going to be needing alot of LED strip lighting to do the edges of all 8 panels!

30 meters give or take, 432W total

That's alot of LED strips indeed.

Where are you sourcing the led strips from if you don't mind me asking?

I did RGB controllable LED backlighting on my wall mounted TV and got a kit from barlighting.com but they were pretty pricey.

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Originally Posted by Stones (Post 772688)

They are 5050 72W 5 meter strips, looks identical to that website but I bought mine from ebay for significantly less. I'm still deciding on what controller to use as the standard ones are pretty crappy and only power 5m unless you use signal amplifiers which I did order but they are total crap and no way I'm trusting them.

That's looking sweet Steve! Heather said you were knee deep in a new tank so I thought I'd log on and check it out. Very impressive buddy! I like where your heads at with the bar! Next time Wendy and I make it that far west we will have to get together.

On a side note, any interest in advising me on some of my plumbing/sump set up? We are getting the basement designed and I have my fish room set aside. I'm not going for anything near what you have put together but I value your input.

Cheers!
Scott