Freakin' Friday! - DIY Outside Home Theater
We're all for anyone who can build a better mousetrap outdoor home theater, especially at a minimal price. After seeing one for huge price of $3,499.00, the inventive Dave Banks came up with his own screen for $122.75, used his own DVD player and got an old projector and speakers from work.
The material cost list for his screen:
- (3) five gallon buckets @ $2.78 ea = $8.34
- (2) sacks Sakrete @ $4.37 = $8.74
- (1) jar PVC cement = $3.76
- (2) eye bolts @ $0.52 = $1.04
- (4) anchor stakes @ 2.16 ea = $8.64
- (7) 10' sections 1.5" PVC pipe @ $3.16 ea = $22.12
- (1) 10' section 2" PVC pipe = $4.18
- (1) bag, 100 ct 14" zip tie = $9.87
- (1) 100' nylon rope = $6.24
- (8) 1.5" wye fittings @ $2.23 ea = $17.84
- (2) 1.5" 90 degree elbows @ $0.61 ea = $1.22
- (1) 1.5" cross fitting = $2.63
- (2) 1.5" tee fittings @ $1.57 ea = $3.14
- (1) 5' x 9' piece of blackout cloth $24.99
Total material costs: $122.75 We then decided to make our own search and here are our results if you start from scratch.
Total: About $250.00.
Note that we went for inexpensive. If it rains, the movie should be canceled. But for that little amount you can toss in a couple of lawn chairs and some
popcorn and still have a total around $300.00. We figure we can always attach the cloth with clothespins to our backyard fence. We may be thrifty, but we can also wield a mean twist tie.
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Posted by Sheila Franklin at June 5, 2009 9:06 PM
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