I love the ambition to get it done asap! Very nice work and good lord those chairs are big. Please post more pics & congrats on the green light!
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I wish I had a basement to create a great space like that is going to be.

Mike :-)
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Just an update tonight, no pics. All the electric wiring is done, speaker wiring is done, built a sofit to cover couple of pipes. Hung the exhaust fan. Going to the HVAC store tomorrow for 12" piping to finish.

tomorrow we start the drywall....pics then.
Had hoped to get it smokable by Christmas day but looks like we will be in the garage at least one more time. Most likely Christmas day afternoon we will be mudding.

Merry Christmas to all
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Maybe next week Jack. I am off next week.
Congrats of the little one. We are babysitter the granddaughter tonight.



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Great project you have going! With a virtually empty basement, as it appears from the photos, AND a brother in law in construction, AND apparently a wife that is VERY supportive....I gotta ask....WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

By the way....when you get this room done, you need to have someone snap a photo of you smoking a great stick on that Pilates equipment that is in the photo....now THAT would be a first!!!

This, without doubt, is one great Christmas present that you're building! Congrats and enjoy.
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Believe me, it has been brought up before, just never got the positive answer. Not sure why this time....and dont care to ask:-)


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This looks awesome already.
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Dec 26 update:

We put another coat of mud on today. Started to put the exhaust system in. Finished the closet that my wife insisted upon:-)


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My brother putting a coat of mud on.

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Some views

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Looking in from door

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Back Wall

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First step in putting in the exhaust system. I used sheet metal to cover between two studs, floor to ceiling. The exhaust piping will enter the back of this sheet. The entire space between studs will be used as a exhaust pipe. It will make more sense tomorrow.

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Another view of metal covered stud and exhaust fan.


More tomorrow.
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Looking very good. It seems like a lot of guys are getting the okay to build a man cave lately. I hope I do some day.
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Looks good bro! :-) Very jealous.... Coming along at a great pace too! :-)
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Looking good bro! Keep up the great work!
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I can't wait to see how that turns out. I only WISH we had basements in California.
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Why a closet?

Looking good!
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It was a compromise with my wife. She insists that if we ever sold the place she could call it a 4th bedroom:-)

I told her I would only sell it to someone who understood the value of a man cave! :-)


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This is looking great Gary!
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December 27th update:

All the mudding is done, sanding and priming tomorrow. Also got the exhaust system in. Hopefully we will get the electric fired up tomorrow as well. Ended up the night with son and brother in the garage having a Taboo SFO. It was 70 here today. Gotta love those Ohio winters:-)

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This window is where I am going to let fresh air in.

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Holes for the vents. I enclosed the space between 2 studs with sheet metal and will have a vent high and low. You can see the vent screen leaning against the wall.

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Long shot of the exhaust fan. Used aluminum tape to seal all joints in the piping.


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Filled the window with 5/8 plywood and ran the exhaust through it. Glued the plywood in with construction glue and sealed the cracks with caulk.

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Good night......getting closer.
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Looking more & more awesome
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Looking good! Mabye you could setup the closet as a humidor. :-)

I can't imagine you'd want to store clothes in a smoking room. :-)
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Dec 30 update:
The slope is getting steeper, almost there.......a cigar in the house:-)

The walls have been painted. While the picture does not look like it they are a green/grey called Mocha Accent.....

The floor is in. It is a Bronze Cherry laminate from Armstrong Grand Illusions collection. It is beautiful. Looks like real wood and goes down very easy. It is a floating floor. My brother and I put it down in 2 hours.

Today I put the main door in and the closet door. Also put all the molding and caulked it, as well as put the outlets in. Tomorrow we will put the crown molding in, paint it and fire up the electric. I have a 12 hour timer for the exhaust fan in our to leave it on for an hour of so after we are done smoking. I also have a rheostat on the fan to control the speed. The vent fans are in. I will also have the sconces in.

We are just a bit of electric, some caulk and a bit of furniture installation from a cigar. New years eve is the goal.

So without further ado here are a series of pictures.

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Good Night!
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Look great, nice job! :-)
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