Several weeks ago my wife and I were out to dinner with some friends. He and I smoke cigars. It was one of those dinners where you really wanted a nice cigar afterward, but it is also winter here in Ohio. Sitting in the garage after a nice dinner sorta kills the mood. So......I mention to no one in particular that it would be nice to have a smoking room in the basement. Much to my amazement my wife says thats not a bad idea.......Not believing my ears, I said nothing more about it. About a week later, out with same couple I said that I had been researching what would be needed to build a smoking room, with a goal of raising the flag a second time to see if I had been imagining. Lo and behold she says when do you think you will start. Nough said.
I started researching and ordering in earnest.
Some details:
Room will be 12X16
32" Plasma with Sony surround
3 extra large leather chairs/recliners
Vent fan is Fantech 741 CFM inline vent fan on timer and rheostat.
Sconce lighting with dimmer
Will have cherry laminate flooring by Armstrong called Grand Illusions. Walls are still up in the air with regards to color.

Well today the construction started in earnest with a goal of having it smokable by Christmas or soon thereafter.:-):-)

Construction is being done by myself, my brother who owns his own remodeling company and my son in law. All of us like stogies.

Here are the before we started pictures.

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The window on the right is where the exhaust fan is going to vent out.

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This is my vent fan and the surround sound for the room.

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All the pieces and parts ready to be assembled.


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Here is one of the 3 chairs that will be in the room.


Next we have the room at the end of Day 1 (today)

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More in the coming days

Merry Christmas!
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Holy moly -- make it so!! :-)

:-)
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I think thats enough to make quite a few of us jealous! Congradulations!

whereabouts in ohio are you?
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Grove City


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I'm loving the chair,,,nothing like an oversized leather mothersmokin chair to get cozy in. Keep the pics coming. I live vicariously thru others.
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Can't wait to see the finished product!
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So much for taking it slow! This may be the quickest lounge ever done. NICE!
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Way to go Gary! I think you have a great plan, especially where you get all the furniture in the room first so you don't have to get them through a narrow doorway :-)
Keep the pics coming!
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Looking good. Can't wait to see the final results...
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Looks great. Can't wait to see the progress and the finished room!
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What a lady you have!!
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WOW! Nothing can hold a man back once motivated by cigars. :-)


Nice job Gary.
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I am very impressed... just getting the walls up would take me a few weeks, and they sure as hell wouldn't be plumb!

Excellent job, looking forward to watching the progress. (Don't forget to snap a few yardgar--er, basementgar--pictures, too :-))
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Can't wait to see it in person Gary! Maybe if you get some time in the next week or two you can stop over and see mine....and have a cigar too :-)
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Great job, can't wait to see this finished! :-)
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I love watching these projects progress. Thanks for sharing and keep 'em coming.
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Very cool! :-) I am jealous!
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looks pretty sweet...

I'm in the process of doing the same thing, but just renovating an existing room. It's not nearly as big a space, but will do nicely.

I'll post before and after pics when I'm done.
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This will be great to watch! I'm also doing a room as well but I dont have any help with mine... :-)

I believe yours will be the fastest room I've ever seen get assembled!

Great job so far!


740 cfm will definately do the trick! (Like a motorcycle, go big or go home!:-) ) My B&M is bigger and they only have 450 cfm.... :-)
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Very Sweet
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