Kirk may have had Scotty, but I have Scott!

We have power!!

As work is progressing downstairs, my inner geek (which I don't hide very well) is gaining strength.
This will come as a surprise to my wife, who probably doesn't think I could get any geekier.

And while our electrician, and my brother, Scott told me "no" to installing a transporter downstairs, he added lots groundwork for other technological goodies down there for me.

Even though he wouldn't install the transporter, I am eternally grateful for his skill, knowledge, and ability to explain how and why things (other than the transporter) work as they do.

I can na break the laws of physics!

We have strung the cabling for the in-floor outlets that will be below our game table.  I have a few images showing them below including one with the first power cable.  I was quite surprised how easy it was to feed that cabling through the conduit.  In the third image you can see where I fed it into the conduit by the wall.
In the fourth image, you can see where we have power, and a conduit for a HDMI cable for a projector.
This is placed in the center of the game room, right above the game table.
I'm not planning on having this in place when we move in.  If we decide we want one though, it will be prewired and ready to go.
The fifth image is another view of the north wall.  Near the top you will see some angled supports and you might be able to see a power box.  
The ceiling will follow that angle, similar to a tray ceiling, the ceiling right over the game table is about a foot higher than the rest of the room.  
Along that angle, will be a monitor which can be used to allow for friends to join our gaming sessions by services such as Skype, Google, or other video conference programs.

Oh, you may also notice two other things.
First, we have a lot of room in the ceiling.  
Second, the game room is on the west end of the house, as is our bedroom upstairs!

When designing the house with our architect, managing sound was a big factor.
We have an 18 inch truss and the drop down section around most of the game room.
Once we complete the wiring for the network, we will be insulating that space.
We also don't have any air return ductwork that connects upstairs and downstairs (ask me how I know this is important, sorry honey!)

We will also have some materials on the walls and cabinet doors that will help absorb sound, so I can be gaming downstairs without keeping my wonderful wife awake upstairs:)  I'll post more about that as we install that.

I have been very surprised at how happy certain things make me so very happy in this project.  
Last week, the final door was put in place.
Most of these are temporary doors, however, they still work very well.
The house is roughly sealed now, and even though it is unheated, it is warmer than outside.

Speaking of outside, work on the siding continues, and the final measurements for our gutters have been made.
As our roof will be metal, the gutters will go on first, and then the roof.
The way the gutters are made, they will have a metal "lip" that lays directly on the roof.  Then the metal is laid over the top of that.
This way, if there is any water/snow backing up from the gutters, it can't work its way under the gutter lip to sit and soak into the roof.