Recent content by Ryan5443

To be honest it was not my choice so I am not sure why that side was chosen except to make the side with the cord uniform.Well, yes, in terms of the design concept but significantly stronger and has custom top and bottom sections.Wow... I'm stupid. For whatever reason I just saw the...

When we got fed up with our storage solution for cables (which just happened to be an old wooden crate) we decided to build two (more like three) wall mounted racks to support the cables.I do not know how much cable you are trying to store nor do I know the various lengths that you have but...

NFPA is NOT NY code (although I agree that we do need some safety practices in our facility). Also, our theater is new and was opened in 2004 (Arts and Athletics Center) and we recently had a scrim installed (A year or two ago) and had an inspection by IWiess. But to make things worse the...

He does raise a good point, there is usually a waste facility you can go to, but also it doesn't just cause environmental damage, if it were to be put into a land fill and wasn't entirely dry it could leak into the water table and contaminate local streams etc...RCF

As I understand the code (in NY) there is no requirement of closing the curtain nor do you need to provide proof of "proper operation" and if we did we would be screwed as we have had occasions where we needed to raise the curtain several feet and it took well over 35 min to raise the curtain 5...

Although I hate to admit it we have some pretty poor practices in the theatre, such as multiple people in the Genie at one time, striking some disposable set pieces by dropping them 30' from the first bridge, or not putting the safety back in the manual winch after we finish working. But one of...

We usually just refer to it as the house curtain, or the Red's, but I guess as long as I understand what the other person is trying to communicate I really don't care what they call it.All the Best, RCF

Although it is usually frowned upon dispose of latex paint in the trash, while still wet, if you leave it out to dry, and then throw it out the garbage pickup will usually take it. Or you can just slowly dispose of it (aka. one gallon in each trash can) until it is gone. Personally we have tons...

We use neodymium magnets because there strong (just make sure you don't put a presentation laptop on top of one)

In addition to that there are specific state, and town building codes/ordinances associated with accessibility. You should also check with your local building department and they can assist you, but if there is a question about accessibility your fire inspector might have cited you. It would be...

Its interesting but there are specific building codes that require temperatures in a very limited range for air flow throughout the theatre. I believe that in NY it needs to be set at 62 F (obviously it will never actually reach that temperature), but I could be wrong. I will ask an architect I...