It seems as though every custom home being built today has an area designated as a home theater or media room. We are often contacted by a homeowner during the construction process. Almost every time we are called in just a little too late. The walls are usually already framed, electrical wiring has been run and sometimes the sheetrock has been installed and finished. If we had just been contacted a month sooner, the theater could have been designed and built much more efficiently. These rooms often are adjacent to a utility room, storage area or large main room. Partitions could have easily been arranged differently and doorways relocated to accommodate the best use of space. If riser platforms exist they are almost always sized incorrectly for seating type. Many times HVAC ductwork specifications are inadequate for these rooms. Proper consideration was not given to the fact that a large number of people (for room size) are going to be occupying this room for two hours or so with electronic equipment that generates a large amount of heat.