Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

Indeed!

Welcome back! Hope your vacations have you as refreshed as a properly designed and built HVAC system and have left you in a state of absolute calm as if frequency response times are within 1db across the entire frequency spectrum and their decay times are within 5ms of each other.

1265 That is excellent work on the baffle boxes, Tom. Does being in the flood plain mean you will have to make sure that you leave as little equipment as possible at a low level in the finished studio? Thanks! It’s not a current plan to have as much kit at height as I’m planning on stopping the wat...

Hi All, Got a couple of us on the silencers today and get the frames mostly made up. Just duct lining to do tomorrow pretty much! I’m planning to leave the sleeves off until they’re in situ as it’ll be much easier to manuveur them and easy to fix them on after they’re positioned. Just need the Sorbo...

Hi All, Quick mid week update... finished the cement boarding where we could, rendered it yesterday despite being on my todd: DA197F9A-810D-4FFE-BEDC-729804C463EC.jpeg 2A3D15AD-47AC-4125-88B1-38D0B9C977A4.jpeg Then did my beloved Mezzanine today! 33355F8C-925A-4416-956A-11B617582CAD.jpeg E440E638-EF...

Interesting... sorry if you’ve mentioned it but did they say how they managed to make sliders differently to other manufacturers, or did they not go into detail? Sorry to hear you’re having more drama.

Well they certainly seem a better choice by the table there but I suppose there isn’t data below 80hz...

1236 So first do either the inside or the outside, then wait until the wall itself has dried out well (I think Tom used blowtorches to speed that process up a bit), then do the other side. Yea sort of... to be honest my outer leaf was pretty soaking when we did it but as long as you don’t seal the ...

Hi John, So sorry to hear of the damp through the mortar where the DPC is! I personally didn’t favour external tanking, though I’m sure it works well. Our trench sides were not favourable and kept collapsing so we couldn’t do anything on the outside...not to mention the rain flooding in! I used ‘Con...

1213 I'm also updating the door design, to take into account the higher density of the walls.... Stay tuned.... Ah brilliant! I have ordered 2 x 6 sapele as a started for the frames, then 20mm sapele for the stops... I can change the order on Monday if it’s too thick but I thought 44mm thick would ...

1208 What thickness fiber-cement board are you using? I'm guessing it is 8mm? Umm no 12mm : ) I am aware that I will need to brace the wall to the external masonry...I think I said before the Mezzanine solves the end but the beginning hopefully can be done when all the HVAC bits are in so as not to...

Sorry forgot to say, I have been following both Jenifer’s and Howie’s threads... Howie’s not having a good ride with the contractor!

I would like to do this as a job instead of normal building but I don’t think there would be much call for it...not that many of us nutters around I don’t think ; )

Thanks Stuart, no I’m glad to have all the points reaffirmed here for sure! I’m pretty difficult to offend anyway but I haven’t taken any of the points above as schooling if I knew it, just confirmation which is reassuring! For everyone whether they’re self building, contracting or otherwise. I knew...

Cheers Guys! It feels to me like treading water a bit as I’m used to so much quicker on normal building projects. L I didn’t actually know that there were two different products from green glue! It became apparent trying to use it as a sealant though! We’ll continue using Sikaflex as it’s remained v...

Hi All! What a weird week! Had my larourer off for 2 out of 4 days and when he was here he still has intense migraines. He has had an MRI so I hope they see a simple cause amd remedy, for his sake mainly : ) I hadn’t realised that Stuart had intended OSB for the first layer of the wall! But I had th...

Yea great progress! I feel for you and the GC! These studio builds are something else! The GC really should have done his homework. A lesson learned. Keep positive! As I slowly (or not so slowly) run out of time and money I keep reminding myself that we can still make music wherever we are. When the...