Key posts: Shiny Spicy Studio Design - New Construction Plan
Substantial posts by Rocketman, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 32 of 40 posts are listed.
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Rocketman, 14 March 2009Overview Hey all. Mike (Rocketman) here from Charlotte, NC in the USofA. It doesn’t look like Obama’s going to give me any of the stimulus package money to keep rock and…
Soundman2020, 15 March 2009Hi Mike, and welcome the the forum! It is SO refreshing to have someone new that actually did read all the points in the introductory thread, and has clearly done all…
Soundman2020, 15 March 2009Some people do use rubber / neoprene / similar under their walls, but it is more to seal it than to "float" it. Just like floating a floor, "floating" a wall is not…
xSpace, 15 March 2009Hey Mike, Good to see ya, virtually speaking. Just a few quick things while inbetween my home work. Your exterior walls: Your design show that you have some…
xSpace, 15 March 2009Spray-in-Place Semi Rigid Urethane Foam Insulation: I would have the gc read this: http://www.icc-es.org/reports/pdf_files ... R-1172.pdf and see if he comes to the same…
Rocketman, 16 March 2009Stuart, Thanks for the welcome and for some needed insight into SketchUp. I may give it another try when I can carve out a few hours. We can probably go a little higher,…
Rocketman, 16 March 2009Yest definitely double-stud, two leaf wall as you describe. How much gap should I put there BTW? I see references to 1", but would 2" gain me anything? A pretty cool rep…
Rocketman, 16 March 2009Brien, thanks so much for those links. I'm not sure I understand the foam one regarding the ventilation, but I'll pass it on to the GC. As far at Max's place. I spent…
Soundman2020, 16 March 2009Careful what you mean by "gap"! It's not the distance between the studs that counts: It is the distance between the actual leaves. The stud frames are only there to hold…
Rocketman, 16 March 2009Stuart - bro, you are like lightning! I just wrote this this, and you're all over it. I had an aha moment with your gap explanation. That makes a lot of sense. All the…
Soundman2020, 16 March 2009I don't think the issue Rod was talking about was the doors themselves, but the design around them. I think the issue Rod was referring to in that build is having doors…
xSpace, 16 March 2009I have a few comments then off to sleep. The siding Max used is JamesHardy, not vinyl, as can be seen on this page about 10% down:…
Rocketman, 18 March 2009Yep, exit door - no double door. GC confirmed (not that I doubted Brien). I'm working on a re-design that makes the vocal booth quite a bit smaller so I can have a small…
Soundman2020, 18 March 2009I don't follow his logic! Does he understand that this is a hermetically sealed room? If you pump air into the room at some point, no matter where you put the returns,…
Rocketman, 18 March 2009Hey Stuart. Great input, and I think the semantic distortion blame rests on my shoulders, not the HVAC guy :oops: . I used terms in my post that he wasn't using. I…
Soundman2020, 18 March 2009I don't think that's the stuff you need. It should be insulated on the INSIDE, with duct liner, in which case you don't need anything on the outside. I recall reading a…
Rocketman, 22 March 2009Hey all, BTW, my first post still holds true for all the elements/constraints associated with this project. After much consideration and reading a lot of posts here,…
Soundman2020, 22 March 2009SketchUp! Good! :) It's easy. Here are a series of screen shots to show you how.... Cut-door-5.jpg Image not preserved: Cut-door-4.jpg Cut-door-3.jpg Cut-door-2.jpg
Rocketman, 22 March 2009Stuart - Again, you are like lightning! I think it was that extra click I didn't have figured out. Thanks, I'll try to get some openings put into my design for sliding…
Soundman2020, 22 March 2009Then you might want to turn your CR around, so that it is facing the outside wall, unfortunately. The CR ceiling should slope UP away from the speakers, not down towards…
Soundman2020, 22 March 2009Thank you Mike! Likewise to you! I'll probably PM you sometime next week, about an entire off-topic issue, so check your PM in-box occasionally! Regarding your sliding…
Rocketman, 24 March 2009I've attached a more close up shot of the dimensions for the control room. My thought was to have the majority of the front of the room with a flat 10' ceiling and hang…
Soundman2020, 24 March 2009That makes a bit more sense! I though you meant that your entire ceiling would be sloped, but the way you describe it, I guess that should not be too much of a problem.…
xSpace, 25 March 2009"Also, I'm still very interested to see if anyone has had any real-world experience/success with open-cell foam spray insulation. It still looks like a potential option…
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Rocketman, 25 March 2009Brien, thanks for the input. I actually did some more searching here and found a foam spray thread in which Rod himself stated he had considered using it, but it was not…
Rocketman, 27 March 2009Hey amigos, I've got to get more electrical layout design done for the electrician in order to work up an estimate. This got me thinking about lighting and clouds as I…
Rocketman, 13 April 2009Hey all, I'm still working out a few basic electrical details and was hoping someone might be able to answer a grounding/electrical wiring design question. In his book,…
Soundman2020, 14 April 2009Straight answer: Yes. No. Maybe. Not trying to be funny here (OK, well, maybe just a tad!), but it really depends a lot on the rest of your wiring, and what you plug in…
Rocketman, 3 December 2009Hey all, Happy belated Thanksgiving. It's good to be alive and kicking! It's been quite a while since I've been on. I've been consumed with playing out with a few…
Rocketman, 18 February 2010Hey all, Construction's going great. We may be done in less than a month. I thought I'd post some more recent pics in no particular order. All the double layer sheetrock…
Rocketman, 19 March 2010Hey All, Ok, Our office computer bit the dust, and it took me a while to get one up and running so I could transfer some updated pics. This was a great day - we got our…
Rocketman, 19 March 2010Here are some pics of the vocal booth and the live room. We had to put in the live room window as an egress point to meet code.... As I was taking the pics, my wife…