Key posts: Ian New Studio in narrow room. Single storey with flat roof
Substantial posts by ian.lb, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 17 of 42 posts are listed.
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ian.lb, 10 April 2010Hi everyone. After lots of learning, planning and expert help I've finally learned enough to start the build of my studio. The room used to be split in two as two…
ian.lb, 10 April 2010Cheers John. I was getting the same result with the file zipped up though which was only 632kb. Heres some pics of the room stripped out with the original dividing wall…
ian.lb, 10 April 2010Then we measured out the dimensions of the live room room in room to see if it will be big enough. It's gonna be tight but worth the loss of space for the massive gain…
ian.lb, 10 April 2010So we beefed it up to increase the mass by using 15mm soundbloc drywall cut to size for the gaps and stuck in to place with an even coating of drywall adhesive on the…
ian.lb, 10 April 2010I'm still not sure how the ceiling is gonna work. The walls are gonna be inside out but the ceiling is not. If you look at these next pics, you'll see that at the back…
ian.lb, 10 April 2010We've now started drywalling the back of the first wall (the longest one behind the drum throne in the pics), again using 2 layers of 15mm soundbloc with the blue side…
ian.lb, 11 April 2010Hi John, Thats an interesting design. It would save height as there surely then would be no need for a cloud? Question for you. Doing it this way would mean more timber…
ian.lb, 11 April 2010Excellent. Looks like thats the way to go then. Thanks John. What gap should I leave between the new ceiling structure and the existing structure (ie up in between the…
ian.lb, 19 April 2010Got a question. Concerning the room in room live room, I've left a 4.5-5 cm air gap between the new room and the existing structure. If I put a thin layer of insulation…
Soundman2020, 20 April 2010Not enough. You need an air gap of at least 10cm in order to keep the MSM resonant frequency down low enough (distance between the leaf surfaces!, NOT between the…
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ian.lb, 9 June 2010Still working on the live room but I'm at the point where I am about to order the sliders (4 sets - one for each end wall of the live room and one for each end wall of…
Soundman2020, 10 June 2010I seem to remember a thread a while back, where someone used double-glazing in sliding doors, and ended up with a resonance problem, where the glass was "ringing" at…
ian.lb, 10 June 2010Thanks Stuart. Just to confirm, the glass they've recommended is 6.4mm laminated with 18mm gap filled with argos gas then 4mm laminated to make up the units. The…
ian.lb, 10 June 2010Also, I've contacted Pilkingtons and they've said they've got a product called Ortophon which is the best glass for soundproofing. They've given me some figures for both…
ian.lb, 15 June 2010Yeah, I'm wondering if anyone can offer any advice as to whether its worth spending the extra on the ortophon or 10mm on 6.4 lami units compared to one thick piece of…
ian.lb, 17 June 2010I cant really go one size larger because my walls are 30mm thick so even with the 28mm it will not be as much mass as is in the walls. I think you're right Lilith, I…
Soundman2020, 17 June 2010That would only be true if you made your walls out of glass, or your windows out of drywall! I think you might be confusing mass and density. Glass is much more dense…