Substantial posts by seaweed, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 10 of 25 posts are listed.
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seaweed, 1 October 2010I am building in the north of canada and weather is a concern. John has mentioned that he thinks SIP panels are good for heat but useless for sound. Lets call them not…
seaweed, 1 October 2010Thanks so much for the reply. That makes sense. The only troubling thought with the interior layer is losing the view of the nice beams. Could a similar system between…
seaweed, 6 October 2010We are talking about ways to make the roof stc a bit better. One of the architect's ideas is to add an inner layer of 2x4 strapping with insulation in it over the inner…
xSpace, 6 October 2010The issue with sip panels is that alone they have less ability to stop sound then say a typical interior residential wall...maybe 29ish on the stc rating. While they are…
seaweed, 6 October 2010if i understand "mass to the topside of the rafters" correctly, then that is exactly the plan. The trusses go up, the drywall goes on the outside of them 1st and the…
seaweed, 6 October 2010Ok that makes sense. But the cement slab will have a 3 foot cement riser all around. The trusses will sit on the top of the 3 feet and then basically it's all…
xSpace, 7 October 2010I looked over the posts and do not see an actual square footage, but that isn't so much as needed. I can tell you this, you will be hard pressed to get folks up on a…
xSpace, 7 October 2010It is a more massive coupled leaf, the exterior leaf, and if that >could< be completed in a less hazardous manner then the OP presented, would allow the interior of the…
seaweed, 16 October 2010Thanks for your input guys, i am waiting on the architect for some more drawings before posting more here. He seems to have an easy way to get the drywall on first, says…
seaweed, 7 November 2010Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this everyone. It seems this avenue is a seriously wrong turn for studio purposes. SIP use for this application appears to simply…