Hello gang, been a long time since I worked on my studio, but I'm finally back at it.
My situation is this: I started in an old shed that I wanted to do a room-in-a-room 2 leaf configuration, but also, since I was low on ceiling height, use hat channel on clips for the ceiling. I have installed Green Glue Whisperclips and the hat channel, to 5/8" drywall, then greenglued on 1/2" drywall. At this point, I am getting ready to frame in the inner room. The plan is to have these free-standing walls glued to the cement below and nailed down, to insure they are secure.
My question is this: Should the frame be attached to the suspended ceiling in any way? The only downside I can see is the reduced suspension effect, but all the same, it would still be only attached to the first leaf of the sound barrier. But I want to get your opinion on the matter before continuing my project as I want it optimized the best I can.
Thanx!
JW
can you use isolation clips on the upper parts of the wall? this way you can keep the suspended ceiling from being coupled to the side walls. otherwise you'll have to add in some structure in the ceiling to which you can attach the walls...
Here are a few visuals of what I'm working with... (note: my MSPaint type diagram is far from scale :D just to show roughly what I'm trying to do, the other is a rather earlier version of a CAD diagram I had a friend put together for me.)
gullfo: What type of clips are you referencing, exactly? Also, what harm is there in coupling the suspended ceiling to the framework? It would still be decoupled from the rest of the building, to my knowledge, but if there is a good reason to keep it decoupled, I'd definitely be interested in doing it that way!
Thanx again.
Its going to be more for practice shed for my band, and occasional recording. Sorry to not be so clear on this. Eventually I want to simply do a webcam and LCD TV in this room as part of the live room, and put the control room elsewhere.
But for the time being, its simply for somewhere to make noise and not annoy the neighbors (despite living just outside of town, I still want to show respect for those 1am times), as well as control in room acoustics and keep unwanted noise out.
I don't see how you cannot attache a suspended ceiling to the wall. It isn't completely clear to me, but if you are thinking track and drop in tiles, the end track is going to be connected to the wall but this shouldn't produce any undesirable effects for the most part.
EDIT: Nevermind what I just said , I get what you are saying. No you don't want to attache the walls to the ceiling. If you have a strong enough foundation (meaning not flexable/wood) you can frame up just shy of the existing ceiling then backer rod and caulk.
To be honest, the walls should have gone up first then the ceiling...but you knew that :)
Yeah, I was planning on just putting up the frame, GG Acoustic Silicone sealant on both sides (assuming 1/8" - 1/4" spacing) all the way around. Just wanted to make sure that would be the right way to go about it, VS minimal expansion spray foam or actually attaching the ceiling to the frame with fasteners. I will probably do a couple supports along with the framing to help strengthen it, since it will be freestanding (though, all walls attached to eachother, of course). Thanks for the input.
GG Acoustic Silicone sealant on both sides (assuming 1/8" - 1/4" spacing) all the way around.
Please clarify this point. Green Glue is not a sealant.
Andre
I don't know if its actually silicone or not, but this is the substance I am referring to...
http://www.greengluecompany.com/noisepr ... ealant.php
Price was actually cheaper than silicone for me, so I bought this stuff for my sealant.
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http://www.greengluecompany.com/noisepr ... ealant.php[/quote]
Thanks, that stuff is fine.
To the world:
AARGH! :cen: First we have Green Glue which is named by marketing types which is not glue, now we have Green Glue sealant. FWIW several years ago (it may still be true) Roxul had the same product name in Canada and The USA for diffeent products.
Acoustics is simple compared to marketing. :finger:
Really thrilled, not, :shot:
Andre
