Key posts: Down Stairs Studio - starting construction
Substantial posts by Bill Pillmore, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 22 of 46 posts are listed.
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Bill Pillmore, 22 November 2010In the downstairs of our new house I have a raw space of 32' x 16' x 10' on a poured slab. The back wall and most of the side wall are 8" of poured concrete, buried in a…
Bill Pillmore, 23 November 2010Glenn, gotcha! That means on the bottom of the upstairs floor joists (24"tall, which I am going to fill the whole cavity with fg insulation), I should not add dry wall…
Bill Pillmore, 24 November 2010Understand that. Don't understand that The long wall to the a-joining room (room with the chop saw) would normally have drywall on both sides but as you can see we…
Bill Pillmore, 6 February 2011Image not preserved: P1010653.jpg Image not preserved: P1010652.jpg I have almost finished adding two layers of 5/8" drywall to all ceiling and all the exterior walls…
xSpace, 6 February 2011I think the inside out ceiling is actually reducing your overall height by at least 2-3"+/-. Plus the added anxiety over how to do it. John has a thread/picture/drawing…
Bill Pillmore, 6 February 2011Thanks for the reply. Interior dimensions after inside out walls and floor are 14'2"W x 30'6"L x 10'2"H. Because of the awful room modes with a long room I was going to…
xSpace, 6 February 2011Maybe 6" on the upper floor and about the same on your new ceiling since the insulation is used in the enclosed part of a mass/air/mass system to damp the panels as a…
Bill Pillmore, 12 February 2011Image not preserved: Ceiling detail.jpg This is my idea of the ceiling of the room in side a room. The 2x8's would be on 2' centers and a 2x4 frame (2'x7') with 2 layers…
Bill Pillmore, 24 February 2011I have seen this idea on another build here on the forum and nobody spoke up that it may be a problem so it looks like this is what we will do. Next question is about…
Bill Pillmore, 25 February 2011Sorry if this wasn't clear. Building a room inside a room with an outside only leaf on the inner building. These pre made 2x4 with 2 layers of 5/8 drywall + greenglue…
Bill Pillmore, 21 July 2011Image not preserved: Image07182011095542.jpg The house is finally at a point where the builder is loaning me his assistant to start the studio. This is day one where we…
Soundman2020, 22 July 2011I'm coming to the party a bit late, and trying to understand what you are doing there. From the pics, it looks like you have a concrete wall as the outer leaf? And that…
Bill Pillmore, 22 July 2011Yes Actually it's an inch of space, there is just a strip of drywall to fill it out to a 1/2 inch for the fire stop, and I do need the isolation - thus 3 layers of…
Soundman2020, 22 July 2011The problem is that with a very, very thin air gap, such as yours, the resonant frequency of the MSM system will be very high, thus reducing the isolation of your room…
Bill Pillmore, 23 July 2011Thanks for this helpful information Stuart. I went back and reread the thread after your first post and saw the 100mm gap filled with wool also - embarrassing. It will…
Bill Pillmore, 17 December 2011House is finally done and we are moved in. I have been able to work more on the studio. All dry wall done - finally no more dust! Image not preserved: P1020182.jpg Image…
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Bill Pillmore, 9 March 2012I am still getting some AC sound - (only in the main room) when the system's second stage kicks in and I was wondering if anyone as used this product?…
Soundman2020, 9 March 2012I just looked back over the thread but I couldn't see the details of your silencer box. Maybe I missed that. What type of silencer did you install? Did you make sure…
Bill Pillmore, 9 March 2012The small rooms have an access space behind them so I could build bigger boxes ( 2' x 2' x 4') and they are working fine - I don't even know the heat is on in those…
Soundman2020, 26 March 2012A couple of questions, Bill. First, did you do the bass roll-off for your speakers? You seem to be getting a bass rise there, that looks suspiciously like there's no…
Bill Pillmore, 27 March 2012I went thru the Blue Sky Manual and re-calibrated my speakers and the sub. Also did the 10 second sweep instead of the 1 sec. Image not preserved: Left 10s.jpg Image not…