Key posts: Help me DIY Build Studio in the Garage as cheap as possible.
Substantial posts by Love 528, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 39 of 88 posts are listed.
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Love 528, 21 July 2011Dear Acoustical Masters I’m really hoping you can help me solidify my plan, so I can move forward and build my studio. I’m looking to build a one room home studio in my…
Love 528, 21 July 2011Room within a Room 2x4’s x 60 (framing) $200 Genie Clips (for ceiling) $200 Hat Channel $120 Electrical work (help from a friend) $400 Drywall (40 x 4x12 sheets 2…
Love 528, 21 July 2011ahh budget I knew I forgot something thanks budget is roughly $7000 but I can scrounge up a bit more if I have to just trying to keep it around 7k for initial build and…
Love 528, 21 July 2011So let me guess rip off drywall leave insulation exposed as to not create the 3rd leaf effect. Build room within a room, green glue only way to go. I thought I laid out…
Love 528, 21 July 2011cool man thanks for reply my bad I forgot about the genie clips for the roof and I am aware of that aspect as well as better ways. In my case I think I'm going to have…
Soundman2020, 21 July 2011Hi Love528, and welcome! Some quick answers, pretty much repeating what others already said in some places: Based on your original post: 1. It looks like you have a…
Love 528, 21 July 2011Stuart my man! that was the most helpful well thought post and I'm very very grateful for the time you took to do it. thanks bro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! others that…
Love 528, 23 July 2011here is link to download of sketchup.skb project file rar file http://www.mediafire.com/file/oj6jq58i4 ... arage7.rar or uncompressed…
Love 528, 23 July 2011more updates Good news my buddy is selling me 2 cases of green glue for half off :D I updated the budget above (scroll up). somethings are not exact prices still working…
xSpace, 24 July 2011Aw-ite, so your going with a fully decoupled environment. Hopefully you have not gone into the garage and ripped the sheetrock off yet. What you want to do is get a…
Love 528, 29 July 2011Alright ready to move forward need some feedback Here is an update to some of the questions you asked me Stuart in hopes this may be able to get this plan going full…
Love 528, 30 July 2011I need feedback on the ceiling right now if I take down the drywall there is no plywood or nothing above joist just open attic air space is this ok? I would think it…
Love 528, 31 July 2011unfortunately the budget is not allowing for beefing up the exterior walls or the ceiling so MLV is out of the question it is 5/8" drywall not 1/2" , and the outside…
Soundman2020, 1 August 2011Hey, Love528: Why not just do it right, and rest the joists for the new inner-leaf ceiling on top of the framing for the new inner-leaf wall? That way, you would not…
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xSpace, 2 August 2011It has been said, but might seem like it was not...your existing roof is your exterior leaf so anything you do within the confines of this project, like the massing up…
Love 528, 2 August 2011thanks for replies guys this part has me scratching head !!!!!! I would like to just "do it right", and rest new joists on top of the new framing of the room withing…
Soundman2020, 2 August 2011Great to have a name! Not sure what "Love528" means, but "Tom" sounds better to me! That depends on a lot of factors, mostly the span, the load, and the type of wood.…
Love 528, 21 August 2011thanks for waiting around for me guys, your support means a lot! life kinda got in the way but back on track and ready to do this! update time the architect that…
Soundman2020, 23 August 2011Well, you WILL have a three-leaf system, but if you put enough mass on each leaf then it will still work, especially give the size of the air gaps. Another issue: on the…
Love 528, 23 August 2011So just putting another layer of drywall over our existing layer of 5/8ths Drywall on the ceiling right now is by far the easiest thing to do. With this approach I would…
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Love 528, 24 August 2011unless there are objections I'm moving forward with the plan this weekend, got the crew ready for Saturday My new question is we start framing this weekend, so now is…
xSpace, 25 August 2011I have looked at these sketchups and if you built it like you are showing, then there may be more issues still to be dealt with. Can you show us pictures of the actual…
Love 528, 25 August 2011So Im going to take Drywall off existing ceiling today. I do recall a few builds where no drywall or plywood or nothing etc was put above joist and everything turned out…
Love 528, 26 August 2011ok here's a bunch of pics today we took out carpet, ripped down drywall from ceiling, bagged up all insulation and cleaned up. we are ready to build this thing, got to…
Love 528, 26 August 2011My question is all about the outer leaf right now... I need someone to break it down for me. I hope I have given enough information to get the necessary feedback, to get…
Soundman2020, 26 August 2011OK, looking at your photos, I'd say that you don't have a lot of choice here: your roof will have to be 3-leaf. There's no easy way you can seal that corrugated zinc nor…
Love 528, 27 August 2011ok that helped a lot things are becoming clearer thank you much!!!!!! Stuart that post has established a clearer conversation and a baseline for me to finalize this plan…
Love 528, 31 August 2011I know this build has certain issues that make my last build kinda irrelevant, so I am trying to do somethings to insure success while balancing a dwindling budget. So…
Love 528, 31 August 2011back to this question though If I can only go with 1 layer of 5/8ths drywall on ceiling (below joist for my middle leaf), is it even worth beefing up the outer leaf…
Soundman2020, 31 August 201150/50. Meaning it can't hurt, and would be good in case you ever do mange to do the ceiling / redo the roof. For example, if at some point in the future you replace the…
Love 528, 1 September 2011update took down all tyvek and got to caulking. Over the past week I did a test between green glue caulk, butyl and cheap 40 year caulk after a week the cheap stuff is a…
Love 528, 4 September 2011Sorry guys had to try to save money where I could and cut corner on outer leaf caulking. my friend reported ok seals with this stuff a year later. I will buy the good…
Love 528, 5 September 2011ok its official my stubborn broke butt just got enough extra funds to beef up outer leaf with 5/8ths drywall and add 2 layers of 5/8ths to my middle leaf ceiling. I got…
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Love 528, 22 September 2011I think I bought myself an inch or 2 for bigger air space for the ceiling like you suggest Stuart. Would 3 inches cut it, if I can only get 2 layers of drywall on middle…
Soundman2020, 26 September 20113 inches is better than 2, and 2 layers of drywall on the middle leaf is better than one! The big thing with building studios in existing spaces, is that its a juggling…
Love 528, 29 February 2012Aloha Wow major detour had to work a job out of town for a bit. I am back and ready....... I attached pictures of the current updated design and I cross section for…
Soundman2020, 29 February 2012Hi again, Tom! You seem to be misunderstanding the room dimensions and how modes / ratios work. You said that you are measuring the inner dimensions to the finish…
Love 528, 29 February 2012I was aware that bass traps are treatment lol sorry goofed up. the only thing that has changed dimension wise is the height, I just removed the 4" bass trap/air gap from…
Soundman2020, 12 March 2012The ratio isn't fantastic, and I think it could be improved a bit. The room width is almost exactly twice the room height, so the room fails one of the key three tests.…