Key posts: Soup Studio, UK, design and construction
Substantial posts by thehaircut, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 26 of 56 posts are listed.
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thehaircut, 25 July 2011Hi guys, I'm very excited to share my new design with you and ask your comments. In a few weeks we will be moving out of our basement, beneath a well-known London…
Soundman2020, 25 July 2011Just a couple of comments: First, I guess that isolation is not important at all for you guys, because you don't show any at all on the SketchUp model. Why is that? Is…
thehaircut, 26 July 2011Thanks for the comments Stuart. Isolation is important to us. This sketchup model was a quick one to try out the shape, I'm now working on a more detailed one showing…
thehaircut, 29 July 2011Hi Pierre, I'm not sure whether we do know each other! Perhaps you did some voiceover work at my old studio, the Bunker, two or three years ago? The booth is quite…
thehaircut, 12 August 2011Hi guys, So I'm designing the isolation around the live room in detail. It's going to be quite a quite complicated structure due to the existing pillars and beams within…
Soundman2020, 12 August 2011Yes, you can do that. The outer leaf usually is part of the original structure. The only time that you'd build a new outer leaf is if there was nothing already there in…
thehaircut, 23 August 2011So.. ceilings. Just re-read Rod's chapter on the subject again, and gone over John's original recording manual and the STC Chart which are all very useful. I'm confused…
thehaircut, 30 August 2011Hi guys, I've realised something. Shocking, I know, but I have. The existing internal wall, separating my unit from the next unit in the warehouse, is a single timber…
thehaircut, 31 August 2011Thanks for the tips guys that's great! Ahem. So it would. 1. So the newly cut plasterboard fits between the studs and is glue onto.. the plasterboard on the other side…
Soundman2020, 31 August 2011No, not glued on. Held in place with cleats, then caulked around the edges. Yes, there is a point where you lose the effect. As you increase the air gap, or the mass,…
xSpace, 31 August 2011Not hardly. Well, that is what you said but you were incorrect then and you are still unaware of a few things now that modify this assembly. For a leaf to be considered…
Soundman2020, 2 September 2011Theoretically, filling the entire gap with insulation maximizes the isolation of the wall, and can increase overall isolation by up to 16 dB. Basically, the insulation…
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xSpace, 3 September 2011This structure has three brick walls as the perimeter side walls, and, as we are now finding out, a staggered stud wall on the fourth wall boundary. I do not know if I…
Soundman2020, 3 September 2011Agree with Brien: 3 brick walls plus a staggered stud wall already has plenty of mass, and might well be dong a good job of isolating, even though it is possibly acting…
thehaircut, 9 September 2011Wow, guys, thanks! Sorry for the delay in replying, I thought I got an email every time I got a reply, turns out I don't. Those three walls are fully decoupled, which is…
thehaircut, 12 September 2011That's correct. I've mocked this corner up in sketchup to make things clearer. Image not preserved: Cable St Plan 4 side wall options.png The studwall on plasterboard on…
thehaircut, 19 September 2011Stuart - thank you so much for that point! That is incredibly obvious now that I think of it, but I didn't, and you've just saved me a LOT of wasted time and money.…
Soundman2020, 19 September 2011Yes, that will work. The only thing you'd need to be careful with is the size of the air gap between the concrete ceiling and the new inner-leaf ceiling drywall. That…
Soundman2020, 19 September 2011The first rule is: no contact! Meaning that the stud frame must NOT touch the brickwork at any point. So you need a gap. The gap you need between the wall and the frame…
thehaircut, 20 September 2011Right, yes, so I'm going to put in a 10cm gap between the brickwork and the studwall which will give a total air gap of 20cm. A rep for Mason industries called me up…
Soundman2020, 20 September 2011:!: :lol: :shot: Yup! Why would it get wet? If your floor is built correctly, there's no way it should get wet. The other issue is: did he give you any information of…
thehaircut, 20 September 2011Intent? Not at all! This guy was pretty convincing on the phone but I guess that's his job. Thanks for the link to that post, I'd read it ages ago, but I guess I forgot…
thehaircut, 21 September 2011Thanks Brien. I think once again my diagram was letting my down. The previous diagram was a cross-section through the middle of the wall. I intend to use a truss, as…
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thehaircut, 26 September 2011Thanks guys, that certainly sounds like an interesting recommendation, given the advantage of smoothing out any uneven surfaces in the concrete slab and preventing air…
xSpace, 29 September 2011That usually comes in the form of a code consideration. As it stands, the blocking is placed at 4 foot intervals, or the Metric equivalent. As it applies to an interior…
thehaircut, 29 September 2011Thanks guys, that's really handy. Think I might get in on Monday, very exciting. If anyone who has kindly written on here is interested in viewing my sketchup model, I…