Hi everybody
I've been reading and loving this board for a while and finally have a chance to build out a room to my own specs. After reading as much as I could, I've started planning a layout/design and would love input. I'm looking at a space that is an L shape where I'm hoping to put in a reasonably sized tracking room and control room. One rooms maximum dimensions would be L=136", W=132" (tracking room), H=102" and the other L=187", W=140", H=102" (control room). The almost square room will need to be cut up in some way to fix the ratio problem and I'm trying to decide on a good way to do it. The jpg and skp files I uploaded should hopefully explain the orientation of the rooms.
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What are some thoughts on the design and layout?
I have to do a test to see what kind of STC I really need for the walls, floor and ceiling but I figure it needs to be pretty high since I plan on tracking and practicing drums often. Right now I'm thinking either double or triple sheetrock on all walls and ceiling (ceiling and walls with Kinetics isomax) and wood floors using a riser for when I track drums. I'm not sure if I should angle the ceiling or just put up some angled clouds. I don't think I have enough money to float the floor correctly so don't want to waste money in that area but was thinking about using the Kinetics RIM system (http://www.kineticsnoise.com/arch/rim/wood.aspx). I don't know anyone with experience with it so if you know anything about it please let me know! :D
My overall budget runs about 10,000USD though of course both my wife and I would love to spend less! :D The initial example is in SketchUp, and forgive it's roughness since I just started using it.
Thanks