Key posts: shabbey road construction advice please
Substantial posts by shabby road, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 17 of 45 posts are listed.
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shabby road, 28 October 2012Hello folks I need some advice with soundproofing the interior of shabbey road studios a 3.4 meter long x 2.3 meter wide x 2.7 meter high detached, cement floored,…
shabby road, 29 October 2012Thanks Steve very much for your reply it has already helped me a lot here are the answers to your questions. Are those internal or external dimensions? Unfortunately…
Soundman2020, 29 October 2012Hi Tim, and welcome to the forum! :) A couple of quick comments and questions: 1) What is the purpose of this room? Is it going to be a rehearsal space, or a control…
shabby road, 29 October 2012Hi stuart and steve thanks very much for your replies its all helping... The room is going to be a control room for writing and mixing my own music up to now i have been…
xSpace, 31 October 2012"That help a lot due to limited space how about insulated stud walls attached to existing concrete walls then res bar and 2 x plasterboard?" What you are in want to do…
shabby road, 31 October 2012Hi folks lots of different opinions feeling a bit overwhelmed please look at the picture below and let me know what you think as an approach for my walls. The picture is…
shabby road, 2 November 2012Hi Steve Thanks for that very clear advice I will look into all up the points you mentioned with a bulider i trust and trawl the other threads you pointed out. One thing…
xSpace, 2 November 2012The fishtank analogy does not apply to the exterior of a structure. If anything it would create more issues than it would resolve. Tim you should discuss this with a…
xSpace, 3 November 2012"While Xspace is correct that 2 vapour barriers are bad," My comment had nothing to do with two vapor diffusion retarders (Vapor barrier) it was to help align where the…
xSpace, 4 November 2012We are still on topic since insulation is going to be part of the project. The issue is simple. You cannot place a vapor barrier in the middle of a double wall assembly.…
shabby road, 6 November 2012Thankyou gentlemen for all your attention so far. I am hanging on doing anything to the studio until the issue of potential condensation and approach for insulation in…
shabby road, 8 November 2012Just to try and consolidate all the valuable info offered how about this as a solution? timber cladding/concrete blocks/air gap/independant stud wall with insulation/…
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xSpace, 9 November 2012I think the two projects are 180 degrees apart. This current project is trying to find a way to insulate the interior...yours seems to have already settled on the…
shabby road, 9 November 2012To soundMan & jdh re rod gervais external cladding. what does rod mean by "sheathing"? To cold Answer: Only 2 sides of the outer studio wall are accessible due to it…
shabby road, 15 November 2012Hi folks thanks for everything so far its been invaluable advice which has shown me where and what to research. Here is an excellent article which seems to pin things…
shabby road, 20 February 2013Hi Folks Here is an update of extremely tight space that is shabby road (internal space after treatment will end up approx D:1.7m x W:3m x H:2.2m) As you can see from…
Soundman2020, 21 February 2013That looks fine to me, from the acoustic isolation point of view, so maybe Brien can comment on the ventilation point of view. I think you would be OK with that, but…