Key posts: help with double wall construction in basement

Substantial posts by jdf, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 9 of 17 posts are listed.

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jdf, 14 June 2004hello I am going to be building my studio in my walkout basement. My plan is to float the floor and build "room within a room". I will have a seperate control room and…
knightfly, 14 June 2004If you're NOT on a Mac, could you do a basic drawing in Paint? These "XOX" attempts at graphics just don't convey enough to someone who didn't draw them - Basically, you…
dymaxian, 14 June 2004There's a couple things you could do... First, are you certain you'll need to float both control and tracking? I mean, for my purposes, I don't track all that loud that…
jdf, 14 June 2004thanks for the replies. knightfly Unfortunately I am on a Mac. that is why my pic did not come out so well. there is no wall board at all on the 2x6 frame. Just bare…
dymaxian, 16 June 2004My recommendation is to float all the walls in both rooms. If you're going to need lots of isolation in the tracking room, and you've got pipes coming up in the floor…
jdf, 16 June 2004i do plan on floating the room seperately. Since I will be building in existing rooms that have walls attached to the concrete, does that matter? Or should I put 2 new…
knightfly, 16 June 2004I agree with Kase; floating everything is best if you can, and separately is best of best. As to your other question, the one rule you do NOT want to violate is this:…
knightfly, 17 June 2004No, if you're planning on using normal house insulation (don't use foam insulation, it's closed cell and worthless for sound) probably the best way (for a single framed…
knightfly, 28 June 2004Inside the wall, as long as this is NOT an outside wall (with weather on one side) it makes NO DIFFERENCE whatever which way the paper goes. Basically whatever works for…