Key posts: Build from scratch UK practice room / recording studio
Substantial posts by Stonedhouse, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 32 of 40 posts are listed.
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Stonedhouse, 7 November 2012Firstly hello all ! I am just venturing out in building a practice room / recording studio on the side of a house I have recently purchased and just moved in to. As a…
Stonedhouse, 9 November 2012Thanks Rogue. Profile updated to add a bit of info - I'll hopefully add more to the site / thread shortly but it is chaos here as have just moved in to the house last…
Stonedhouse, 18 November 2012Ok, so here is a bit more info about the concept we would like to consider due to being based on existing UK building techniques and then adding a straightforward inner,…
Soundman2020, 20 November 2012Hi Roger, and welcome! :) It sounds like you are off to a good start, with a realistic plan and the right type of team. Putting the studio on the ground floor is a smart…
Stonedhouse, 20 November 2012Hi Stuart, Thank you so much for your helpful and comprehensive reply - truly appreciated. It looks like you have answered the main area of doubt / misconception I had…
Soundman2020, 20 November 2012I hope I didn't give you the wrong impression: You CAN build it that way, and with the amount of mass you have in those walls it probably will give you good isolation,…
Stonedhouse, 20 November 2012If we can avoid the extra cost, area and weight of the 3rd layer by going to a decoupled 2 leaf / layer construction then that would be a huge win, I had just assumed…
Stonedhouse, 27 November 2012Ok, so we are continuing to look at the ability to accommodate the 2 leaf system. Firstly just to answer a couple of your earlier questions just to assist with this…
Soundman2020, 3 December 2012Great! That should give you an excellent start on good isolation. I'm not sure I understand what you are saying there. The upstairs living room will have nothing at all…
Stonedhouse, 4 December 2012Hi guys, Thanks again for your help Stuart - and also Carl for your input. I think I am understanding where all sides are now thinking (but it is never easy in print!)…
Soundman2020, 4 December 2012Well, if code absolutely requires cavity walls where you live, then cavity walls it will have to be! No choices there... :( But in that case, I'd do my damnedest to make…
xSpace, 5 December 2012"normally building practices here will require a cavity wall (i.e. a 2 leaf wall construction) for all standard home style rooms, well those that are external walls" Are…
Stonedhouse, 5 December 2012Hi all, Had the initial discussion which was mainly down to being that the existing house has now been fully modelled in to their design system and they had laid out the…
Stonedhouse, 18 December 2012Well we are now officially in the Planning Permission period with all the external details submitted to the authorities and brought to the attention of the neighbourhood…
Stonedhouse, 17 February 2013Well it has been a while since the last post but we have been pretty busy in the meantime with the key thing being that we have just been granted Planning Permission to…
Soundman2020, 17 February 2013Welcome back! :) I was wondering what had happened to your build... Since you are building an entirely decoupled inner-leaf wall, on its own separate foundations, you…
Stonedhouse, 17 February 2013Hi Stuart, It's great to hear from you again and to be back here getting things progressing again. Many thanks for the helpful and constructive feedback - which I shall…
Stonedhouse, 19 February 2013Hi Brien, Thanks for your input. Yes, we are having to approach this in a more unorthodox way to just building a studio - Just to step back a bit to recap / explain,…
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Soundman2020, 21 February 2013OK, if code requires it, then that's what it will have to be. It certainly won't do any harm, and can actually be really good for your isolation. In fact, if you have to…
Stonedhouse, 9 March 2013I'm back ! ...been busy demolishing a 7m x 5m double brick garage that just did not want to lay down and die easily ! But a sledgehammer and brute force won the day.…
xSpace, 9 March 2013The thing that jumps out at me is the "Poly Sheet membrane" which will serve as a vapor barrier. First I do not agree with the placement in the order of materials as it…
Stonedhouse, 13 March 2013Hi Brien, Thanks for the response. Regarding the existing slab I did not indicate any moisture barrier there as we just do not know whether one is there or not - the…
Stonedhouse, 22 March 2013Well the Regupol folks have confirmed back that our initial build scope was fine and that the Polysheet DPM is actually optional - looks like the Regupol may act as one…
Stonedhouse, 4 April 2013Sorry to correct ya - but the "Regarding the existing slab I did not indicate any moisture barrier there" was referring to the existing slab portion and therefore the…
Stonedhouse, 5 August 2017Well I feel somewhat embarrassed :oops: to saunter in here a mere 4 YEARS :shock: after my last post but a job change and a few other things meant I got a little…
Soundman2020, 5 August 2017Hi again Roger! Welcome back! :) :yahoo: :thu: It's REALLY good to see that you finished the place, and even better to hear that it worked out so well! Or maybe it would…
Stonedhouse, 11 August 2017Thanks Stuart. As promised here is a bit more of a storybook of the build. 1st section - demolish and start building. The existing garage to be demolished. There was no…
Stonedhouse, 13 August 20172nd Section Main Studio Build The 2 floor exterior shell and roof is now built - the upstairs is additional living accommodation for the house. Now to focus on the…
Stonedhouse, 13 August 20173rd Section - Room within a Room build With the screed floor dry and the inner walls sealed with render it was time to order some timber and insulation. Because it is…
Stonedhouse, 14 August 20174th Section - Windows and doors Windows Because we are accommodating a practice room / studio in an extension to a normal house which we ultimately might sell one day…
Stonedhouse, 14 August 20175th Section - Internal Room within a Room This was now just a case of getting all the plaster board up - and incorporating the inner 2 doors and window in to the…
Stonedhouse, 14 August 20176th Section - Office / Control Room I work from home so the control room doubles up as an office. Its not huge but just big enough to fit 3 or 4 (at a squeeze) when…