Substantial posts by baltjies, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 21 of 43 posts are listed.
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baltjies, 9 May 2013Hi Everyone My name is Ghalik and im a musician/recording engineer/producer currently working in a one room facility (the kitchen in an outbuilding......cause its the…
Soundman2020, 28 May 2013Hi Ghalik, and welcome! If you need a live room and a control room, then I would go with room 2 (the smaller room) as the control room, and leave the larger one for the…
baltjies, 29 May 2013Hi Stuart Thanks for the reply. I am trying to draw the rooms with sketchup .....not getting it right. The building started months ago, with the inner work starting…
baltjies, 29 May 2013the original building was a double garage attached to a two bedroom cottage. the double garage was extended and made into a three roomed facility with a rest…
Soundman2020, 1 June 2013You say it is "floated", but I don't see anything resilient in there that would make it float. Is there something missing from the description? Floating a floor requires…
baltjies, 1 June 2013attached are 2 photos of the builders plans. one is plan top view ...the other is section-AA with a view from the west. all floors are concrete - room1 has old floor,…
baltjies, 4 June 2013Thanks stuart...... .....so id dont need to worry about floating the inner walls in rooms since the concrete slabs are good enough? the large room has the original…
Soundman2020, 5 June 2013:shock: :!: You can't just cut away parts of the floor!!!! There has to be a footing (foundation) underneath the edge of each slab. If you cut a floor, you need to cut…
baltjies, 5 June 2013i wish i could do that......hire a structural engineer........ i been reading more now about this stuff and i seem to know dip....LOL we have a very small monthly budget…
baltjies, 2 January 2014Hi I finally managed to get sketchup working. the ceiling in the smaller room is done and so are the walls. its the larger room that i need help with. the framing is…
baltjies, 4 January 2014im starting over and have thrown all my ideas out......... this is the plan now......this pertains to the control room which is 6m x 4m x 3.1m (outer room) 1. build the…
Soundman2020, 14 January 2014That's good. It can't be both! Either the framing rests on rubber, or it rests on the floor. And if you put it on rubber, then you need to do the calculations to ensure…
baltjies, 21 January 2014Thanks Stuart. i will discard the idea of the floating floor and drum riser. The smaller room will house an SSL 4000 E Series and the room we discussing will house an…
Soundman2020, 23 January 2014But is that noise coming through the concrete slab, or is it coming via some other path? Eg, through the walls, ceiling, door, HVAC, electrical system, etc. Also, if you…
baltjies, 24 January 2014However, there is also the issue of the room ratio, which is the relationship between length with and height. are you refering to the outer room? that is based on one of…
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Soundman2020, 9 February 2014No, I'm referring to the final dimensions inside the final complete room, as measure from the hard surface of the inner-leaf in all directions. The ratio of the…
baltjies, 3 July 2014will post some pics. ive put a cailing in the outer room and sealed it. next up is building the door frame and screeding the floor. then to build the inner room which i…
baltjies, 21 September 2014Yippee....got all the materials needed for the brickwork for the control room doorway and for the cement screed for the floor. took us three days to get the work done…
baltjies, 25 September 2014Now that the floor and doorway is done we have the final dimensions. Ive attached a JPEG of the stud framing and ceiling trusses as well as the sketchup file. I now have…
baltjies, 11 February 2015ordered the wood for the walls and ceiling joists for inner room. 50 x 114 mm for walls and 50 x150mm for joists. wood will be treated and bottom rails sealed with a…
baltjies, 13 May 2015Attached are pics of the wood framing for the walls in the control room. for walls 105 x 50 mm planed SA Pine. The joists are 150 x 50 mm planed SA Pine Image not…