Substantial posts by spiraloutdrummer, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 62 of 110 posts are listed.
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spiraloutdrummer, 3 January 2014First of all, this is a great forum and I have been lurking in here and researching for a long time. I have dreamed of having a personal home rehearsal space/ drum room…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 January 2014The 100 dB measurement seems off. I will try to get new measurements. I didn't buy the $25 piece of crap SPL meter, but maybe it was a $50 or $75 piece of mediocrity.…
spiraloutdrummer, 13 January 2014I took new measurements at band practice and obviously the previously stated measurement of 100 dB was incorrect. The correct maximum measurements are 118 dB on the A…
Soundman2020, 22 January 2014Hi Erik, and welcome to the forum! :) Great! But you should use "C" weighting for loud music, since that better resembles the way people perceive loud music. C weighting…
spiraloutdrummer, 23 January 2014Thank you for the reply Stuart. I will plan on designing for 50dB of isolation or better. Great idea on using the OSB for the first layer on the inside. My detail had…
spiraloutdrummer, 27 January 2014So now that I understand that the roof ventilation (soffit vents to ridge vent path) is requiring 3 leafs for the ceiling, I have two options that I can see for the 3…
Soundman2020, 9 February 2014Both of those options are possible, but the second one is a lot more work, and there are issues that you are not considering, such as having nailing surfaces behind the…
spiraloutdrummer, 9 February 2014I'm still not clear if this is just going to be a modification to the existing building, or a total new build from scratch? If it is a new build, then maybe scissor…
spiraloutdrummer, 9 February 2014Since the western wall of the new rehearsal room has to be pushed eastward to avoid the pool equipment, I gain extra height on the west side of the room by raising the…
spiraloutdrummer, 9 February 2014Here is an east-west section view showing the ceiling within a ceiling option and the difficulties with a lower ceiling height and incorporating the bathroom. The…
spiraloutdrummer, 13 February 2014The pieces seem to be falling into place easier with the clip & channel flat ceiling across the majority of the room. I added ledger boards and checked to make sure I…
spiraloutdrummer, 24 February 2014Now that the ceiling and framing design seems to be taking shape, I wanted to verify that the different components (wall, ceiling, window) have an equal amount of…
spiraloutdrummer, 25 March 2014It seems that the next important step to take at this point is to submit an application to the neighborhood homeowner's association for their approval. I had to take…
spiraloutdrummer, 25 March 2014Meanwhile... since the sound isolation room addition will result in the demolition of a wooden deck and covered area for a table and chairs by the pool, my wife only…
spiraloutdrummer, 28 March 2014Great news! The homeowners association approved my plans. So, now onto more research, planning, and design to make sure I don't make a big mistake somewhere. I have been…
spiraloutdrummer, 23 April 2014Good point. Did not see that. I will put the ventilation unit in a better spot out of the way of the possible future control room. I would like to still exchange air…
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spiraloutdrummer, 24 April 2014I rented a stump grinder and removed the remaining tree stumps that were in the way of the grade beam and sanitary sewer line. I also relocated the filtration system for…
spiraloutdrummer, 3 July 2014It has been a while since my last post. The band had a few gigs and the contractor I was working with said "don't do anything else until we get there", so the project…
spiraloutdrummer, 9 July 2014Yes, my plan B is to act as my own general contractor, do a lot of the work myself, and make it easy on a concrete contractor, plumber, framer, roofer, electrician, etc.…
spiraloutdrummer, 29 July 2014I did get one general contractor to go over my plans, asked some questions, and gave me a budget range of $50k to $60k for the project. That is a bit above my $40k…
Soundman2020, 30 July 2014:shock: :!: :? :roll: Ummmm... it's probably a good thing that they DID stop responding! Clearly not the right guys for the job, if they don't have a clue about…
spiraloutdrummer, 30 July 2014The room is roughly 17' x 23' for 391 sf including the bathroom. The project does require breaking into the existing garage roof and re-framing and re-building about 300…
spiraloutdrummer, 9 August 2014So my daughter did some pet sitting for one of her best friends. A malteepoo (half maltese half poodle), a very cute puppy. A week later my friend and guitar player in…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 September 2014Finally... I have an agreement with the general contractor. I will be over my budget, but somewhat closer. The only way to be within my budget is to do pretty much all…
spiraloutdrummer, 10 October 2014I started digging the hole to find the sanitary sewer main located in my back yard for the sanitary sewer plumbing lead connection for the bathroom. It was a little…
spiraloutdrummer, 10 October 2014I also broke a hole through my existing garage slab to place conduit from the garage under the new slab in order to pass cables between the two without compromising the…
spiraloutdrummer, 10 November 2014I finished the trench excavation for the sewer line. That was difficult work tunneling under the tree roots to try and save the large Cypress tree from harm. I installed…
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spiraloutdrummer, 7 December 2014It happened so fast with the general contractor taking over. I received the shipment that morning as his crew had not arrived before the delivery... moisture barrier,…
spiraloutdrummer, 15 December 2014The framing crew arrived. I got very stressed out as I saw they were not understanding the plans correctly and the two leafs were being connected. After a meeting with…
spiraloutdrummer, 15 December 2014The framing crew brought up a good point. With two layers of weight on the inner leaf, the wall will want to lean over. I told them the first ceiling layer of OSB will…
Soundman2020, 31 December 2014You might already be aware of this, but with the electrician did you make sure to specify star grounding, only one single wall penetration per room, and all…
spiraloutdrummer, 2 January 2015Yes, I specified the star grounding. He calls it isolation grounding, but we are saying the same thing. I actually ran a few extra conduits through the slab for no holes…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 January 2015I made some corrections to the framing where the contractors still had some top plates connecting the inner and outer wall together. I wanted to make sure it did not get…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 January 2015The doors for the entry room and bathroom were installed. The super door into the sound isolation room will still need to be constructed by me. I ordered the glass for…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 January 2015I installed the plumbing rough-in for the bathroom as this was part of the agreement with the contractor to reduce the project budget cost. I used pex water line for the…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 January 2015The contractor is installing the ledger/scab/ dead wood (whatever terminology you want to use) for the 3 layers of drywall to be installed in between the rafters. This…
spiraloutdrummer, 12 January 2015The 3 layers of 5/8" drywall has been installed in the lower roof area and I am sealing the layer behind them. The temporary scaffolding is really handy. In some of the…
spiraloutdrummer, 23 January 2015The first layer of the ceiling inner leaf (7/16" OSB) has been attached to the furring channel. The wall insulation was installed and the first layer of wall inner leaf…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 February 2015I finished the window construction. That part I was concerned about. The contractor left it out of his bid which kept me lower on budget and he was not sure about it.…
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Soundman2020, 4 February 2015Did you put the second pane of glass in already? I hope not, because you seem to be missing a rather important item. Or maybe you did put it in, but forget to mention…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 February 2015No, I did not. I thought I read in the forum or Rod's book that you CAN put it in, but should not be necessary if everything is built correctly. I don't have a problem…
Soundman2020, 4 February 2015Right, but I prefer to err on the side of precaution. Maybe too much: I'm sort of a perfectionist... But I did note that you live in Texas close to Houston (humidty...),…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 February 2015I was thinking the same thing about going through all the seasons and reporting back how it went. When the inner piece of glass was installed, it was cool and low…
spiraloutdrummer, 19 February 2015On to the door construction... I enlisted the help of a friend. Thank goodness he knew what he was doing. We decided to go with two doors rather than the single super…
spiraloutdrummer, 19 February 2015I purchased some heavy duty hinges online in anticipation of building a super door. We used the heavy duty hinges on the door in which we added the mdf. They were about…
spiraloutdrummer, 19 February 2015I bought the discontinued GM trunk rubber online as recommended in Rod's book and this forum for the seals. We stapled the thin leg portion of the trunk rubber to the…
spiraloutdrummer, 19 February 2015The heavy duty hinge dimensions are not designed for a standard door thickness, so the door with the heavy duty hinges was not flush with the wall, but inset a few…
spiraloutdrummer, 19 February 2015I filled the space between the framing rough opening and the door jamb with wood, backer rod, and caulking. I now have both doors sealed on the sides and top. I ordered…
spiraloutdrummer, 14 March 2015With the room completely empty and no treatments, I attempted some base line testing of the acoustics knowing that the results are going to be bad. I had a friend bring…
spiraloutdrummer, 14 March 2015I used the amroc room mode calculator. Since the room has a nook on one side, I used the longest room dimension on that axis. Then I got the results again using the…
spiraloutdrummer, 14 March 2015I have to admit that I do not understand how to use all of that information to help me plan out the acoustic treatments. I do know from the research that I need corner…
Soundman2020, 14 March 2015I've been trying it figure out what on earth those graphs are showing, but I have to admit that I don't have the faintest clue! :shock: The axes are not marked with the…
spiraloutdrummer, 17 March 2015Yeah we were pretty lost and confused. This is the part of the process in which I have the least understanding. I'll get the mic, interface, REW installed. I have some…
Soundman2020, 9 May 2015Just measure from fixed positions in the room. For example, from the floor upwards, from the face of the studs on one wall inwards, from the face of the glass in a…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 June 2015It has been a while since my last post. I still need to get an audio interface and run the Room EQ Wizard software properly in the room to get the data for the…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 June 2015The fantech energy recovery ventilator and sound baffle inside the garage. The space I made for the air path through the baffle is a little less than what is recommended…
spiraloutdrummer, 4 June 2015A quick tour of where it stands now... Image not preserved: entry door closed.jpg Image not preserved: pond.JPG Image not preserved: koi.JPG Image not preserved: entry…
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spiraloutdrummer, 5 June 2015Thanks Stuart for the praise, encouragement, and help. You can certainly move it to the completed studios, but I will probably never say it is "finished". I still need…
spiraloutdrummer, 2 July 2015I finally got the audio interface (focusrite scarlette 18i8), set everything up, emptied the room except for 2 1/2 corner bass traps already built, calibrated the…
spiraloutdrummer, 2 July 2015While calibrating the sound card, I could not get the clipping error to go away whenever I set the input and output levels close to the same, no matter what I tried. I…
spiraloutdrummer, 2 July 2015Here is the waterfall plot from the measurement of the (almost) empty room. I can only guess that the issues in the low frequencies mean I will need more than 3 corner…
spiraloutdrummer, 15 September 2015Well I messed that up. I was building treatments and taking measurements along the way and and it was not making much sense. You pointed out the obvious to me. I…