Key posts: Ground Up Home Studio London Construction Thread
Substantial posts by bukarin, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 16 of 47 posts are listed.
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bukarin, 26 November 2015Ok so I've decided its time to upload a few pics and show the progress of my studio shell... Here is the design thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19777 The sketchup model…
bukarin, 26 November 2015The builders have finished the shell today and will come back to fit the door once I've built the thing! It feels great to have got to this point but the realisation…
bukarin, 2 December 2015Yes its a beam and block roof with a screed top so very massive but not as dense as the walls. The walls are built from 215mm wide dense concrete blocks (2000KG/m3)…
bukarin, 2 December 2015Here is the door frame I've made glued and screwed. The Meranti I got was fairly warped so I ended up planing off around 7mm trying to level it off, unfortunately this…
bukarin, 9 December 2015Hi Stuart, thanks for you input! I'm planning on painting the walls to seal them but the ceiling may require a slightly different approach I think. The gaps between the…
bukarin, 9 December 2015Also the reason for potentially using plasterboard to seal the ceiling is its a lot easier to handle for me as I've never rendered (stucco'd) anything in my life! Have…
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bukarin, 7 January 2016Ok so I've been working away juggling studio building with normal music work and holidays and made some progress!! I've painted all the walls and most of the ceiling to…
bukarin, 7 January 2016Thanks for looking and please chip in with any thoughts! I'm working super hard on this and haven't got much time to post on here but will definitely try and update more…
Soundman2020, 7 January 2016It's starting to look pretty good in there! Nice work Yup! :) Mass is your friend, for isolation. You have high mass in your walls, so you will need it in your door to,…
bukarin, 8 February 2016Thanks for the advice!! I've added some extra hinges although I think the ones I originally used were fine no point it risking it! January wasn't so productive building…
bukarin, 17 February 2016Here is the Hilti vacuumed onto the wall drilling two 160mm holes for the ventilation! I've chosen to place the silencers behind the speaker wall in the control room so…
bukarin, 17 February 2016Got some plasterboard up yesterday (Mark in the picture is my engineer friend helping me), all went in really well although the large sheets are a huge pain! I'm cutting…
Soundman2020, 18 February 2016I think you should be good with that. Theoretically, it will give you what you are looking for. Here's hoping you won't be running them at anything near that level! Your…
bukarin, 18 February 2016Ok so my design of the speaker wall/soffit doesn't include bass trapping. I thought long and hard about the design of the this aspect and I concluded that I'd like to…
bukarin, 18 March 2016Ok so I'm back building again after the birth of my first child almost a month ago!! I have my first layer of plasterboard up!! Pictures to follow... At the moment I'm…
bukarin, 8 November 2016Hey!! The update is I really really need to do an update of this thread!!!! I'm in the studio working with the speakers flush mounted on springs, incredible isolation…