Substantial posts by dsp, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 18 of 24 posts are listed.
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dsp, 22 February 2017Hello all. I have a couple of questions. I am not new to building a studio as I have had a brick built studio in my old house, which was built with very little…
Soundman2020, 22 February 2017Welcome back, "dsp"! It's been 9 years! Is this still the same place as in your original thread, from 12 years back? Construction? How is that built? Materials,…
dsp, 22 February 2017Hello Soundman2020 thanks for the response, No I have just moved house hence new studio time :) Outside wall is single brick, internal walls are standard block 440 X 215…
Soundman2020, 22 February 2017No problem with that at all! That's what the forum is all about: helping out people who don't yet know how to do it all. After all, if you already knew all this stuff,…
dsp, 23 February 2017Sorry not to reply in quotes, its hurting my brain. The roof is titled with a wooden A frame rests on the outter brick wall but the inner block wall is using some…
dsp, 24 February 2017Regarding the block wall part I was referring to where the garage door is. I plan to keep a 1.5m "garage" storage area. I cannot just have my inner wall due to sound…
dsp, 3 March 2017After checking the floor again it's really not that bad. The roof is becoming the hard part of this plan. Would anyone have any examples of roofs on stud walls. Last…
dsp, 10 April 2017I have started the frame plan. The plan only includes this so far. The outer of the frame will be single 15mm board The inner 2 layers with green glue and rc The roof i…
dsp, 11 April 2017Thank you. Thats a good point so not having outter board will save me a logistical nightmare but how about my insulation i need to keep it in the frame.also would that…
dsp, 11 April 2017Sorry yes i did mean outer studs. I would have thought the insulation touching the outside wall would be a bad idea. It could cause condensation and stopping airflow…
dsp, 20 April 2017a whole load of wood arrived today and I build a test frame. man i have limited space I had a suggestion today to use the whole room and not frame it but, its kind of…
dsp, 21 April 2017a bit more progress today getting all the studs to size I really am considering the inside out idea, but I may have to keep my ceiling on the inside due to space issues…
dsp, 22 April 2017Looks like after a wasted day, I was going to build my 2 long 4m walls but have serious space issues. I wont be able to build with plasterboard on the outside of the…
dsp, 25 April 2017Yesterday I had a discussion with a structural engineer yesterday. He told me my A frame in the roof will easily hold the weight of 2 plaster board layers and…
dsp, 25 April 2017I have now roughly modeled the room https://s5.postimg.org/poluaegpv/building_render_1.png https://s5.postimg.org/6814nvllv/building_render_2.png…
dsp, 11 May 2017SOOO I have not got very far with my build but have now had the realization I cannot not have access to my "loft space" I was trying to engineer some kind of loft hatch…
dsp, 25 May 2017I have build all of my frame parts although they are not fixed in place yet. The base plates will be fixed to the concrete floor with 10mm 125mm concrete fixings. My…
Soundman2020, 2 June 2017You are hosting your images off-site, which is against forum rules. Please put all of your images on the forum itself, uploaded into each post, where they will always be…