Key posts: Scotth's studio build thread. 95% complete..
Substantial posts by scotth, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 19 of 28 posts are listed.
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scotth, 5 November 2018I started planning (i.e. dreaming) to have a music room before long before I had a chance to build a new home. For reference I had Rod Gervais' "Home Recording studio:…
scotth, 5 November 2018Here's the prints and drawings that I drew up. The music room is directly beneath the main bedroom. The two kid's room are upstairs, on the opposite side of the house.…
scotth, 5 November 2018the 1st construction step was to "bulk up" the underside of the floor with two layers of 5/8" drywall. the edges were filled with backer road and acoustic sealant. This…
scotth, 5 November 2018Next step was to build a bulkhead around all of the mechanical systems serving the master bedroom. This was the 1st planning mistake; I should have designed the layout…
scotth, 5 November 2018Finally, the fun part! framing the walls. (One tool that I did buy was an air powered framing nailer ) This was pretty easy, basic wall building. just 16" centres ons…
scotth, 5 November 2018after the walls were up, I rough-in the electrical system. This is my trade; no problems here. It's just one circuit doing all of the plugs and LED lights. I put in a…
scotth, 5 November 2018next step drywalling. two layers of 5/8" with green glue in between. Again, great care was taken to ensure that all the joints on the 1st layer were covered by the…
Soundman2020, 5 November 2018Hi there "scotth", and Welcome to the forum! :) Thanks for documenting your build here. :thu: However, it's a pity you didn't find the forum BEFORE you started building,…
scotth, 5 November 2018air supply/air return: I did my take offs from the duct work outside of the room, and ran flexible duct, inside their own chases, into the room. Image not preserved:…
scotth, 5 November 2018interior ceiling construction. I built frames out of 1x2s that fit inside of the ceiling joists. The two layers of drywall sit on top of the frame. I then added 1 1/4"…
Soundman2020, 5 November 2018drywall 9.JPG <---- that one clearly shows that your INNER leaf drywall goes all the way up to your OUTER leaf joists.... Therefore I'm guessing that isolation was not…
scotth, 5 November 2018more pics of the ceiling... Image not preserved: finish ceiling 13.JPG Image not preserved: finish ceiling 12.JPG Image not preserved: finish ceiling 11.JPG Image not…
Soundman2020, 5 November 2018you used 2 x 2 framing????? With two layers of 5/8" drywall on top????? And your inspector approved that???? Ummm.... that's not true. With correct design, it would have…
scotth, 5 November 2018flooring and paint I had leftover paint from the house build. not enough, so I just combined two colours to get on you see on the walls. Only one coat. In the future I…
scotth, 5 November 2018door construction. I added the detail as the 1st pic so that you could see what I did. I kind of went over the top with this. I'm still in the process of figuring out…
scotth, 5 November 2018I moved back in for some volume testing. Results: I can play guitar with a drummer and there is no sound in the kids room! You can hear playing everywhere in the house…
scotth, 5 November 2018I haven't taken the time to add up the final cost, but I'm just around $6000 Canada. ( I budgeted for 5K) I started in August and moved in during last Christmas break. I…
scotth, 5 November 2018and here's some pictures of the room today... right now, it's set up in "practice drums mode". with the leftover MDF from the doors, I built a super handy rolling…
Soundman2020, 5 November 2018Probably flutter. Did you do a proper REW baseline line acoustic test in the empty room, so you'll know hot to treat it when the time comes? Yup. Not surprising, since…