Key posts: Planning/Starting basement studio build. Here's my questions
Substantial posts by Brewbacca, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 18 of 24 posts are listed.
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Brewbacca, 30 March 2020Hi all, I think this is my first post here on this forum, so hopefully this isn't too much. I've been planning a studio build in our basement for about 2 years now and…
Paulus87, 30 March 2020Hi, So, you say the control room will not be decoupled and yet I see 3 of the walls are decoupled from the outer brick walls? That wall on the left is the only wall…
Brewbacca, 30 March 2020Hi Paul, thanks for taking the time to respond. That's just the standard brick facade construction. Typically there's about an inch between the outer sheathing and the…
Brewbacca, 31 March 2020In this case, the main thing I'm concerned about with a full room-in-a-room assembly is significant loss of space. There's about 2 inches difference in the ceiling,…
Paulus87, 31 March 2020Yeah I completely understand that you want to preserve as much space as possible, it's always a battle. The only real way of knowing whether or not you need that level…
Brewbacca, 31 March 2020Thanks again for taking time to respond, but it seems like my actual questions are getting lost in the conversation. The overall plan is to do as much isolation as I can…
Paulus87, 31 March 2020I appreciate your anxiousness to get on to the exciting stuff but all the answers to your questions completely rest on how much isolation you need. For example, right…
Brewbacca, 1 April 2020This is a mischaracterization of what I said. As posted in the first thread, I'm (at least) planning on using clips etc (a common practice with reasonable results). I'm…
Gregwor, 2 April 2020If you are deciding to to clips + hat + drywall, cool. Do that. But make sure the entire room is done using those building materials. Yes, you will have flanking through…
Brewbacca, 2 April 2020Hey Greg, thanks for taking a look! My wife has forbidden walling off the fireplace, so I'll have to think about this some more it seems. I was kind of hoping that the…
Brewbacca, 3 April 2020Okay, I understand the inner path part, but what about the duct or opening on the other side of the silencer. So lets say 36sqin duct -> silencer with 72sqin path ->…
Paulus87, 3 April 2020Do you need ducting to run to certain places inside your rooms? You can just cut a hole in your baffle boxes and have the air spill out of them just like that - no need…
Brewbacca, 3 April 2020Great, so that leads me to my next question: If I have two baffle boxes on each side of a leaf, and lets say the first opening is 36sqin, then it would be 36sqin…
Brewbacca, 3 April 2020So If I have silencers in the control room and silencers in the live room, I'd end up with 8 silencers. Got it. So in the context of a single room, would fresh air inlet…
Paulus87, 3 April 2020Yes, they can be the same cross sectional area and volume and size but they don’t have to be the same shape. You need the inlet box on the outer leaf to be fed fresh air…
Brewbacca, 5 April 2020Oh yeah, I've done so much reading on the actual construction of baffle boxes, but was unclear on the port sizing, but that's cleared up. I'm certainly interested in any…
Gregwor, 5 April 2020Technically speaking, the more abrupt cross sectional area changes there are, the more insertion loss you will achieve. However, with every abrupt change in CSA or…
Brewbacca, 20 May 2020Hi all, I've been doing some redesigning on this after getting your feedback, and was trying to figure out the firestops if I have double stud wall. I was wondering if…