Key posts: New Home Rehearsal/Recording Studio build. advice?
Substantial posts by Bretton M, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 26 of 33 posts are listed.
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Bretton M, 10 April 2020Hello :D I was recently directed to this forum by a friend of a friend, mod Gregwor after looking for advice on the studio/jam-space I'm building in my new house. the…
Gregwor, 10 April 2020Great to have you here dude! That would help make framing easier for sure. What would you want to use for flooring material? I'm sure you checked out the MSM…
Bretton M, 12 April 2020Thanks jumping in :) we've been surviving on the raw concrete just fine. I'm thinking I'm going to run out of budget before I go into flooring material, and it might be…
Gregwor, 12 April 2020Unfortunately your drawing indicates that you are going to have a 4 leaf system. Anything more than 2 leaves is basically a no-no. You are going to get poor isolation…
Bretton M, 12 April 2020Ok, so I'm not ripping of the green drywall to replace it with anything, it's to remove a leaf so it's just exposed insulation, to make it 2 leaf construction? Don't…
Paulus87, 12 April 2020The reason for ripping off that drywall is to increase the air gap between what will be your outer and inner leaves. Smaller air gaps have higher resonances = worse…
Bretton M, 12 April 2020yeah, the poly is the vapour barrier. without building a new wall it's on the inner side, but once I build a new wall, that would put the poly outside of my whole inner…
Gregwor, 13 April 2020The barrier will have to go just under your inner leaf sheathing. Also, I highly recommend building your walls and ceiling inside out. If not the walls, then for sure…
Bretton M, 15 April 2020I hadn't seen any mention of donna conna (or donnaconna, one word) on here, which is sold as a soundproofing panel. I did a search for it, and it seems any time it's…
Paulus87, 15 April 2020It sounds like you're describing soft board, or fibre board, or what most people round here call "homasote". It's basically a cellulose fibre type of panel that is used…
Paulus87, 16 April 2020Greg, after commenting on this thread it reminded me of a couple of other threads on here; have you read the homasote test thread on here as well as the other thread…
Bretton M, 16 April 2020Looking up Homasote, it does look like the same stuff. Most of the photos are a light tan, and I'm used to seeing it in a dark brown or black, but it otherwise it looks…
Bretton M, 19 April 2020it's starting to look like a whole floating room is going to be outside my budget. I'm still waiting to hear back on how much some custom sliding doors will cost, but…
Gregwor, 22 April 2020Quietrock is basically drywall with Green Glue Compound already in between the sheets and packaged as a single unit. You wouldn't need Green Glue. However, you will need…
Bretton M, 22 April 2020More budget items, got quotes in on doors, and quietrock. my custom sliding doors are going to be about 2000 apiece, with two entry points that those need to go on, one…
Gregwor, 22 April 2020Care to share details about the brand, specs, etc? Those are cheaper than I anticipated which makes me question their quality. Don't take this comment as being rude, but…
Bretton M, 23 April 2020cool cool. Here are the quotes I got, this is all I know about the doors and what was included in the quietrock/greenglue quote: Image not preserved: Door quotes.PNG…
Gregwor, 4 May 2020I just messaged Bretton through social media but I'll recap a few things here for you all: I advised him to get the old school heavy firecode drywall instead of the…
Gregwor, 4 May 2020Since plan to use the existing electric heater in the space and not worry about cooling, you only need to replace ~25-30% of the air compared to a ducted system. Needed…
Bretton M, 4 May 2020Progress report: Demo has begun: Image not preserved: demo 1.jpg Image not preserved: demo 2.jpg definitely not going to use any ultralight drywall, going for fire-code…
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Bretton M, 6 May 2020what should I do? it's a cold roof now, but it's ventilated, and I need to remove that ventilation to get isolation. the ceiling currently has pink insulation up against…
Paulus87, 6 May 2020Actually, you can maintain isolation and ventilation at the same time if you do it correctly. Here's a diagram I drew to show you how to do that: Image not preserved:…
Bretton M, 8 May 2020I do have OSB on the inside of the rafters/trusses. if you go back to my original post, there are a couple photos of the new trusses before the roof covering went on. A…
Bretton M, 10 May 2020Progress report more RIP AND TEAR (I've also been playing the new Doom game) Image not preserved: IMG_20200509_1501371.jpg Image not preserved: IMG_20200509_1501157.jpg…
Paulus87, 10 May 2020Yes, board up that gap in the peak, if you can't do it from the other side then from the inside is fine provided it is completely sealed to the rest of the leaf with no…
Bretton M, 11 May 2020yes, there's insulation right behind the OSB, with air space above that before you hit the roof covering: Image not preserved: insulation location.png so need to take…