Key posts: Plans to build recording room(s) in garage...
Substantial posts by photoresistor, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 13 of 29 posts are listed.
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photoresistor, 2 January 2006Hey guys! I am just getting ready to construct a room(s) in my garage that will be used to record local bands and musicians. They will be tracking rooms. I've just…
Dan Fitzpatrick, 2 January 2006photoresistor, hate to tell you, but there is no way to do this with any reasonable success for $1000. i am doing something similar to you, only one room, and it will be…
sharward, 11 January 2006That's true just about everywhere... But only if the detached garage is just that -- a garage. Once you finish it out and equip it with air conditioning or heating ,…
sharward, 11 January 2006True -- that would be what they sometimes call a "utility room" or a "workshop," in which the space is not "conditioned." Once you add "conditioning" to the space, the…
photoresistor, 18 January 2006Thankyou for all of the responses. I've been doing a lot of thinking about a lot of important issues you guys have brought up, so thankyou for all of your input. First…
photoresistor, 23 January 2006After looking at your design for your room, I am strongly persuaded to do something like that for my room... the outside wall would be attached to the existing walls and…
photoresistor, 24 January 2006Plywood it is.... and ill keep that idea for the attic fan in mind. couple of questions: how much clearance should there be in between the two walls? and also the…
photoresistor, 26 January 2006i was planning on making the whole thing a double wall type thing--an outter wall would exist around the whole structure connecting to the existing wall and ceiling (and…
photoresistor, 26 January 2006Yeah okay, thats how i was thinking... i was planning on taking off the existing inner leaf of the existing garage wall so itd just be mass-spring-mass. im not sure as…
photoresistor, 31 January 2006Okay, been doing some searching and reading on here... found some great information on the topic courtesy of knightfly from an older thread (heres a little summary): 8"…
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Dan Fitzpatrick, 2 February 2006staggered stud uses the same top and bottom plate, often 2x6. studs alternate being flush with one side or the other of the 2x6, so the leaves on each side are not…
photoresistor, 6 February 2006what if i 'sawed out' the existing drywall between the studs ad then fixed these leafs onto the outter layer of the existing wall (in between the studs)? would there be…
photoresistor, 14 February 2006oh hey i guess what i said in my last post is what you were suggesting initially... i just didnt put two and two together. I just cut out a small square from the…