confused and need direction

ive been reading this board non-stop for a while, as well as some others, and have some great ideas...but what's kind of confusing me is how i'm going to work the electric in the room being used as a live room...there's only one outlet now it's a house we recently bought and we're getting a new service put in anyway, so it's not that big of a deal to have someone run some new outlets on a fresh circuit but we want our walls sealed, do we not?? i'm thinking of doing this...and if this doesn't sound good to you...let me know framing with mineral wool > sheetblock type product > resilient channel > wallboard so the electrical wire will run int he framing and then have to come out to the wallboard...should i have the guy run everything, and leave the boxes say, sitting on the floor with the circuit off...run the wire at the seams, seal around them and then build them in to the wall?? would it be easier to use the metal boxes that you see on a stage??? and then as i finish, seal those in seams ?? and have them lay on the floor?? i could really use some direction with this...

and then i make the bonehead move of putting this in the wrong forum

Your wall design looks ok except for the "sheetblock type material". I would think it would be better to skip that and just do your frame with mineral wool, resilient channel, then drywall or "wallboard" as you call it. It seems like by adding the "sheetblock material you're creating a 3 leaf system. (assuming that the other side of the frame with mineral wool just has drywall (wallboard) on it). If so, then you would have: Mass-Air-Mass-Air Mass. By deleting the "sheetblock material" you end up with: The other side of your frame having drywall (wallboard) which is your MASS, your frame with mineral wool which is considered your AIR, your resilient channel with drywall (wallboard) attatched which is considered your MASS. You might want to think about having your electrical panel star ground since it's a new installation. Here's some links for you on that... http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3950 http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2206 http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1330 http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4625 Also, when you install your receptical box it's recommended using putty packs for sound isolation. (As long as it's acceptable by code in your area) Here's some additional info on installing outlet boxes... http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1352 http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=163 http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewt ... &start=180 As far as your question about sealing your walls...YES, I would say you definately want to do that. There are others on here that are more qualified than me to talk about this stuff, but hopefully this info will lead you in the right direction. Hope that helps...

thanks i'll start reading... this site has just an abundance of information that it's hard to get to what you really need to be reading sometimes

ok already getting some decent ideas... thanks a bunch :D

Here's some info about Putty Packs... http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4267

very nice..

If you can afford a few extra inches of floor space, you should do double frames.

room within a room you mean?? i'm thinking about it...im just trying to finalize my ideas a little more...get some pricing...see if it would be cost feasible then rip the idea apart and start over :D