Key posts: BUILDING STUDIO IN PALAYE BOTSWANA AFRICA
Substantial posts by ruffriddims, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 82 of 157 posts are listed.
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ruffriddims, 26 July 2006Greetings to those that run and those who are involvedand members. I am a new member. My name is Moemedi Ramogapi, I live in Palapye Botswana, Africa and where I am…
John Sayers, 6 August 2006Hi ruffriddims - welcome, I'm a bit confused by the plan and photos. It looks like you've built the Vocal booth as 3m x 4m but what you've labelled control room looks…
ruffriddims, 7 August 2006Hi John, Thank you for welcoming me to your great site, wish more people can know about it here in Africa. The plan is not drawn to scale. THe photos where taken in…
ruffriddims, 7 August 2006Here are the pictures of the studio and office that I have taken late in the evening. Please remeber that the plan is not to scale but the control room and the vocal…
ruffriddims, 8 August 2006Hi JOhn Thanks alot for the design, the only thing is that looking at the plan, i saw that you you had mad the dimension 3m, where as it is suppose to be 4 metres. THe…
ruffriddims, 9 August 2006Hey John Its great, I will talk to the Builder to hear what he will say about the demolishing of the building but I dont see it as a problem, What do I do with the…
sharward, 9 August 2006Welcome to the forum, new friend from Botswana! :D I have been following your thread here with great interest. I have even done a little bit of reading about your…
ruffriddims, 9 August 2006Hi Keith and John and the Massive from Johnlsayers.com I am very glad that I came to the website on time and before going totally in the dark about the studio and all. I…
ruffriddims, 10 August 2006Greetings I have gone to the hard ware and found out if they can supplu mi with rockwoll and they said that they could bring it from shouth africa. I think that I will…
ruffriddims, 11 August 2006Greetings My brothers The walls where set at 230 wall and another 230 wall and there is a small wall between the two walls. I will try and get some pics first thing in…
ruffriddims, 12 August 2006Greetings I have managed to get some pictures to show the brick wall. Does the Isolation also act as a slight sound proofing? I would like to put a first ceiling and…
sharward, 12 August 2006I agree that you shouldn't add sand between the two walls (layers 2 and 3). That was probably a bad idea and I'm sorry that I brought it up. I also don't think you can…
knightfly, 12 August 2006Couple of things here - one, I've been having a "behind the scenes" discussion on the subject of whether hollow concrete blocks really are a "2-leaf wall" or not, with…
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ruffriddims, 14 August 2006Hi John great hearing from you after a while. I just realized that too that they are too small. I am really concerned about the design too aswell as the sound proofing.…
rod gervais, 15 August 2006Moemedi, I don't believe that you would gain much (if anything) by trying to fill the cavities with sand. The brick is pretty massive - and I would guess that your mason…
ruffriddims, 16 August 2006Cheers John and the Johnlsayers massive I have been think about the demolition and think that it would be best to demolish the wall going into the store room and see if…
ruffriddims, 18 August 2006hi Keith I have reading your posting on my thread about the ceiling and I was think the very same thing. Steve Mentioned the Concept of the Ceiling and I wanted to…
ruffriddims, 19 August 2006Hi John I hope that you are well. Okay, thanks I will stop worrying. I think I like the space of the layout that I gave you as it gives more space in the control room.…
ruffriddims, 21 August 2006Greets I like this Design, I wthink it will work real nice. THe problem is the roofing, the roof must slope to one side, it cannot be a heaped roof like that becoz of…
ruffriddims, 22 August 2006Hi every ONE THis Site is a must see for people that are interested in recording and having studios, I wish I had seen it before I started but I am very very happy about…
sharward, 22 August 2006That's funny! :lol: And cool! 8) Yes, I agree with all of that. Moemedi, see those walls you guys built? you need a ceiling that is just has massive as that. Otherwise,…
ruffriddims, 24 August 2006Hi every one, I have been thinking about the roof and I know that seemed like I had wanted to just put corrugated iron sheets but I have attached an example of the roof…
ruffriddims, 28 August 2006Hi every One We broke the walls over the weekend and this is how it looks now. I think that we must continue building the wall to into the new extension of the control…
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ruffriddims, 30 August 2006Hi I am sorry that I didnt put the pictures in, I asked some people that where looking for a small job to help with the demolition. I am glad that I found the forum…
ruffriddims, 2 September 2006Hi John, I was wondering if we could start building and try so that we can try and put the roof. I think that we should put a 230mm wall in the areas where storeroom was…
sharward, 3 September 2006This is a three leaf ceiling... External image, not preserved — original: http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/files/roof_side2_copy_120.jpg That's not good. That's the…
ruffriddims, 4 September 2006hi John and Keith I think that it is possible, I was thinking that the roof of the control room would end at 3100mm as you have shown it. I have been talking to the…
ruffriddims, 7 September 2006to the construction section of the forum Hi JOHN!!! WOW!! Looks really great. I have been moving around the hardware stores and they don’t seem to have RCs in any of…
John Sayers, 7 September 2006yes Moemedi - rhino is plaster. That looks like it's only about 10mm so you will probably need two layers of it. Yes - that chipboard is OK for the upper layer and I'd…
John Sayers, 7 September 2006only 2?? Yes Keith - I'm trying to keep it simple and affordable. I see so much overbuilding around here - look at Left Bank - it is only two single layers of 16mm…
ruffriddims, 9 September 2006Hi John, Keith and THe Johnlsayers.com Massive I think that I understand what needs to be done. I will have to take some days organising some more cash for this project.…
ruffriddims, 11 September 2006Hi Keith here are the stills of the roof that John had suggested. John due to the amount of things that I will have put ontop of the rafters, THe ceiling will be under…
ruffriddims, 13 September 2006hi everyone, i am busy trying to organise some cash for the roof and talking to the hardwares to give mi a deal so that I can manage to finish every thing. So I have…
ruffriddims, 23 September 2006Hi every one I am have been quite looking for Money to try and get the roof and everything, equipment and finish off the studio. I have been talking to the banks and we…
ruffriddims, 26 September 2006Hi John Here are the final measurements for the studio. The height of the sliding door area ( the space into the booth from the control room) is 2050mm The width of the…
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ruffriddims, 17 October 2006Hi John and the great people at John/sayers.com I have submitted the business plan for the studio try and get a loan for the finishing the studio off, so I was wondering…
ruffriddims, 19 October 2006Hi John No problem, I got a call from the Bank yesterday and they are coming to my village to see the current structure, i am putting every thing that we have worked on…
ruffriddims, 28 October 2006Hi everyone, I john I hope that all is well. I am waiting on the bank to hear what they will be saying about the project. They must be calling mi, They came to see the…
ruffriddims, 29 January 2007Hey Keith Compliments of the new year to you all and the John Lsaysers.com Massive. I am very depressed, these people are taking longer than I had thought they would…
ruffriddims, 20 July 2007HelLo John and the MAssive. It has been a long time and all this time i have been trying to fight with the banks to lend me money to finish the studio off, but…
ruffriddims, 28 August 2007Hello every one at Johnlsayers.com, John, Keith and the massive at large. I have started work on the studio again, its been about a year now. I have managed to organise…
ruffriddims, 31 August 2007Hi to every one, :D Hey Gullfo, I really love the design, wow, its mind blowing and really kool, i can see it in the mind, really nice nice work. will the drawing have…
ruffriddims, 1 September 2007I find loading picture here mentally challenging at times, because, for new viewer is will seem to be confusing them, looking like i was mixing up the process. :roll:…
gullfo, 1 September 2007the design is pretty much to scale based on your measurements and a couple of guesses on my part... :wink: since the room is sloping, i didn't make the framing parts…
ruffriddims, 6 September 2007Hey Glenn Thank you very much for you reply, What i wante to know about the measurements is for thing like resonators, measuremenst from the wall and the angels, how do…
gullfo, 7 September 2007here's an updated version. basically the slats are designed for broad ranges - typically low-mid and the ceiling slats and backwall slats are more decorative and…
ruffriddims, 7 September 2007Hey Glenn The first one i really like, it looked more kooler and had an edge to it that is stricking. The other thing is that for this studio I would like to just record…
gullfo, 9 September 2007yea, after i posted this i was thinking about something a bit more along the lines of Djo's setup to give you 2 tracking rooms/booths and a slightly smaller CR - i'll…
ruffriddims, 11 September 2007Hey Glenn I hope that you are well and everything is kool that side of the world. THe design that really stole my heart was the first one you did, where you used the…
ruffriddims, 14 September 2007Hey Glen Thanks for the Reply, I will give you the dimentions of the Plot, my aim is to aquire the plot by showing the land board what it is that you propose to do with…
ruffriddims, 22 September 2007Hi Glenn and the Johnlsayers Fam I have managed to try and have the studio roofed and would like to move into the next phase of the project which is the interior of the…
ruffriddims, 25 September 2007Hi Glenn, John and THe FAm Glenn this is the plots that I had told you about, they have been advertised in the local news papers and I have chosen plot number 15 to…
ruffriddims, 4 October 2007WOW Glenn, it is More than what I had in Mind, it is really really nice. very very impressive. I did not expect this, was just expecting a floor plan but, wow, it is…
ruffriddims, 19 July 2008Hi every One, Sorry have been quite, trying to organize this and that for the final lap to finish the studio. I think this is the final 100m dash and so I think I might…
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ruffriddims, 9 August 2008Hi everyone Work has finaly started and we have set out the plan to the ground. hope the images are clear enough. We have also started framing in the booth. We shall see…
ruffriddims, 11 August 2008Hi every one, we have worked hard today and i hope that our hard work was right. We have managed to frame most of the booth and left with the framing of the sliding…
ruffriddims, 12 August 2008Hi Marz Its great to see a brother near by. The measurements I got for framing gave me measurements that semed to flush on the wall, although the rafters i put there and…
ruffriddims, 13 August 2008here are the examples of the Jpegs of the finish. the measurements are flush on the wall and do touch the wall. but i might have to look for thicker rubber foam, i bout…
ruffriddims, 20 August 2008Hi every one, We have been busy tryoing to get some work done and have finaly come to update the post. I think things are moving along okay and hopefully will sound and…
ruffriddims, 22 August 2008Hi every one, can some one can help? have been constructing and now we are at the soffits. does any one one know how to separate and have measures to putting up the…
ruffriddims, 27 August 2008Hi every one, been busy at work in the studio and its not easy but has to be done. We have framed the booth and will be working on the control room, soffits in…
ruffriddims, 29 August 2008Hi to all we have been busy working on the Soffits but not done yet, still working to get i done and will be trying to do the right thing. Attached are recent pics :D…
ruffriddims, 2 September 2008Hi to every one is this life changing website, set up by the Great John L Sayers and His Friends , Like Glenn AND all those that are involved. We have been busy working,…
ruffriddims, 5 September 2008HI every one Hey good, good to see you coming through, glad you well. we have been busy building the soffits and still busy working on the . We have also started pipling…
ruffriddims, 6 September 2008Hi every one, we have been very busy, but now we are trying to get some people for airconditioning and electricity to come and pipe up their stuff. I think that this…
ruffriddims, 8 September 2008Hi everyone Still busy, still working, trying to get thois studio done. Still fun and interesting. We have managed to cover the studio booth with black cloth and I think…
ruffriddims, 11 September 2008hi every one, i hope that you all in great health. we have been busy working on the studio, and things been slower because i am busy during the during day. we have…
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ruffriddims, 14 September 2008Hi everyone We have been working on the studio and things really taking shape. We have managed to mount the soffits and have insulated the whole control room and…
ruffriddims, 19 September 2008Hi every one Hope every one is alive and kicking :D Sluntbutt thanks for the veiwing adn the well wishes, i have also enjoyed working on this studio. I am having fun and…
ruffriddims, 23 September 2008Hi every one. Long time, we too a short break, been working too hard. We where working on the ceiling boards and have now covered the control room. so both the rooms are…
ruffriddims, 26 September 2008Hi everyone, hope that you are all well. We have been busy as usual. I went to Francistown a city that has a total trip length of 400km. and its was work the teip…
ruffriddims, 12 October 2008Hi everyone IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK. THANKS JOHN. We have been busy working at the same time John and his crew where working on moving the forum. I have tried to keep up…
ruffriddims, 13 October 2008Here are some more pics from the build. I am sorry that the pics are dark, i was trying to be creative so they didnt turn out the way :D but more pics will be coming in…
ruffriddims, 13 October 2008hi every one, hope you all are doing good. We are in summer here and it is hot hot hot hot :oops: But we have been working in the heat. we have painted the soffits…
ruffriddims, 14 October 2008Hi Guys Thanks alot , glad that you like what we have done, i love it :D , i cant even believe it, its like i am dreaming or in a place far far away. I was really scared…
ruffriddims, 17 October 2008Hi everyone had to go to the city to get the guys that put the carpet and we managed to put up some clouds in the CR and booth. The carpet covers the space between the…
ruffriddims, 18 October 2008HI thanks for your comments everyone! I am glad that you all like it. Its really great how the internet can bring us so close together even when we far far far way from…
ruffriddims, 3 November 2008HI every one its been a while since i added new pics showing progress. the internet has not been working well, but i have tried to keep the pics upto date. Thanks…
ruffriddims, 13 November 2008HI every one hope that you are all well and good, the studio is still in progress and things coming together real nice. I have been debating with myself if i should…
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Soundman2020, 15 November 2008I just love that diagonal design on the soffits, Moemedi! Very bold. The room looks great. Congratulations! Personally, I wouldn't paint those black: I think the natural…
ruffriddims, 11 December 2008Hey Guys Sorry, i have been really busy for the past few weeks, working at the farm. Rains have been coming down so I have been ploughing and planting maize at the farm.…
ruffriddims, 24 December 2008year Hi everyone, I hope that you are all well. I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a fruitful 2009. THis year has been a great year from me because a dream…