this is a post i have in my design forum http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7207 but the questions that i have kinda belong in the construction forum so if you guys have any input please help
i put some pix in here just to make sure that i got everything correct...as i want to be able to explain the construction process to the contractor.
ill start with the wall construction...The reason why i left an inch of space between the concrete wall and the insulated 2x4 wall is due to humidity factor...Rod suggested that i give the brick wall some breathing space so that mold dosnt show up on my insulation... check the desgins tell me if im correct..
the ceiling i still havent gotten that yet.... i know im suppose to drywall direct to the floor board with green glue and screws and then inslulate...after that im pretty much lost...i know i have to decouple my room from the exisiting ceiling but i cant create a false ceiling b/c of the height...so im pretty much at a loss for what to do with the ceiling...im still searching the forum for an answer..
the thing that i dont understand the most is the soffit wall and the back walls...
I decided to make the soffit wall the 2nd leaf wall due to the minimal amout of space i already have...so i guess that means that i need to beef up my 1st leaf in order to compensate correct? or add more air space between the first and 2nd leaf.
and the same goes for the rear of the room .....what im getting from the desgin is that back wall is similar to the soffit wall so will i treat that the same way i treated the soffit wall?
also that back wall should be an inside out wall as well as the sofft wall correct?
im trying to keep some isolation in the room while trying to maintain space using my walls for bass traps and such....
also if im correct on all of what i stated earlier (which i doubt) do i still hang the insulation hangers in the gaps of the soffit and the back wall even if the wall is inside out?
AND i was really trying to make out your possible design for my space but no luck i think i need a visual....
I have a headache im trying to get this all down b/c im about to lose my contractor...he's been waiting for about 3 months to build and i keep learning new stuff and i dont want 2 lose him...Im getting a great great great deal...
anyways i thank you again and everyone else that has contributed to helping me get this lil A$$ space done properly!!!(darn wife)
Sean
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King I Divive Studios (wall construction question)!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 7221.
Not sure if I understand your drawings - is the concrete and the double drywall your only two solid mass, and everything else "breathable" insulation? Steve
Steve, see his other thread in design forum which he linked to 1st thing in above post. This post was doubled over in other thread.
I think most of Sean's issues have been addressed in the other thread, and now he got permission to use more space from wife so CR is getting bigger.
Marc