I have constructed an isolated room within a room using double-wall constuction. I am coming to the point to finish the doorway area. I would appreciate some help on how to finish out the doorway so it will look right cosmetically but not provide a mechanical link to the outer room.
The doorway is a 2.8 standard opening, and the air space between the inner room and the outer room is 12". How should I proceed to give the doorway a finished looked without mechanically connected my inner room doorway to the outer room doorway?
Thanks for any help and suggestions.
A. Brock
Finish Doorway Between Isolated Room and Outer Room
Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 7515.
I'm pretty sure Rod has this detailed in his book. If you don't already have it, it's probably the best $25 investment you could make for your studio.
I beleive (off the top of my head) that you fill the gap with rigid insulation and cover with fabric; but I'm nowhere near that stage and definitely no expert, so you might want to wait for either a) the book, or b) other's opinions.
Good Luck!
Andy.
In Rod's book, he reccomends the "super door" which is actually firmly connected to both frames. He goes on to explain that this is the one area where he feels that "bridging" the frames isn't a big issue because of how heavy the door is. Check out his book. There are also drawings on this forum that may help. Just do a search on doors or whatever.
Yep - I do remember reading that now I think of it. :oops:
Good topic of discussion! This was something I was also confused about before I did it. I believe the same goes for windows? For my windows though I used two separate sills and left an 1/8" gap between them in the middle and caulked it.
I'm not sure if the "super door" concept has been applied to windows ever. Maintaining separate isolated frames between windows with some sort of resilient or soft material has been all that I've ever read about. I'm no expert though. If it were me, I'd just stick to the standard decoupled window frame method like you did. Great little movies by the way. How far along are all you guys now?