Key posts: New Studio Build Pics... Downtown Los Angeles
Substantial posts by rbaker, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 23 of 52 posts are listed.
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rbaker, 29 January 2007After the door was moved, my contractor came in and framed up the entire thing in a day and a half. This view is from the back of the CR to the live room. The sheet rock…
rbaker, 6 February 2007Today we started the inner wood framing for the control room. As you can see, the window is going to be made a little bigger than it was originally framed, The other…
rbaker, 6 February 2007both sides of that wall are to be drywalled, but it's not a 3 leaf because the inner control room (wood) frame isn't going to be drywalled....just 703, burlap fabric and…
Ro, 7 February 2007ah, so it IS an inverted wall ;) (somewhat, well same idea anyway) So your gaining for absorption instead of isolation? As far as I see you now got a single frame wall…
rbaker, 8 February 2007The isolation overall isn't THAT critical. The building had an existing plywood wall with hard foam insulation in it. I added an additional steel fram 2x6 wall with…
gullfo, 8 February 2007thats correct, the CR "walls" sit inside an isolated room and merely guide the sound around the mix position, along with broadband absoption and some materials to keep…
gullfo, 9 February 2007Ro - no question, going with an STC63 wall configuration would have increased the isolation and that was in the original plans but to keep costs down (its a big space…
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rod gervais, 15 February 2007rbacker, the room design itself looks alright to me - but this frame of yours- is a disaster waiting to happen. Your ceiling should be bearing directly on top of your…
rbaker, 15 February 2007I didn't frame it...I hired someone to do it. I helped him take the angles off of the computer and hold things up. I think you're referring to how the ceiling joists…
guitardad72, 15 February 2007rbaker, Hey... IF you do not want to rebuild your ceiling frame then yes add the joist hangers ("strap" which you referred to in pic "LUS-MUS-HUS-HGUS_PT.gif") Look for…
rbaker, 15 February 2007thanks for the wealth of information. I will read up. I have a question though about the 2x4 center beam...this framing is only supporting 2" 703, transparent fabric,…
rbaker, 15 February 2007there was a post on here about door/window framing but it seems to be deleted now? The contrator who did the metal framing (different than the guy who did the CR inner…
guitardad72, 15 February 2007oops... guess I'll back track/take back some of my comments. I would still suggest you do some span calculations BUT I really thought this was your inner frame and…
sharward, 15 February 2007Did you hire a licensed contractor do this work? In any event... Sorry... I've got to ask... Did you pull a permit from the city/county? Assuming you did not (and I will…
rbaker, 16 February 2007I had a licensed contractor do all of the metal framing which was to code. I had a carpenter/musician I know do the wood framing. All of the eletrical was done to code…
gullfo, 16 February 2007The CR frame design is a light-weight framing to support a layer of 703, plastic, cloth and a couple of light tracklights. most of the load is the lumber itself but it…
sharward, 16 February 2007Hey rbaker, First of all, no apology necessary. I didn't interpret that as a "rant." You're just expressing yourself and doing a nice job of it actually. :) Next, my…
guitardad72, 16 February 2007rbaker, Hey man sorry if I added to making you feel like that... remember the intent of 99% of our forum members is to help each other out... not all of us are pros, nor…
rbaker, 17 February 2007Thanks everyone, really, for understanding where I'm at. I know everyone is trying to help and I totally appreciate it. I just needed to offer the background to show why…
rbaker, 17 February 2007ventilation---we went back and forth on that. Glenn really pushed for a full-on A/C system but ultimately I opted for something else. I'm putting in 2 portable a/c…
sharward, 17 February 2007Here's the thing about ventilation... :roll: If you aren't going to have windows open to the exterior, which would in theory allow you to supply the room with fresh air…
rbaker, 17 February 2007well...I think I can still make it work. The cool room by the live room has a window in it, so the fresh air is right there. As for the one venting to the control room,…
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sharward, 17 February 2007As far as code is concerned, an operable window in an adjacent room doesn't count for ventilation no matter how close it is... Unless there's a huge (and I mean HUGE)…