Key posts: Cram's Basement Jam Room

Substantial posts by Cram, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 99 of 148 posts are listed.

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Cram, 1 June 2007Sound Isolation for Single Room in Basement Recent Status Update - The finer things like trim and acoustics are underway. Lighting has been completely wired and power to…
Cram, 1 June 2007adding more images. Question - Should I wrap that pipe with fire retardant calking or some sort of tempurature resistant calking? External image, not preserved —…
sharward, 1 June 2007If you only put drywall strips ("beef up") between the joists flush with the upstairs floor, then that's one leaf. For any decent amount of isolation, you'll need two…
Cram, 1 June 2007Thank you for the reply. I've saved the text from your reply and will go through it this weekend as I'll be offline for most of the weekend. I very much appreciate the…
sharward, 1 June 2007I'm not the last bit surprised. You have a one leaf system right now: that's awful. Adding another layer will make itonly slightly less awful. You need an air-tight…
Cram, 3 June 2007I fully intend to have MAM working on all sides of the room excepting the basement slab. Deck will have drywall added between the joists, which is 85% complete with one…
Cram, 4 June 2007I am leaning toward having either an angled 45° with access to the pump assebly and shelving on the top areas. I've sketched this out on drafting paper about 10 times.…
Cram, 7 June 2007UPDATE - I had asked a question earlier this year about one of my identified "problem spots" to address. Nails are protruding down in between the joists through the…
Cram, 7 June 2007I am nearing the point where will have my first layer of drywall finished between the floor joists. I look at every section to make sure the calk work I did is tight…
Cram, 8 June 2007I'm not planning on doing any cutting into the beam. I see what you're saying about cutting the joist that is kicking out in order to calk up an air gap, but this would…
Cram, 8 June 2007after my last post, I took another look and found that 3 of the 4 candidates on this matter could be clamped together and nailed. I did this because I could see the…
Cram, 19 November 2007It's been some time since my last update, but there have been some updates to the work in this room. The easy side I've completed one side of the center support beam…
Cram, 19 November 2007Images - 2007_11_21 011.jpg - First image is of the area near the stairwell. There's the pipe for the front faucet or outside water source. 2007_11_21 013.jpg - corner…
Cram, 2 December 2007I've been tooling away at different parts of this project - More work around plumbing to add layers between the joists. I've really focussed on making sure I have a…
Cram, 4 December 2007Deck Work - All areas in between floor joists, against the floorboards have been sealed up with drywall, mdf and calking. As I was contemplating how to utilize the scrap…
Cram, 5 December 2007Relevant thread to what I am going to do with one side of my center beam - meaning the side with no pipes so I can put ceiling joists up inside the joists of the 1st…
Cram, 8 December 2007Started Framing Today - Myself and my brother started this morning on doing the framing work. My day started with picking through a pile of hockey sticks to find…
BradJacob, 8 December 2007If that is a vapor barrier between the concrete wall and new framing (picture: 2007_12_7 018.jpg) I believe this is on the wrong side. Once you insulate, the plastic…
Cram, 8 December 2007Brad, thanks for taking a look here. My aim (and yours may have been the same) was to keep the moisture from the wall out of the insulation and framing. I can see that…
Cram, 8 December 2007Second day of framing. There have been two framing issues which occurred where I was working on something else to speed things up and my brother was going along with…

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Cram, 10 December 2007I have a Door: Dimensions - 36 inches by 6 feet 5 inches. It's a 6 panel door and was originally used as the front door to the house. We've had it in a storage area of…
Cram, 11 December 2007Been researching the Electrical plan I will have in this room and through all of the solutions I explored from boxing in each outlet with wall board, to having wall…
Cram, 12 December 2007thanks for the words brad. I am trying to make sure that at every step of this process, I put reference to the things that helped me along the way. This should help…
BradJacob, 12 December 2007Lowes and Home Depot makes adjustable "new construction" boxes that have a tiny silver screw to adjust the depth. (the blue plastic boex) - No nails, just a mteal clip…
Cram, 13 December 2007Photo Comment 2007_12_12 009.jpg - outside of double wall looking toward basement wall inside. 2007_12_12 010.jpg - doorway. Frame for doorway is only built on exterior…
Cram, 13 December 20072007_12_13 001.jpg - outside door frame, notice the bracing that ties into the next stud on either side of the door frame. This provides more stability. 2007_12_13…
Cram, 14 December 2007Insulation Compression Question What I have - a large amount of R19. (Most leftover from a previous home improvement) Obviously, I'd like to make use of this and what is…
BradJacob, 14 December 2007I'm not sure about the good/bad of too much compression, but if your framing is wood, I would attach a piece of lattice or wire to the back of your studs. Then if your…
Cram, 14 December 2007With that sort of solution what I imagine is taking a wire - I have lengths of wire I use to hang picture frames and to secure a bookcase against a wall in my daugther's…
Cram, 17 December 2007Green Glue and Iso Clips are on order... {Gulp}$551 with shipping...{/Gulp} 2 Cases of glue and 30 clips, plus 50 to get it here. I did business for this portion of the…
Cram, 21 December 2007Concentrated on support beam the last couple of days in my spare time. This was a bit of a challenge - Boxing in the column. The foundation pour is not totally level in…
Cram, 24 December 2007Outlets - I'm scrapping the plastic boxes because they have tabs which pinch the wires coming in. I am getting 8 single gang steel boxes for outlets in the wall. I'm…
Cram, 27 December 2007While taking a trek through the site today I found an amazing account of building panels for a studio - http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewt ... c&start=45 Putting it…
Cram, 14 January 2008I haven't posted in a while because I've been quite busy professionally and personally. I've only managed to steal moments here and there to work, but did on one…
Cram, 23 January 2008I'll post pictures after I take them tomorrow, but So far - The independantly framed ceiling has a layer of 5/8 hanging on it. The long wall opposite the doorway (along…
Cram, 24 January 2008Photos of some drywall work - 027 - Front of room (walk in door, turn right), Double wall is to the right. Tonight I'll have insulation and hopefully drywall here. 025…
Cram, 26 January 20082008_01_25 006.jpg Bloated wall with R19 - 2008_01_25 007.jpg One sheet covering the bloated r19. 2008_01_25 020.jpg This is the second 4x8 of drywall on the double…
Cram, 28 January 2008I spent spare time in the room today taking care of - Mud the tapered joints on first layer - Knightfly has a contribution to one of the sticky threads in the…
Cram, 28 January 2008Linking resources to the thread today: Fabric for covering treatment - http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 1966#71966 Knightfly suggested this one:…
Cram, 5 February 2008Photos... 2008_02_08 012.jpg - first layer of drywall on closet for pump.. I would have used a full peice and then cut the hole on the inside of the door hole, but I…

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Cram, 7 February 2008Adding more photo documentation. Tonight we should be putting up many sheets of drywall. I've got seams on existing first layer work smoothed off. GreenGlue is ready to…
Cram, 8 February 2008guitardad72, BradJacob - thanks for checking out the build. Brad, years from now when people renovate the various rooms I've worked on in my time, they will be…
Cram, 8 February 2008Classic story.. I too will drift into using *other* tools for the job at times. This is what I base my safety off - My dad told me his reminder to stop stupid mistakes -…
Cram, 8 February 2008Rigid Fiber Board Panels I believe I have 5 of these. I don't know the manufacturer or any details past where I found them. When we purchased the house these were in a…
Cram, 9 February 2008One More Night of Work Worked solo tonight for about an hour and a half. I got a bunch of detail work done like caulking edges of the drywall put up last night. The…
BradJacob, 9 February 2008Cram (what is your real name?) - I recomend John's Manville acoustic panels. Get the 2'x4'x2" (6lbs.) panels. I JUST got done cutting them up for my bass traps. (photo…
Cram, 9 February 2008The reference here is much appreciated. I will be likely to put two bass traps in this room on opposing corners. I have to do more work with an empty room when all the…
Cram, 10 February 2008Progress I have one side of the room with 2 layers on the ceiling, and two layers on two of the walls. That's progress to me and especially in the time I had to do it…
Cram, 14 February 2008Thanks. You should see the collection of photos I have for every project I've done in the home; deck, sun porch, walkway, plumbing behind walls on and on... Funny though…
Cram, 15 February 2008note - the bead of caulking I am referring to is in the middle of the wall where two sheets butt up against each other. I've also got the shims lifting each peice of…
Cram, 15 February 2008More - I screwed up last night and put up a peice that didn't quite meet the next stud, so I had to pull it down. This is the second layer so we also have to deal with…
Cram, 15 February 2008Fire Alarm Wire on Ceiling (working with a ceiling peice all by myself...) I had to screw a peice of drywall containing greenglue to the ceiling with only two hands to…
Cram, 18 February 2008Two Layers all the way around at this point. Well, there's a soffet section that needs to be covered, but I can bang that out in an afternoon when the additional clips…
Cram, 21 February 2008Cross Referencing my post about the order of trunk rubber. Review of Experience I realize this info has been slated as a sticky or atleast it was mentioned in that…
Cram, 2 March 2008STILL haven't boxed in the soffet. I'm doing it this week if it kills me. I've been doing mud and sand work for the last two weeks. I bought those metal peices for the…
Cram, 4 March 2008Lights should be ok. They are close, but they still should be ok. ETA - bleh! I'd say a date, but there are so many factors [other hands getting involved to help |…
Cram, 7 March 2008pictures of the boxed in soffet around the drain pipe from the batroom as well as a picture or two of the closet around the pump for the basement system. The basement…
Cram, 7 March 2008Pictures - 2008_03_05 049 - I used some scrap foam as the spacer as well as some hockey puck tape to keep it in place. 2008_03_05 050.jpg - first piece up. 2008_03_05…

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Cram, 7 March 2008Why a picture of a dot on the wall and lines on the floor??? Because this is where the router tool comes into play. The electric boxes are deep well double gang steel…
BradJacob, 7 March 2008Nice Marc - nice... Hey looking at all that sheetrock dust and scraps laying around made me wince :( The momentum will really start to pick up now. To me, the spackling…
bassman, 7 March 2008A note on the "spackling" process: Find a good plasterer, not a drywall finisher, and hire him for a few hours to learn the art of putting up mudd. Even if you only…
Cram, 8 March 2008Two things - that is a funny visual and way of explaining the acheivment of "paint" I love it. The second is that my wife is actually getting one of those sonograms as…
xSpace, 8 March 2008Not being born with a 14'' trowel in one hand myself I had to ask questions and watch finishers as they worked their craft. One of the best things that I ever picked up…
Cram, 12 March 2008Door closers have been acquired ( a big thanks to my brother/bandmate for these) and the spacers for the electric outlets. These were used to bridge the gab between the…
Cram, 14 March 2008Well lookey here!!! Trunk rubber. It came with that rubber/contact cement tube supply. I think I got 8 or 9 10ft sections. I picked up 5/4'' pine boards (4) for the door…
Cram, 24 March 2008Utility Door and Window Covers (Doors as well) I am wrapped up with all the mud and tape work at this point. I am going to get the place primed this week during a night…
BradJacob, 25 March 2008Marc - I may be wrong here, but I would NEVER put sheetrock as a layer on a door. Over time, that rock will break down and crumble with all the closing of the door. Even…
Cram, 25 March 2008Brad - these are not the main doors. This door will cover a utility closet. External image, not preserved — original:…
Cram, 27 March 2008More work done this evening - Two more sheets of drywall outside the room. I had never put up the second layer for this last section. Since I'm moving to get the doors…
Cram, 8 April 2008Note on pictures so far in this post I just lost all my data (5 pictures uploaded and a 400 server error on the site) so I'm going to bail for now on the update and…
Cram, 9 April 2008More photos. 47 is a photo of how I set the closet door up for routing the hinge. 56 is the base of the door. That oak plank is a 1x12'' peice I had used previously as a…
doublehelix, 10 April 2008Hey Cram, great news on the sound isolation! I can hear the excitement in your voice! Well, maybe not in your voice since we are online... ok, how about "excitement in…
Cram, 28 April 2008I've been constantly pulled away from being able to work on the room, but have found time recently to do some further work. ------------- More Isolation Benefit - We…

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Ro, 29 April 2008how's picking ?? Recovered from web.archive.org — originally hosted at http://weblog.qantm.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/jon_picking_his_nose.jpg
Lou, 29 April 2008Ro - That has to be the most bizarre post I've ever seen in my life!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: That guy is a really close friend…
Lou, 29 April 2008Ro wrote: Yup! I've known him for over 25 years! I called him in his office barely an hour ago, and he showed his colleageues the link! :lol: :lol: What a laugh and a…
Cram, 8 May 2008Trim work in progress and tile received. Trim work is merely a 1x4 pine cut to be 45 in the top corner all the way around. I've used the cut off peices on the back to…
Cram, 8 May 2008I put up the lights in the room and had one of those moments some of us have had in recognizing a design fault.. My light is in the swing path of the closet door. I'll…
Cram, 13 May 2008Folks, I'm hoping to channel any faint energy and talent I posess in photography to satisfy Sir Ro in order to avoid having my bell rung. My brother worked all day to…
Cram, 13 May 2008and this is the normal shot of the floor... 2008_04_29 035.jpg
Cram, 2 June 2008Things that have happenned since my last post - Completed by my brother - Tile work Complete - By this, I mean it's been finished with grout. The tile is a porcelan…
Cram, 2 June 2008another photo that surpased the max photo count for the previous post. Just a shot of the other end with the baseboard heat installed. he installed this with it hanging…
Cram, 10 June 2008I've been a bit busy lately, but I have taken time each day to tick away at tasks and put in *some* work on this room. I've got tons of trim painted and ready to go. I…
Cram, 17 June 2008thanks for the interest in the build and the question! I will admit that I could have saved more in this area, but in the beginning I was doing much of the work…

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Cram, 23 June 2008Little by little I chip away... Seems to go on for ever at this point. I'm doing more trim work as I go along. What is under the clamp along with the next sequence of…
Cram, 25 June 2008More widdling away - I have constructed two absorbsion panels. They are made from 1x4'' pine and are 2x4' in dimension. I liked the method I used with the first panel so…
Cram, 25 June 2008continuing with photos... The photo of the glass pane is the 3/8'' glass I had installed in the basement exterior windows. It shows the clip which is used to open it or…
Cram, 16 October 2008Is it obvious how much I enjoy the summer months??? After a several month hiatus from doing any constructive work on the room, I've mainly focussed on getting the band…
xSpace, 16 October 2008"More specifically, I'm not even sure what type of trim I'duse for this and how to hang it. " It looks like 3-1/4" colonial crown, could be bigger, but looks like 3…
Cram, 17 October 2008"Me make'm stick drawing..." Do you mean like this setup - I think you were saying that the 1x4 would be cut with a chamfered or bevelled edge for a backing that the…
Cram, 19 October 2008xSpace - Thanks for the clarification. I priced out crown moulding today and I'll get it when I have a spot of time and space in the messy basement, which I have been…
Cram, 21 October 2008Work today when I could manage it - 1 - a portion of the soffet trim work is up. 2 - most of the underside for the soffet trim is glued and set. 3 - I put the plugs in…
Cram, 13 November 2008Next week I have taken the week off from work to get past a few things I have going on around the house including this studio room so I'm hopeful to finish up the main…
Cram, 8 October 2009Well,.. I am still alive out here. We've been playing a lot of music in this room, but construction or anyother work has been put on hold for the last year I guess due…
Cram, 8 October 2009more pics... These are the construction of the support peices. 08_28_2009 137.JPG 08_28_2009 136.JPG 08_28_2009 134.JPG 08_28_2009 133.JPG
Cram, 11 November 2010Well, "hello there"... An email from a friend asking about this thread and my room in general has prompted me to do a proper parameter photo of the room. As I review…
Cram, 11 November 2010More photos... I just noticed that I named the files "diffuser" rather than Absorber which is what they actually are... sorry. Future Efforts Windows - I need to get…
Cram, 17 December 2010Thanks Ro! More pretty pictures... I stopped off at a local store and there was some led rope lighting for me to snatch up! I used the clips that came with the strips to…
Cram, 19 May 2011This is a minor detail, but a detail found within an important component for the system of my room. I am going to install handles on the window plugs. This is an old…