Substantial posts by kevinsimons, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 11 of 19 posts are listed.
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kevinsimons, 5 June 2007Hello Audiophile Friends - My name is Kevin and I'm building a studio in my home. I joined this forum about 4 months ago and have bought Rod's invaluable book to help me…
kevinsimons, 6 June 2007Hey Tom, I've seen your name out there on this forum and wondered where you were located. I'm actually north of Fort Worth in Haslet. Nonetheless, the total room size…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007Hello again - Sorry about those pic sizes. I realized after I had posted them that they were WAY too big, but didn't get a chance to re-size. I did however re-size the…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007Here are some pics of the plywood going up on the exterior of the house. We live in tornado alley, so our builder uses plywood around the whole exterior of the home…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007More pics of the construction project... you can see the actual studio/office entrance a little better in this pic because the exterior walls are more defined.…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007Pics of the insulation (rockwool) being installed in the studio. This is a better picture of the window between the two rooms thanks to the insulation. There's also a…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007We had a coupling issue with the ceiling, thanks to the lumber package and framer design, so we hung resilient channel in both the control room and live rooms. I didn't…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007Enjoy these pics of first layer... then second layer with green glue application. The second layer of 5/8" drywall went up in 4x10 sheets, so there were fewer seams in…
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007Here are a few pics of the airspace between the double walls with insulation installed. Insulation used is 3" rockwool, no paper. wall_airspace.jpg wall_airspace2.jpg
kevinsimons, 13 June 2007So we're finally to the phase where the outside of our home will look complete. Now it's to the minutia inside the house like wall texture, cabinetry, trim, paint,…
kevinsimons, 22 August 2007So it's been a while since I've updated this, but the studio is getting close to completion as far as construction is concerned. So the walls are up, textured and…