Substantial posts by Marc Duchesne, who started the thread, and by the forum’s most active contributors. 34 of 67 posts are listed.
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Marc Duchesne, 20 June 2007Hi, my name is Marc and I live in Canada Quebec (North) Saguenay region. I am planning the construction of a project studio which will be an annex to my actual house. I…
Marc Duchesne, 21 June 2007Hi John and kandale, I am from a house builder family (almost all carpenters). So for the main frame I am confident. We know what the local standards are both commercial…
Marc Duchesne, 24 June 2007Hi, here are my first though about it, I have only done the CR so far (and some) and need to design 1 liveroom and 2 booths. Elevation isn't done as I am wondering if…
Marc Duchesne, 28 June 2007Hi, here is a cut view of the new slab. The ground is sand (old river bed) so it wont moove during winter. I though about insulation underneat it so i have asked my old…
Marc Duchesne, 29 June 2007Ok, thanks gullfo. here is the answer from Rod Gervais. http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 3020#63020 SlabV2.jpg
Marc Duchesne, 3 July 2007Hi, here are some photo's of my work so far. I will have the Sketchup files available soon (link to my web site). Front will be 12 feet, back will be 16 feet at the…
Marc Duchesne, 6 July 2007Hi, here are the dimentions of the live room, height is 19' 10 1/2" at the highest point, 15' 11" at lowest and angled at 12 deg. Roughly 6300 cubic feet. Walls will be…
Marc Duchesne, 8 July 2007I'm partial to hardwoods and pine but plywood and MDF can be used for slats. in some cases, the different thickness can help in creating broad band slat resonators…
gullfo, 8 July 2007if you look at Sideshow's stickie you'll see inside-out wall construction which is what you're describing. when building it inside-out, you have a couple of options -…
gullfo, 8 July 2007ah... yeah, in this case, do the normal construction and then add trapping in the corners (slats work) and angled slats to create broadband trapping and angles to…
Marc Duchesne, 8 July 2007Hi, yes I see. makes lot of sens, I guess that the air gap behing the insulation is not mandatory... But if I built this way (with the slats and fabric directly on top…
gullfo, 8 July 2007you want the wall construction to be the normal type - outside siding-vapor barrier-sheathing-framing w/ insulation-interior wall etc. the resonator treatments are…
Marc Duchesne, 8 July 2007Ok got it, the outside drywall is pictured at the back, I though the cut was the actual outside wall. So, I have to built a deparate framing for the slats. I understand…
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Marc Duchesne, 2 August 2007Hi, ok, some changes in my plans... I am planning to sell this house and built another for my studio. Since I just don't have enough room to access my backyard with the…
Marc Duchesne, 15 September 2007Ok, back to square one. I could not purchase the piece of land I was looking for. I will be though building a full basement in the extension in my actual home. The…
Marc Duchesne, 24 November 2007Oh well, here I am again. Finally decided to sell the house next year et rebuilt from the ground up. After good advise, it will be more cost effective rebuilding the…
Marc Duchesne, 30 April 2009Ok, here I am again, already two years since I started. I am back to square one still with my first house and choose to keep it. I would like your advice on my choice of…
Marc Duchesne, 31 May 2009Hi, I am starting to built end of June, getting there. Here are some of my recent work pictures. I will upload a link for the sketchup files. What puzzle me a bit is…
Marc Duchesne, 3 August 2009Ok, I finally got John Sayers to design the studio. Here is how it looks like. I will keep the board updated and also move the forum from design to building since I am…
John Sayers, 3 August 2009we had to change the roof line roof_1.jpg so we had a truss company draw up some new trusses. roof_2.jpg roof_3.jpg
Marc Duchesne, 4 August 2009Here is a couple photo's of my work so far. I am trying to pour on thursday / friday. -Two inches of blue styrofoam surrounding, astrofoil underneat. Fiber concrete.…
Marc Duchesne, 14 August 2009Ok, because of the rain in the recent days, my concrete poring got delayed a couple days. It was done last tuesday. One advise for everyone, when you pour a slab, make…
Marc Duchesne, 6 September 2009Hi everyone, Here is the last updated photo's. I have been very busy lately. There will be double trusses (another set underneath) in the drum room. The truss you see in…
Marc Duchesne, 6 December 2009Hi, I finally took the time for some photo's. The outside is pretty much completed (still the back patio door nor installed yet, so I have to wait for cladding this…
Marc Duchesne, 4 January 2010Thanks for the nice comments Jester, Yes, it is very cold here during winter, although this year is warmer so far, around 0 C today.. I have built the vocal booth, drum…
Marc Duchesne, 20 January 2010Hi everyone, here is an update. I have finished the drum / vocal rooms ceilings / walls. Started the CR construction. This week, I received all my sliding doors. Brushed…
Marc Duchesne, 7 March 2010Guess it's about time for couple photo's... Ok. all gyprock is completed, this is really cool. Started the CR front. This is what is looks like, Hope you like it, Marc…
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Marc Duchesne, 8 March 2010Thanks for the nice comments, I appreciate and it motivates me. I have started the back CR soffit units today. I guess everything is long hard work in studio built... I…
Marc Duchesne, 15 March 2010Hi everyone, just finished the back end speakers soffit. It went great. The corner drum room will have a two to four inches deeper wall unit for low frequencies... Next,…
Marc Duchesne, 5 April 2010Hi everyone, I just finished the seven wall units installation, as per John design. Light black fabric layer behind the slot. Still have to stain them and varnish. Well,…
Marc Duchesne, 2 June 2010Hi everyone, Just a quick note to let you all know I am not dead (yet) and what I am up to. I have almost finished the CR, the clouds are all up installed in both CR and…
Marc Duchesne, 13 June 2010Today's quick photo's, I shall start the wiring soon. Air conditioning is up and running. I need to address vibrations from the outside AC pump. Probably better…
Marc Duchesne, 15 September 2010Hey Hey, I have to admit I am 99.9% finished. The console is built, cabling is finished (I spend all of 2 months soldering the 8 switchcraft patchbays, all fully…