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Either way will work, provided that you do all the necessary calculations to determine which unit you need, what size ducts you need, flow rate, flow velocity, sensible heat, latent heat, etc.What would the Forum advise on the A/C system?
Do you use split systems or something with a central unit that pumps the air through some acoustic traps to reduce noise?
John thanks for the link, Did you buy from this site? Any Split system which you will prefer I should go for?John Sayers wrote:At last a split system that works for studios
http://www.daikin.com/global_ac/product ... ideos.html
2 minutes on google:Guit-picker wrote:Now that five years has gone by since this post started... and now the link doesn't go there any more, is there a "favorite" multi-split system that has risen as a "shining star", so to speak? I can't find a model number of the original post. I know it is made by Daikin.
). We might have more to spend in 6-12 months, so perhaps there's a way to do this in phases?For a project that big, you should probably start your own thread, rather than tag onto the end of this one.I need to figure out an HVAC solution for a small studio I'm building in the middle of a warehouse (on the 3rd of 6 stories)
I'm not sure I understand your nomenclature: When you say "Edit Room", are you referring to the control room, or to something else? When you say "Recording booth", are you talking about something like an isolation booth, or vocal booth, or did you have something else in mind? And when you talk about "Main Studio", are you referring to the tracking room / live room, or is it something else?See the following drawing for the current design (note 12' ceilings):
Ummmm.... it's not only low, it is totally unrealistic. You have three rooms in there, totaling 700 square feet of floor area, and well over 8000 cubic feet of volume. You will need either three different mini-split systems, probably with capacities of something like 9,000 BTU/hr, 12,000 BTU/Hr and 36,000 BTU/Hr, and that's without even considering the ventilation! Each of those will cost a couple of grand, and antoher several hundred for installation....I have a friend who will install, but our budget for HVAC materials is currently very low ($2000...I know
Assuming that you don't need to use the other two rooms at present, you could start with just one of them now, but even then I doubt that 2k is going to cover it. For example, if all you need to do is to mix stuff that has been tracked elsewhere, then just put a single mini-split in the control room, and build the set of four silencer boxes that you will need for that, then add the ducts and fan. But that's going to be over 2k, I would expect.We might have more to spend in 6-12 months, so perhaps there's a way to do this in phases?
Then take the hint! If all of the options that you can find are beyond your budget, then it's pretty obvious that the problem is your budget!I generally know about my options, but most of them are outside our current budget.
