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Concrete block, or bricks, are both excellent building materials for isolating a studio: They have a lot of mass (high surface density), which is great. So if you have the option of using that for one of the leaves, then yes, it's a good option.
However, if you are building inside an existing house, there might be issues with weight. The existing floor / foundations may not be capable of handling several tons of additional weight: You will need to get a structural engineer to take a look at that, and tell you if it is safe and permitted by your local building code.
... I started to think I could build a brickwall as the first layer of my system, leave room for an air chamber and then use the existing walls of the house as the second layers of my walls.
If I understand you correctly, you want to build a new wall OUTSIDE the existing house, to surround the house? So the house would end up being inside the new brick building? Is that it?
Regarding hollow concrete blocks… Is a wall made with them considered 1 mass layer? is it considered 2 layers + 1 air gap?
It's one leaf, not two.
When we figure out a few loose strings we’re dealing with I’ll post a full overview of the project.
Great! I'm looking forward to seeing that.
- Stuart -
