Just wanted to give an update here as well as thank Stuart and Greg for all of their help.
The room is done! It might not be 100% (I'll get to that) but it works for what I need it to do.
I last left off with the baffle box question and I think it was the cleats and sheet rock between the joists that were mentioned last.
Well we did the ceiling first.
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Packed it with plenty of Roxul Safe N Sound, then added two layers of sheet rock with green glue in between and that was installed on the channel with the isolation clips. I helped the contractor here.
I wanted to get lift for the sheet rock, but he didn't think we needed it. Needless to say, after the ceiling was done he texted me a picture of him in an ambulance because of his back. He was finished as a contractor.
After a few months, I found someone that does theater rooms to start work again. His nickname is "The Wallologist" and we were pretty much on the same page as to what needed to be done.
So, we did covered the outlets with putty and did the isolation clips, hat channel, and two layers of sheet rock with green glue in between. On the other side of the three walls (not the cement with the neighbor's townhome on the other side) we did two layers of 5/8 sheet rock with green glue in between.
You can see the spacing in between from the isolation clips in a couple of pics:
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I needed two doors, one for the basement area and one for the sump pump room. I got solid core exterior doors with the weather stripping all around and the metal plate at the bottom (forgot what that is called). The doors are the weakest link. I know that because I went to the side of room in the storage area while I had the amp inside cranking at about 110 db. The sound where I was standing was about 60db and I could tell it wasn't coming from the wall I was right next to, but flanking from the door to the basement from the drum room and then coming into the storage area.
This was several months ago. I was going to add mass loaded vinyl to the doors with 3/4 mdf and then sheet rock with green glue in between. While I was waiting for the mlv to come, the Wallologist took on another job. It kept him active for a while. In the meantime, I played the drums. My wife was almost directly above and didn't need to turn up the television if she was watching while I played. I didn't hear anything from my neighbor.
A couple of months went by and since there were no complaints I decided, OK, just the mlv and mdf, no sheet rock. The Wallologist was still busy. Now, it's been months, my wife has no problem, and I'm not even sure if my neighbor knows I play the drums anymore!
I forgot to mention, I've been playing the acoustics. I haven't touched the electronics in months, even poached a couple of cymbal stands from it.
Another thing, and Greg and Stuart will probably hate this, but I have no ventilation. I still have the one baffle box that needs to be corrected but it is in the sump pump room just holding things on top of it. The room is always in the low 60's F. It's sealed up pretty tight so I got myself a CO2 detector. I have it set to go off at 2000 ppm. That is usually after about an hour, hour and a half and then I just open the door and go get myself a drink. I don't play for much longer than that anyway, so it has been fine. When it comes time to sell, we'll just reinstall the a/c vent that was removed.
I have eight acoustic panels for sound treatment along with about 50 of the foam type wedges. The acoustic panels (not cheap) really do a great job.
Overall, I'm very happy with the room and the fact that I get to play my acoustics again without bothering anyone. Thanks again for all of the valuable information on the site!
( I wanted to space the words and pics and have the finished product at the end, but was not able to do that, but you can tells what's finished and what's not)