John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

Update

Window seal was done and door seal is almost there. I will leave two holes for fresh air supply and extractor fan.
Also, about the strange "doorway" I talked about, I'm gonna seal it with brickwall as well, so I have just ONE solid brickwall wall between the CR and recording room.
We made the hole in the wall for the window as well! That took a couple of hours

Also, 3x2" pine (110 units) and 250kg of 40kg/m3 insulation arrived (that thing is itchy as hell !! i just moved it on their packages to another room and i still feel itchy)
I have to pick up the drywall tomorrow and start framing!

Sorry about the pics, I left my cam at home and used my cellphone

PD. Maybe a moderator could move this into the construction or any apropiate forum since I already started the build(maybe change topic name as well ?

We started puting brickwall on the "old" doorway that was hidden by a crappy stud wall.. you had to see how they built that!!
We left two holes for the air ducts on the LR... but you can hear everything from the outside by those little holes.. we'll have to seal those fuckers after we put the ducts!

Brickwall is your friend!

Wow I got sticky! Thanks!

I'll upload more pics later tonight!

More pics
Everything seems good here.
LR is completely isolated (exterior leaf = brickwall), now I have to start framing for the inner leaf.

However, for budget reasons, I dont think i'll be able to go room in a room on the Control Room, and since everything is brickwall already, i hope i wont disturb anyone when monitoring/mixing.
Now, the only thing that worries me is the drywall sealing that you can see on the "control room left side" picture. There was an old opening (probably from living room to dining room) and it was sealed probably by a couple of drywall layers. Even tho its solid, its not as massive as the whole left side (and all sides) brickwall wall.
Now, how could you go about this? Sincerely, brickwalling it would be killer, but that will cost me quite a bit, since you can see its a large section of the wall. and I'm not in a condition whether I can spend more money on that.
Any opinions?

Keep up the good work, man!

More progress

Gypsum stage now.
CR/LR window looking much better now huh?
Next step is sanding and ready to paint

John, or anybody:
I'm drilling a hole between rooms to send the snake cable.
I bought a 40mm PVC pipe that i will put inside. then run the snake cable through it..
Am I screwing things up here?

that should be fine

More questions:

About tile ceilings:

- I'm going to put acoustic tile ceilings on my control room (also called "American Ceiling" here in Chile). First I will remove the existing ceiling (that is very weird!) , put insulation somehow, and then a tile ceiling below it.
- To maintain a visual coherency, I thought about puting the same ceiling on the recording room. Since its going to be built inside out, I'm a little worried about finishing it with fabric/cloth, because its going to be hard to get a nice finish, and also its complicated to attach lights etc. So. will a tile ceiling act as a 3rd leaf and fuck things up? (they are made of a very soft material, similar to rigid fiberglass). Using that as the "visual" ceiling in the recording room, it will be much easier to attach lights and what not. even the in/out duct grids
My first impression is that it shouldnt become a problem, but I'd like your opinion on this.

Comments?

Anyone?

Anyway. I built the door Ro designed with a few modifications.
First, I didnt make it of 3 layers of 22 MDF. instead I used 2 9mm MDF for top and bottom, and two 25mm MDF layers in the middle. I used a 2x4 stud on the hinge side. Furthermore, I placed one 4mm high density acoustic vynil called MAD (its super heavy) in between.
Also. Installed a ZERO bottom seal system, that seals the bottom when you close the door, so you dont make a bottom seal. Its a 72mm door! It looks promising and weights like a moth......

jbassino wrote:More questions:

About tile ceilings:

(they are made of a very soft material, similar to rigid fiberglass).

Seems more like it will be an extension of the ceilings ability to absorb. Like you mentioned, even if it is a 3 leaf, it isn't significant.


Where's your help at?

Where's your help at?

Miserably sick in bed for the past few days... . Feeling a little better today, and hoping to get across to Javier's place to give him a hand tomorrow or Thursday.

You get better now, your the best help he's got

Sick? too bad!!
I thought the earth ate you, so I kept working! I have a record to finish so I have to make this soon

Well, I paid the workers to build the framing for me, for a reasonable price
When I cut the door with the circular saw I got, i realized how much work and experience is required to get ACCURATE cuts so everything looks and works good.
They did such an excelent work with the sealing and finishing that they will assure I will get a great framing
We still have lots of work tho Stuart!