John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

So, what you're telling me is that the 11 tubes I've got aren't going to get me very far in my beef up scheme, eh?

Rock on!

Not if you follow my beef-up practices you're not... However, I leave room for the possibility that I could have done it better. The twisted, bowed, and otherwise f&#*ed-up studs presented a lot of challenges -- albeit nowhere near as bad as the infamous "wavy stucco syndrome" that afflicts Dan and Mike.

I've gone to great lengths to avoid the dreaded third leaf. However, given all the imperfections of the beef-up, I have to wonder if I would have been better off living with and compensating for the third leaf.

I'm taking a bit of a break from my construction work to look up Green Glue instructions (there weren't any delivered with my case ). Today I managed to move four 4x10 sheets of drywall by myself using a piano dolly as my helper from the pile on the floor to the far west wall behind all our crap -- no breakage! Now I have nothing left on the floor except the 5/8" stuff that I'm now preparing to apply to each of the stud bays with Green Glue and screws.

Mrs. Sharward really appreciates my efforts to keep the garage as clean and clear as possible. So far neither car has had to spend the night outdoors. And for that, neither have I!

Argh -- I miscounted my 5/8" sheets -- ends up I'm going to have to retrieve the one I "hid" behind all the crap! Oh well...

Things are going well with the final layer. I'm done with 5 of the 19 bays. I could have done more, but I wanted to take the lady out to dinner, call it a night, and then get a fairly early start tomorrow.

Here's a pic of one of the panels going up with green glue all over it. I'm using a little less than 1/2 tube per panel. According to the instructions, the recommended amount of glue is two tubes per 4x8 sheet, which is about one tube per 16 square feet, which is one tube per 2,304 square inches. Each of my panels is about 1624 square inches, so I'm applying about 70-75% of the recommended amount of glue. However, page 7 of the instructions does say that using less glue is OK, albeit with slightly less performance. Given the facts (this is "icing on the cake" (The beef cake? Ew! ), I only have 12 tubes on hand, I need to stretch them to all 19 bays, and the goo is bloody expensive), I think it will be OK.

The Green Glue is pretty interesting to work with. It comes out of the tube very easily -- it's not thick and heavy like the Liquid Nails or the acoustic sealant. It's very light, like a cross between shave cream and shave gel. It's very sticky though -- it does clean off skin with soap and water, but it takes two or three vigorous washings to get it off!

--Keith

I finally beefed up those odd narrow cavities in the east wall. Each is filled with two 2x4s and lots of acoustic sealant. One of the cavities was a little wider than the other so I managed to shove a bit of wallboard between the 2x4s.

I'm about halfway through adding the 4th layer to all the bays. I'll be busy finishing that up tomorrow.

Whew! I'm done with my east and west wall beef-up!

Well, almost -- I still need to seal all the edges, which I'll tend to this week.

Man, what a pain this effort was. I'm glad I didn't have to beef up a ceiling! I offer my condolences to those who must endure that.

I used 17 of the 1/2" boards -- 3 are left over, stored behind all the crap. I used all 6 of the 5/8" boards. I used 10 3/4 tubes of Green Glue -- 1 1/4 are left over. I'll need to buy more Green Glue at some point.

I have about 17 1/2 tubes of sealant left -- probably enough to seal all the beef. In any event, the sealant is easy to get.

I'll post pics when the sealing is done.

In other news, our water heater died last night... I think it's the igniter. The home warranty company will probably have someone out on Monday. Thank goodness for this little beauty -- at least I can shave with hot water!

--Keith

mucho props to you. I appreciate all the documenting of your room/walls. I feel this will help me in the near future with a project I will be sharing soon . I'm not getting much sleep these days since I found this website. But thats totally cool.

Woo-hoo -- My newest fan! Thanks for the kind words.

20,000 views reached today!

Excellent news! I reserved the walk-behind concrete cutter for Sunday, and my landscaping buddy will indeed be able to help me!

Holy crap! It's really happening!

Oh, and by the way, the water heater dying was my own fault. The pilot light was out. I was able to relight it myself. Note to self: Be more careful when clearing out the garage with a leafblower!

--Keith

Heh, heh... that's funny. The pilot light thing, I mean.

We once had to have an electrician come to our house and trace circuits around for a couple hours to figure out that the GFI plug outside had tripped. DOH!

It's always the simplist things we overlook...

sharward wrote:Woo-hoo -- My newest fan! Thanks for the kind words.

yeaaahhh, and one of your oldest fans is still watching.
everything came to a hold here because of a concert but BIG GERMAN BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

so go for it, keith...everything looks good for you right now. i hope we can ask dumb questions again as soon as we are back on track

greetings from berlin

jens&elis

Cool! I always wanted a big brother!

Today I went to DMV to pick up my custom license plates -- I'll post pics soon -- in fact, I may make it my avatar!

I also extended the electrical circuit in the laundry room as I described earlier -- I moved the GFCI outlet down at the level fo the light switches so it's more convenient, and I put a regular outlet in its place. The ventilator will be plugged into that outlet, plus my WiFi router. Photos to come once my LAN wiring is in place and it's worth showing off.

I also finally sealed all the beef! I have about 1 1/2 tubes of acoustic sealant left. Can you believe it? I used 34 1/2 tubes of sealant to beef up about 25 linear feet of wall!

My plan for tomorrow (technically later today): Install temporary OSB shields to protect beefed-up walls in anticipation of upcoming concrete work, and LAN wiring.

--Keith

Shields up! And I routed the LAN wiriting into the attic. None of it is hooked up, but at least it's totally out of the way of construction now.

Concrete cutting is <12 hours away!

amazing how little of the studs is left protruding. that is some serious beef man