Soundman2020 wrote:I gather that BRAUS is actually somebody's name, and not an acronym for something that pertains to acoustics?...haha, just curious.
One of my clients in Australia. He has given me permission to use photos from his studio, but not to identify who he is. The studio is working well, last time I checked with him: He teaches drums, so he often has not one but TWO large drum kits, going really hard!
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I designed it for maximum isolation, and he got the results he was looking for: his neighbors (a few meters away from the door) cannot hear a thing, and upstairs his wife and kids are not bothered at all: just a very vague, distant, muffled sound.
Ahhhhh, I seeeee, it all makes a little more sense now, as does the picture of the dual combative drum setup, which had my imagination stirring; maximum isolation was clearly a necessity in his situation. Nice work!
since the original didn't make it through the demo that I scored it from. Fortunately, I have access to a full blown metal fabrication shop, so it should be a breeze for me to make a super dense (voidless), custom stainless steel threshold for my self lowering (beveled hinge) acoustic door...but with that said...
Soundman2020 wrote:Well you COULD do that, but it might be easier to just buy one, ready made, from some place like Zero International: they make acoustic door seals in several different flavors, including threshold plates and drop-down door seals.
Ok, great, thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely look into that before I go custom, as that would obviously be much easier.
...is there any reason for me to leave the 2x4 under the custom threshold, or is it safe for me to assume that I can remove that, as long as my threshold is tight?
Soundman2020 wrote:That's fine, but first you need to complete the framing around your door. Studio doors are massive, and heavy. So when you swing it open, there's a huge amount of stress and tension placed on the framing. It needs to be beefy... if not, the framing can bend, sag, twist, or otherwise warp slightly over time, and your door will end up binding, and not sealing properly. Place noggins at 24" or even 16" intervals up the stud bays to each side in the first bay, then half that spacing, staggered, in the second bay. If your door is excessively heavy, then I have been known to put a 2x6 flat across the inner faces of the studs, facing the cavity, if there's enough gap to do that...
Nice, that's good news, as I need an extra 1/4" to even get my door in-between the top/bottom plates...good bye bottom plate.
...and yes, I will do a triple stud door frame for my beast of a door (already did, but will redo because of your advice below), and will be sure to add noggins/blocks;
Would you advise that I use the noggins over the 2x6" method, or vice versa (assuming that my cavity allows it, which it should)?
I'm sure that I'm making a bigger deal about this than I should be.
Soundman2020 wrote:Nope! Not big enough, actually! Installing a studio door is a big deal. It pays to think it through carefully, and question everything!
EDITED TO ADD: A thought suddenly struck me: Why are you putting a door IN THE CORNER of your room????
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Not a good place....
- Stuart -
Luckily, that's how I've been thinking about it, as I am not looking to compromise all of my hard work and study because I simply skimped out at such a critical juncture.
I've been dreading the door install, but at this point, I'm actually feeling pretty confident about it.
...as for the door in the corner, yea, that was a major oversight on my account, I probably don't even need to look up why that is a terrible idea, as I can think of a few reasons off my mind.
Thanks for pointing that out, Stuart...it's too bad that I couldn't think of that before I framed the walls, because I'd much rather prefer to have butt-nailed those studs, as compared to toe-nailing them.
Oh well.
Anyhow, I am now a little more curious about my LR door location; Acoustically speaking,
would it be ideal for me to put the door in the middle(ish) area of the wall where it will be mounted in?
Many thanks!
-Chris