John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

Hey Darth Fader!

quick question: looks to me (according to F. Alton's book, for example) that some sort of FELT underlayment is about as good as it gets, when putting hardwood floors down on a concrete slab.

I found the most amazing bamboo hardwood floors that I wanted for my studio. However, I believe that in order to install hardwood flooring over concrete - you would need to install a layer of 3/4" plywood since hardwood floor gets nailed in. The plywood gets nailed into the concrete. Its not a floating floor like laminate. I was dealing with low ceilings so I decided to go with laminate to save to 3/4" height and also the actual laminate flooring is much thinner than the hardwood. I'm sure others can offer better advice than me but it would seem that any underlayment meant to increase acoustic isolation would be sort of "snake oil" as you put it. The floor is usually firmly coupled to the concrete. There are probably some companies that do offer floating hardwood floors but it's not that common.

Additionally, I'm in a basement and none of the hardwood mfg. had warranty that cover basement installation.

Nice, thanks!!

H

Team!

Made it this far - ready to do some listening.
Acoustic treatments are done - first round anyway.

Thank you all for your help.. this forum has been a wealth of information and inspiration!!
It was a tough ride - Covid and all - but I'm excited to finally be able to do some listening.

A lot of work to be done.. some racks to be built, mixers installed, monitors etc.
Some preliminary listening and then holiday roast!

Happy Holidays all!!!

Husky

berry berry nice!

Thank you Glenn!!

Ok.. update.

Did some listening.
Very happy - even right off the bat, with no tweaks.
Possibly the best sounding control room I've worked in.

I will move the speakers and do some experimenting, but this is a great starting point.

Happy Holidays all!!

Husky

Some progress.....

- Husky