AIR GAP

yanni · Post by **yanni** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:19 am

Hello,

I'm new to this forum, although I've been reading some of the great information everyone has to offer.

I'm researching to build a recording studio in a house I'm building later this year and one thing I'd really like to be sure of is if a room within a room really works and how far apart should the so called air gap be? Should the building materials on the outer room and the building materials on the inner room be particularly sound proof like double plasterboard? Or would the fact that one room inside another and not touching the other makes it sound proof.

I know this sounds like a dumb question but I haven't seen it in action yet so I'm going only on advice and trust in laws of physics.

Thanks

Yanni

giles117 · Post by **giles117** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:23 am

Simple answer,

yes it works. Study this forum and the SAE site and your questions for materils will be answered.

not a dumb question, just a beginners Question. Start with what I said above and you will get all your Q's answered.

An AirGap can be as shallow as 4" (Johns inside out wall construction) using 2x4" Stud construction.

And yes you should use materials that are conducive to the double leaf design. The SAE site will talk about the the STC of the various materials and construction techniques as will a search in the forum concerning STC or transmission Loss

Bryan Giles

yanni · Post by **yanni** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:15 pm

Thanks heaps Bryan

This a great forum - how did we learn stuff before the internet?

Yanni

knightfly · Post by **knightfly** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:56 pm

"This a great forum - how did we learn stuff before the internet?" -

A - Verrrry sloooowly... I've been studying acoustics/sound proofing (sporadically) since 1983, and have helped people on several BBS's get the majority of my understanding of the subject in just a few months (not single-handedly, of course) -

Glad you like the forum, and welcome... Steve