John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum Archive

Hi everybody.

I will, in a not to distant future, start to build my own studio, and i have some questions. please have understanding for my english =).

I´ve gotten hold of a room (attic) that is located on the second floor of a youth center. So my main problem is to keep it isolated down through the floor. But also one wall is conected to the youth center.
But my question is concerning the floor.

The floor is a wooden floor. (i´ll have to get back with thickness). Is it possible to float my studiofloor on the existing wooden floor. Is it rigid enough not to "spread" the vibrations to the lower floor?
How would i solve this problem the easiest way?

thankful for any reply

Andy

Andy, before we could know for sure what can be done we'd need more information on the existing floor - things like framing size and spacing, span between supports, types of materials, covering types and thicknesses, etc - then, we'd have to calculate the weight of what you want to float on the floor, and find out whether the strength is available for all that.

Please let us know all the details you can find... Steve

i thought so to... i´m first of all gonna get green lights from the landlord to build there, then i´ll get back with more details... thanks for a great forum everybody!!!

Andy