Drum Room Studio Construction
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:02 pm
Hi Guys.
I'm a drummer, I'm looking for some advice on getting as much isolation as possible from my neighbours.
I play drums at the usually loud volume 110db plus.
I have a portable modular room that has been working really well in my current rented space. It has a single layer of 22mm red tongue flooring on an 'inside out' wall frame. The studs are filled with 60kg/m3 Rockwool. It's currently in a brick garage with an upper first floor (19mm yellow tongue) above it. It is a freestanding structure, that has it's own ceiling, and sits away from the brick garage with an air gap. ie. it is a completely decoupled room in a room (albeit sitting on the same concrete slab as the garage walls). I'm getting enough isolation that i can play late at night and have had no complaints. I live alone so noise to adjacent rooms hasn't been an issue.
I'm moving to a new location which has brick garage with a tin roof on it. I can house my modular room in a 6.3m x 3.3m area of the garage.
My concern is the tin roof. Obviously this is a huge weak spot.
A couple of limitations: I can't replace the tin on the roof and there are other 'room in a room' constructions already within the garage that have to remain there; these are outside my 6.3 x 3.3m area but will form one wall of my outer shell (the upper wall in fig. 2 closest to my internal doors.)
Also, The owner has glued 20mm thick plasterboard directly to the brick wall that's not able to be removed.
The isolation is needed mostly to neighbouring houses (on the outside of the brick walls). But I'm hoping the isolation to adjacent rooms will be workable anyway.
I'm planning add a layer of green glue & 16mm fyrcheck between the studs of my drum room walls, and also between the studs in the walls to the adjacent rooms. I'm also planning to lay some extra 19mm yellow tongue flooring on top of the drum room roof, and stack insulation on top (as I have been doing in the current garage). The drum room ceiling beams are LVLs and the whole structure was professionally engineered to hold the second layered eventually if needed.
A structural engineer has been consulted regarding adding weigh to the garage roof, and I will be adding beams and rafters as necessary to support the weight. The wall dividing the drum room from the listening/sitting area in fig 2. will have a double layer of 16mm fyrcheck (with green glue between layers) on one side only; ie. the side furthest from the drum room to create the largest air gap possible. This will create the 4th wall of my outer shell. and there is a 2.8m space before the wall/door to the yard... so i believe that's enough distance to prevent any issues with a third leaf (hopefully)
I've done a crude drawing to illustrate what I'm planning to do, and am hoping to get some input to see if there's a better way to go about getting more isolation.
My main concern is whether the design i've come up with introduces a third leaf (on the roof side). I've been scratching my head as to other ways to add mass to the interior of the tin roof but it doesn't seem possible; so this is where I've ended up.
Looking forward to hearing your comments.
I'm a drummer, I'm looking for some advice on getting as much isolation as possible from my neighbours.
I play drums at the usually loud volume 110db plus.
I have a portable modular room that has been working really well in my current rented space. It has a single layer of 22mm red tongue flooring on an 'inside out' wall frame. The studs are filled with 60kg/m3 Rockwool. It's currently in a brick garage with an upper first floor (19mm yellow tongue) above it. It is a freestanding structure, that has it's own ceiling, and sits away from the brick garage with an air gap. ie. it is a completely decoupled room in a room (albeit sitting on the same concrete slab as the garage walls). I'm getting enough isolation that i can play late at night and have had no complaints. I live alone so noise to adjacent rooms hasn't been an issue.
I'm moving to a new location which has brick garage with a tin roof on it. I can house my modular room in a 6.3m x 3.3m area of the garage.
My concern is the tin roof. Obviously this is a huge weak spot.
A couple of limitations: I can't replace the tin on the roof and there are other 'room in a room' constructions already within the garage that have to remain there; these are outside my 6.3 x 3.3m area but will form one wall of my outer shell (the upper wall in fig. 2 closest to my internal doors.)
Also, The owner has glued 20mm thick plasterboard directly to the brick wall that's not able to be removed.
The isolation is needed mostly to neighbouring houses (on the outside of the brick walls). But I'm hoping the isolation to adjacent rooms will be workable anyway.
I'm planning add a layer of green glue & 16mm fyrcheck between the studs of my drum room walls, and also between the studs in the walls to the adjacent rooms. I'm also planning to lay some extra 19mm yellow tongue flooring on top of the drum room roof, and stack insulation on top (as I have been doing in the current garage). The drum room ceiling beams are LVLs and the whole structure was professionally engineered to hold the second layered eventually if needed.
A structural engineer has been consulted regarding adding weigh to the garage roof, and I will be adding beams and rafters as necessary to support the weight. The wall dividing the drum room from the listening/sitting area in fig 2. will have a double layer of 16mm fyrcheck (with green glue between layers) on one side only; ie. the side furthest from the drum room to create the largest air gap possible. This will create the 4th wall of my outer shell. and there is a 2.8m space before the wall/door to the yard... so i believe that's enough distance to prevent any issues with a third leaf (hopefully)
I've done a crude drawing to illustrate what I'm planning to do, and am hoping to get some input to see if there's a better way to go about getting more isolation.
My main concern is whether the design i've come up with introduces a third leaf (on the roof side). I've been scratching my head as to other ways to add mass to the interior of the tin roof but it doesn't seem possible; so this is where I've ended up.
Looking forward to hearing your comments.