Soffit Construction

LDQ · Post by **LDQ** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:48 am

Hi John,

Can I leave the top part of the soffit wall open or should I extend it all the way up. In my case the top part will not be visible anyways since I am constructing an angled fake ceiling from the top of the window to the middle of the room. I was thinking of leaving it open so the heat from the monitors could disipate from the top and bottom.

Please check the attached drawing for detail.

Regards,

luis.

Post by **John Sayers** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:04 am

Luis - I'd run it up to the top but leave a small openning for the heat to get out.

cheers
JOhn

LDQ · Post by **LDQ** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 8:42 am

small.....how does 2" x 2" sounds?

Another soffit related question?

Does the timber finish for the soffit face needs to be smooth? (like a sheet of plywood) or can it have small groves. I found this timber material used for decorating a wall. I can joint 3" wide pieces together and it will look very nice but I am not sure if the small groves will cause a problem.

Cheers,

Luis.

Post by **John Sayers** » Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:13 am

How about 6" x 4" ?? the gooves are fine luis, was very popular in the 70s to have hard wood V jointed which is similar to what you are using.

cheers
john

LDQ · Post by **LDQ** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 4:28 am

Check out a little preview of how is looking so far...

Luis.

rsb · Post by **rsb** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:55 am

Funny to see all the tubes in that picture, can you say caulk everything.

What is the width of that wall?

Ryan

LDQ · Post by **LDQ** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 7:15 am

[/quote] can you say caulk everything[/quote]

You got that right ! I think that is my 5th box of 12 already.

The width of the control room is 13' the front wall from soffit to soffit is 9'.

Luis.

Post by **John Sayers** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:07 am

looking good Luis - that's going to sound great

cheers
john

bauman · Post by **bauman** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:43 pm

I´d love to see pics of the finished room!

cheers!
Fabio

hugo_inside · Post by **hugo_inside** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 6:42 pm

what monitors will be there?? Is not too big monitors for a small room??
John, there are problems with big monitors in small rooms?

DDev · Post by **DDev** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:37 am

This studio was under construction 2 years ago. Check out this:

http://www.johnlsayers.com/Studio/Mainp ... ctions.htm

Darryl.....

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