Construction Question

[porl]

Hi Steve et al

We have started to build our vocal/drum booth and are nearly at the stage where we start framing the inner booth walls, ceiling and floor.

Our main question revolves around the ceiling construction our booth - we are planning on building an 8x2" frame (450mm centres) and sitting it on top of the walls with RC and 2 wall board layers 5/8" and 1/2'. Putting our first layer of board on to the RC is proving to be doable but a lot of force and patience is required to get the initial "bite" on the webbing of the channel from our screws when screwing them in. I can foresee that as our ceiling won't be attached to the walls (it will just be resting on neoprene with the layers eventually caulked in) this may prove troublesome. Our theory at the moment is that the electric screwgun we are using (it's a fairly cheap one) hasn't got enough torque/power to do the job as we are using both the recommended channel and screws and have fixed the channel properly at the proper intervals. Then again as the saying goes, a bad workman always blames his tools - so a second opinion would be good. I really can't see how it makes sense to board the ceiling BEFORE the ceiling frame is put in place but any tips about making this job easier would be great - even if it's just to agree about the screwgun..

On another note - because of the geography of our layout, it is impossible to get around the back of our inner walls once they have been erected on our floating floor. Has anyone got any suggestions for ensuring that the rockwool we place between our studs sits flush up to the wallboard after we put the boards in place - as we won't necessarily be able to check once it's done.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received even if they seem really obvious.

Thanks

Porl.

[giles117]

Had the same issue, It is the speed, not the torque of your drill. The Screws I used (grabber) stated a speed of 2500rpm to "grab" the RC, so if you have a low speed drill (0-1500 rpm) it will take longer.

Bryan Giles

I had both and settled on the high speed drill. (duh!!! )It went much faster that way.