Soundman2020 - Studio Design Forum

What kind of blocks are they? Are they solid or hollow core? Yea over here the acoustic foam is blue, soudal make it I think...as well as others I’m sure... very low expansion and flexible when cured. LP0331.jpg Between solid and hollow, these Porotherm blocks seem to be popular in thermally-challe...

I guess you don't need permits etc. Over here it wouldn't be so easy to get such a project on the rails :) . One thing that may be working in our favour is that we bought a commercial space. I checked with a structural engineer regarding the weight of the wall and we got talking about architects - ...

Thank you for your questions, Bert. Could you elaborate on why you choose for this construction? LP0281.jpg I am not quite sure what it is that I have chosen that you would like me to elaborate on. Here is our room within the building. Because it is built on a slope, this view we call the back of th...

Weeks 3 and 4: 3rd - 19th December 2019 Next up were the ceiling isolation mounts bought from Spain. Their job is to hold the inner room's ceiling and isolate it from the rest of the building. The new ceiling will join up with the plasterboard walls that we will put up. Up to this point I could have...

Week 2 - 27th November - 2nd December 2019 The studs for the internal room were erected after we had painted the walls with masonry paint. LP0397.jpg LP0384.jpg Then the gaps were filled with low density mineral wool, 10.7kg/cu.m. LP0404.jpg LP0410.jpg The plumber replaced old pipes, removed an old ...

I do insist that you must run a full REW test on the gingerbread studio first, then break it down into samples and mail pieces to all of us for personal, in-depth analysis. Okay, captain! It has been interesting to read Howie's topic New Studio Build Underway and how he chose to go with getting a q...

Thanks, Tom. The difference between our builds is that we have a sort of head start in that the outer building is already built but that does limit us as we cannot have an isolated slab, a taller room or other things that may have been ideal. For us, the location is perfect and the room has enough p...

P0388forumstudio.jpg Happy Christmas everyone! Here is my new studio, complete with fake snow for isolation, an open door policy and animals to ensure that shoppers keep the noise down. No, not really! Stuart has asked me to document our studio build here. My wife and I live in a flat and we have b...

howiedrum wrote:I will have to stay on top of things with the builder ...

I sure hope you can keep a good friendly, working relationship going with your builder as you need him working with you not against you.

You do not have an overly high room and by having two baffles in the loft space where your ventilator/air handler will be and then coming through both the outer and inner ceilings before the inner baffle boxes that would give you more room height everywhere where there are no baffle boxes, possibly ...

Stuart, would it be possible to include post numbers? For example, one of your posts is relevant to what I am studying now and it happens to be the 36th post in its topic, or the 8th post on page 2 is another way of looking at it. I can bookmark the topic but I cannot quickly look for Post number 36...

That is a great write-up, Howie. I like the way you and your wife are building an enterprise park in your back garden! It is a privilege rto be able to build a studio from the ground up, getting everything right from a studio perspective. You are in good hands with Stuart. Here is looking forward to...

... installing my own HVAC will require a quiet large amount of money which I do not have...yet. What an impressive start! I have read your first post and will continue when I have time. I just wanted to say about HVAC that in my previous studio, which was rented so I knew that at some point I woul...

Purelythemusic wrote:By the way the room sounds awful now when we play music in it... even with a non existent ceiling.

Funny, isn't it, that the awful sound is actually a sign of a successful build.

Heard today that the inner room beams should be with us next Friday which should tie in well. I’m banking on the delivery driver being able to lift them onto the roof! There are delivery drivers and delivery drivers. I hope it turns out well, whatever happens on delivery day. PS. Nice photos; much ...