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It's about fucking time too. 
2 x 6's for the walls. The room is 14 x 14 with a 7.5 foot ceiling. I know that symetrical rooms are generally not good, so I'm building out the rear wall (the one against the steps) with an enormous bookcase/CD/DVD case which will be 8 inches deep. Not only will it be practical to store stuff, but will break up the solid wall and help dampen noise fromn the steps themselves. I have various other things to put in the room to assist in keeping nasty reverb to a minimum too (auralex tiles, a small couch, etc).
The basement was already studded, insulated and vapour barriered when we bought it, so all I had to do was 2 walls and an opening for my door. Gonna insulate the walls with R20 and use some kind of wallboard product like Quiet Rock or something and probably drywall over that. I'm not trying to "soundproof" it, just keep leakage to a minimum. I record directly anyways, so it'll mostly be monitoring and keeping the sounds of the household under control. No Marshall stacks here.
I will also be using the same method on the ceiling too (insulation & 2 layers of wallboard).
The door is actually a steel door with a solid wood core like you'd have on the outside of your house. I found a nice pre-hung one cheap so I snagged it. I haven't hung it yet obviously.
This has taken a stupid amount of time as I'm doing it myself and have no experience in construction at all. Plus I work crazy shifts, have 2 kids and the wife works full time too. It's damn near impossible to find an hour a week to work on this.
I hope to have the electrical done in the next 2 weeks. My wife's uncle (real nice guy) is an electrician so he'll be wiring it (and the rest of the basement) up. The room will have 8 outlets on 2 breakers (4 each) and the lights will be on their own separate breaker. Apparently he says he'll get me hospital grade for the same price so that rocks. Keep some of that nast 60 cycle hum out of there.
Anyhoo, enough ranting, here's pics:
From the outside
From the inside
Wish me luck on getting this done by the summer. I'm sick of having half my shit still in boxes.
2 x 6's for the walls. The room is 14 x 14 with a 7.5 foot ceiling. I know that symetrical rooms are generally not good, so I'm building out the rear wall (the one against the steps) with an enormous bookcase/CD/DVD case which will be 8 inches deep. Not only will it be practical to store stuff, but will break up the solid wall and help dampen noise fromn the steps themselves. I have various other things to put in the room to assist in keeping nasty reverb to a minimum too (auralex tiles, a small couch, etc).
The basement was already studded, insulated and vapour barriered when we bought it, so all I had to do was 2 walls and an opening for my door. Gonna insulate the walls with R20 and use some kind of wallboard product like Quiet Rock or something and probably drywall over that. I'm not trying to "soundproof" it, just keep leakage to a minimum. I record directly anyways, so it'll mostly be monitoring and keeping the sounds of the household under control. No Marshall stacks here.
I will also be using the same method on the ceiling too (insulation & 2 layers of wallboard). The door is actually a steel door with a solid wood core like you'd have on the outside of your house. I found a nice pre-hung one cheap so I snagged it. I haven't hung it yet obviously.
This has taken a stupid amount of time as I'm doing it myself and have no experience in construction at all. Plus I work crazy shifts, have 2 kids and the wife works full time too. It's damn near impossible to find an hour a week to work on this.
I hope to have the electrical done in the next 2 weeks. My wife's uncle (real nice guy) is an electrician so he'll be wiring it (and the rest of the basement) up. The room will have 8 outlets on 2 breakers (4 each) and the lights will be on their own separate breaker. Apparently he says he'll get me hospital grade for the same price so that rocks. Keep some of that nast 60 cycle hum out of there. Anyhoo, enough ranting, here's pics:
From the outside
From the inside
Wish me luck on getting this done by the summer. I'm sick of having half my shit still in boxes.
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