Request Help With Drum Room

Danhits

New member
Greetings,

I've read tell I'm over loaded. I need some help.

I was hoping to get suggestions for a drum practice room.

I have an existing 10' x 14' concrete slab 4" thick at the rear of my residence.
It is 15' from neighbors residence.
For what it's worth they are very cool about most everything, kids, dogs, music, ect, and their bedrooms are on opposite side of their residence.

The slab is shaded most all day, all year round from direct sunlight.
Two dog kennels used to be on slab.
Average temp range here is 50-70 degrees year round.
To be used for for drum set practice room with rock music.

I have tools and know how to use them and even some good friends that are willing to help.
I just don't have a very big budget with three in college at same time.

Looking for simple design with economy in mind.
I know it's a sad song but it the one I have to sing.
Room inside room concept seems way to go.
Don't want to throw money away on bad build.
Was hoping to get a bottom line plan for structure.

Any suggestions, ideas or help in any way will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Sincerely,

Dan
 
Hey Dan. Soundproofing isn't exactly complex, but there are some parts of it that aren't exactly intuitive, and if you screw one part up it screws all of it up. You're right in the sense that the room-within-a-room plan is the way to do it, but you'll need a lot more information than anyone can provide in a forum thread. Like, you'll need a book or something. Let me suggest a couple:

"Build it Like the Pros", by Rod Gervais
"Recording Studio Design" by Newell

You're going to need detailed plans in terms of where everything's going to go, what order you're going to do it in and how to avoid mistakes. I'm really not trying to put you off...maybe if you had some specific questions...?

Frank
 
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