Hi there, just started posting (I made an intro post in the newbie thread!),
I've just started constructing a studio in my garden that I'm going to be teaching guitar, and recording in.
After doing quite a bit of research here is my plan:
The room will be 3.5m x 7m
External:
Single skin brick work with support piers. Brickwork is using left over bricks from our extension (solid concrete facing bricks). Roof is supported by brickwork and will be a mono pitch with concrete tile construction.
Internal:
Room within a room.
100mm free-standing stud work.
OSB board sheeting fixed to brick side of stud work, 50mm cavity between inner room and brick work. Breathable waterproof membrane stapled to OSB.
Rockwool insulation in between studs.
Inside will have another layer of OSB sheeting (handy for fixing things to the walls).
Finally single skin of acoustic plasterboard with acoustic mastic between joints.
Internal ceiling will be mono pitch to match the roof with 300mm of rock wool (enough?), and a layer of acoustic plasterboard.
A pair of doors to enter. One pair of double glazed windows for light (one on inside wall, and one on outside wall).
So that's the plan.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions?
Also I was thinking of working on the acoustics in the room after it's built and I can hear the room. Is this wise, or should I be building in bass traps etc. During construction?
Dan
I've just started constructing a studio in my garden that I'm going to be teaching guitar, and recording in.
After doing quite a bit of research here is my plan:
The room will be 3.5m x 7m
External:
Single skin brick work with support piers. Brickwork is using left over bricks from our extension (solid concrete facing bricks). Roof is supported by brickwork and will be a mono pitch with concrete tile construction.
Internal:
Room within a room.
100mm free-standing stud work.
OSB board sheeting fixed to brick side of stud work, 50mm cavity between inner room and brick work. Breathable waterproof membrane stapled to OSB.
Rockwool insulation in between studs.
Inside will have another layer of OSB sheeting (handy for fixing things to the walls).
Finally single skin of acoustic plasterboard with acoustic mastic between joints.
Internal ceiling will be mono pitch to match the roof with 300mm of rock wool (enough?), and a layer of acoustic plasterboard.
A pair of doors to enter. One pair of double glazed windows for light (one on inside wall, and one on outside wall).
So that's the plan.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions?
Also I was thinking of working on the acoustics in the room after it's built and I can hear the room. Is this wise, or should I be building in bass traps etc. During construction?
Dan