I'm new so pardon any retreads. I've looked at the SAE site as well as several ongoing and previous threads but have few questions I can't yet figure out.
I've got a 600 sq. ft. outbuilding on my property with a roughly 20' x 20' open room that I want to convert into rehearsal space (I'll try and post some photos soon). Neighbor-proximity requires sound isolation for late night heavy bass-drum-and-guitar jams. Due to existing windows and sliding glass doors (two), I'm going with the room-inside-the-room concept. I understand the walls from previous posts and that should all be doable. Also, the windows will provide good AC duct outlets as recently proposed (very timely, incedentally).
I've stripped out the old carpeting a now have a concrete floor to work off. My thought is rubber strips beneath the wall footings and carpet once its all finished.
Biggest quandry is what to do about the ceiling. I'm redoing the drywall on the existing ceiling and plan to install it on resilient channel with insulation in a slightly pitched attic followed by a plywood and composition shingle roof. Is there any way that I can butt my new studio walls up against the finished ceiling and achieve an acceptable seal? I'd rather not build a secondary false ceiling in order to conserve the headroom I've got. Next choice would be to tie my new studio walls into the roof joists and split the drywall around them; but this would leave a 2-inch or so gap between the new and existing walls that may be troublesome to finish.
Thanks in advance--Alex
I've got a 600 sq. ft. outbuilding on my property with a roughly 20' x 20' open room that I want to convert into rehearsal space (I'll try and post some photos soon). Neighbor-proximity requires sound isolation for late night heavy bass-drum-and-guitar jams. Due to existing windows and sliding glass doors (two), I'm going with the room-inside-the-room concept. I understand the walls from previous posts and that should all be doable. Also, the windows will provide good AC duct outlets as recently proposed (very timely, incedentally).
I've stripped out the old carpeting a now have a concrete floor to work off. My thought is rubber strips beneath the wall footings and carpet once its all finished.
Biggest quandry is what to do about the ceiling. I'm redoing the drywall on the existing ceiling and plan to install it on resilient channel with insulation in a slightly pitched attic followed by a plywood and composition shingle roof. Is there any way that I can butt my new studio walls up against the finished ceiling and achieve an acceptable seal? I'd rather not build a secondary false ceiling in order to conserve the headroom I've got. Next choice would be to tie my new studio walls into the roof joists and split the drywall around them; but this would leave a 2-inch or so gap between the new and existing walls that may be troublesome to finish.
Thanks in advance--Alex
