Just curious here, are you planning on doing parquet or basketball court style flooring? And i was curious also if you looked into any of the "renewable" flooring wood options like bamboo?
By parquet, I assume you mean the 12" squares of small wood strips, etc...?
No...not parquet.
How do you "basketball court style"...? I always told my contractor that I wanted it to be as solid as a pro basketball court, but that was more about the sub-floor installation.
It's a typical hardwood floor installation...not sure how that compares to basketball court flooring. These are 3.25" strips that come in various lengths, from 12" up to 6'-7' long...tongue-n-groove, 3/4" thick solid wood, which is the floor I just installed in my main house floor (LR, DR, KIT, BTH) and it is Brazillian Cherry.
Technically "exotic" wood, but AFAIK, it is renewable, though I doubt as fast as bamboo. It's a natural colored wood, that is not stained, but it comes in a variety of cherry/brown/blond colors and also a variety of grains. It is almost 3X harder than your standard oak flooring.
So that's what I am planning to put in the studio also. It will be on a cement slab, then 2"x4" on the flat frame, 16" on center, so really only like 12" spaces between the boards. There will be solid insulation of some type in the spaces between the boards. Then 3/4" sub-floor on top...and then the 3/4" hardwood floor.
I will most likely glue the 2"x4" frame to the slab, using the same glue they use for gluing hardwood floor...it's dries to a rubbery consistency, but once it dries, it's not going to let go...so that will help also decouple the wood framing from the slab somewhat, and/or at least dampen any transmission to the slab,
Oh...there will also be some kind of thick poly between the slab and frame to act as a moisture barrier...I'm just not sure how to put it down and then also glue the wood frame. I will probably just cut some slits in the poly for the glue down the middle of the boards. We did that with the rubberized underlayment that was used in the hardwood installation that we already did...in spots where you couldn't get the floor nail gun in place because of the walls or what have you, that way we avoided face-nailing the flooring as much as possible, and just cut some slits in the underlayment and glued the hardwood right to the subfloor, but left enough underlayment to maintain the level and the "seal"....if that makes any sense.
Yeah...as quick as I started thinking about something other than a hardwood floor for the studio...I quickly put those thoughts aside. I want the hardwood floor, it will be quite spectacular if I may say so myself...and I'm going to just get a bunch of smaller rugs for under the amps, the drums, the racks...and a few on the side for when needed. Some smaller 6' x 4' rugs...and a couple of bigger ones...and that should look nice and also save the floor.
My other thoughts are now about the walls. Since I'm doing the RSIC clips on the studs, and then running hat-channel through them for the two layers of drywall...I need to find out how much weight the clips/hat channel will support, so I have some idea what I can add on the walls/ceiling as treatment without overburdening the clips & drywall installation. Apparently with the staggered clip layout and the 4-5 horizontal rows of hat channel per 8' height of wall...they can support quite a lot of weight per sq inch...but I want to be sure. I would like to have some bigger panels in the walls that are maybe hinged, with hard surface on one side, absorbent on the other...that way I can change the sound of the room.
Of course...this is all just shit running through my head at this point...and when we get down to it, and I have the finished room and actually start laying things out and considering what will both work well and look good...I may end up with something totally different for inside treatment...and I hope not to have to do a lot of it. I'll have to try and get the decay as good as possible with a slight wet vibe, but without flutter. Just that nice sound, like when you talk in the middle of the room, and your voice really fills it without echo or weird acoustic interactions from the walls/ceiling.
I want to optimize for mixing/listening...which I think will allow also for a pretty good tracking environment. Add some gobos, etc...some heavy curtains for the 4 windows that can be opened or closed. It should be pretty good...so far I'm not seeing any substantial issues...and worst case, I add a bit more treatment than expected.