Pics of My Studio Conception to Finish

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Over the next few days, I am going to give a recap on the conception of my humble recording studio loaded with pics. I learned so much from this forum, the guys in here are irreplaceable in their knowledge, and to that I thank you all. Our studio will open in mid December, and we already have a lineup of folks who want to record with me. We are very excited, and again I want to thank all of you who put in your priceless input, especially Rick Fitzpatrick, (who for some reason ignored my last messages?) who's knowledge and expertise in the construction and treatment of recording studios is impeccable. Again, I will be posting some pics throughout the week recapping the project from start to finish.

These first pics are of the first couple days we received the building.

 

[snitchdnb]

shweeettt.

that is really kool. really random but i like that.

 

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Here are some of the walls going up and the wiring for electrical and network cables.

 

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Here are some of insulation getting installed and some drywall. We doubled the amount of drywall in the booth and control room side wall.

 

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More Drywall / insulation pics of control room and recording booth.

 

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Pics of the control room coming together.

 

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Pics of us finishing the painting of the control room and cutting out of window.

 

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Setting up the desk and other odds and ends inside the unfinished control room.

 

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pics of the recording booth - before...

 

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pics of the booth after drywall, mud, and windows installation...

 

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don't know what happened to those pics...

 

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What the both looks like now!!!

 

[WhiteStrat]

You suck!

(I mean that in jealousy, not honesty--congrats, man. That's awesome!)

 

[Brian Oshman]

Who did the hack electrical work? No staples on the boxes, no connectors on the branch circuits at the service, no separate neutral and ground bar for sub panel. Neutral and ground cannot be bonded at a sub panel. Is that romex inside pipe as a service feeder?

Did you use wire nuts on the grounds in the outlet boxes? Are all metal boxes grounded? Did you install a ground rod outside the building? Did you bond the structure? (since it is a metal building) No use of nail plates on any of the drilled studs.

Looks like more than 8 outlet boxes per circuit too. That is a lot of outlets for only two 20 amp home runs.

I hope your fire insurance is paid up but they won't cover work like that.

The rest is cool though.

 

[Brian Oshman]

A further look at those pics, Is that black wires running to the neutral bar? Are you using the bare ground in the main feed as the neutral? You really need to have somwone that knows what they are doing check and fix all of that for you before someone gets hurt.

 

[scott free]

Nice going!

Looks good! Congratz.
Scott.

 

[TerraMortim]

I'm going to steal your studio while you're sleeping! MAHAHAHAHA! Ignore the sound of trucks going "beeep beeep beeeep beeeep"... it's uhh just the crickets.

 

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What the control room and mixing desk looks like now...

 

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Who did the hack electrical work? No staples on the boxes, no connectors on the branch circuits at the service, no separate neutral and ground bar for sub panel. Neutral and ground cannot be bonded at a sub panel. Is that romex inside pipe as a service feeder?

Did you use wire nuts on the grounds in the outlet boxes? Are all metal boxes grounded? Did you install a ground rod outside the building? Did you bond the structure? (since it is a metal building) No use of nail plates on any of the drilled studs.

I hope your fire insurance is paid up but they won't cover work like that.

Between me and my uncle, we wired the building the best way we knew how. Look Oshman, I can take a little constructive criticism, but your post is borderline insulting. I do not claim to know electrical wiring do's and dont's, and the reason for the pics was not to show off my obvious lack of electrical engineering skills, but to show how hard we all worked at making my little dream a reality. And yes, it is insured, and in Florida any building less than 500 square feet does not require an electrical permit, so it will be covered in the event my piss poor job at wiring results in an electrical fire. Now back to posting those pics!

 

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I'm going to steal your studio while you're sleeping! MAHAHAHAHA! Ignore the sound of trucks going "beeep beeep beeeep beeeep"... it's uhh just the crickets.

Too funny! Thanks!