We start again where we left off. Last time I posted pictures I had just finished the wooden shelf around the pole, but it wasn't stained and polyurethane yet. Here is the shelf after about three layers of poly.
I've since done a little bit more mudding on the drywall. This is really shaping up nicely.
Here's Pete after we had just put up the fourth to last ceiling tile on this half of the live room.
Third to last tile...
Second to last...
Now skip ahead to last weekend (4-15 and 4-16). My brother-in-law John came over again and our goal was to finish the ceiling in the live room.
Here's John cutting out one of the layers of OSB for a ceiling tile. It's a pretty cool shot with the saw dust flying all around and the perspective.
At this point we had gotten up all the removable ceiling tiles, so after 5 years I was finally able to deconstruct the roll around scaffolding I had constructed for the sole purpose of putting up the heavy tiles. It was an emotional moment, and John was sure to document it with plenty of pictures of me disassembling it.
This is the face of a guy who just worked over 16 hours straight.
Yeah, it was a little late for her to be up, but isn't she cute?!?!?!?!
That's my niece Brianna. She didn't quite understand what daddy and I were doing downstairs.
We decided that after all that work to get the ceiling up, we wanted to see it lit. So we forged ahead getting the track lights up.
Can you tell I'm proud? mmm... beer...
A new day, a new goal. We had to finish the ceiling under the main HVAC trunk. Here's John constructing what will be screwed up.
Here's the first piece under the ducts.
Second peice.
Third... We were leaving the hard one for last.
And the ceiling is complete!!!!!!! It took over 4 years to do, but it's done now and I'll never have to do it again!!!!!
The kids were playing the piano upstairs as we were finishing up the ceiling, and with each panel put up we could hear the piano less and less. Now the only real sounds we can hear from upstairs is structure borne, like foot steps and stuff like that, but in a house like this it's more or less impossible to get rid of that. When people are talking up there you can’t really hear it. If we open the door coming into the studio you can hear everything being said. As soon as it’s closed, all you hear is muffled low frequencies. I’ve waited 6 years for this!!!
The construction still isn’t totally done though. The vocal room ceiling still needs finishing up, and I have some doors yet to install. But that’ll be another weekend and another round of pictures.
Can you clarify that statement? What property of sound vs 1500ft3 are you referring to?
However, he may be refering to a rooms RT-60, although even a small TILED bathroom can have a relatively long one. It is the decay rates of different frequencies that are important though. Hence bass trapping and broadband absorption being important in small rooms.
