RoadRecording
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Hi,
I'm building my studio in the basement and have been doing TONS of research. I want to do it right, but at the same time, my pockets have limits.
My question here lays in the glass between the control room and the live room. I have finished framing the subfloor (which doesn't touch the walls) and the walls, EXCEPT for the control/live room wall. I will build this as a double wall with a three inch gap (this is the last wall frame to go up, as I need to make my glass decision).
I will use iso clips with double 5/8ths and Green Glue on the live room side, and single (maybe double 5/8ths) on the control room side. I understand that I am supposed to use two different thicknesses of glass. 3/4 on the live room and 1/2 on the control room. I am looking to get a piece 2 foot by 4 foot.
The problem seems to be the 3/4 piece. It's four times the price of the 1/2 inch piece!! I don't want to build a solid wall only to wreck it by not doing the glass right. However, I found a local small glass business who has two 1 inch thick pieces of bullet proof glass that he will let go for 50 bucks each. This would fit my pocket well, but I don't know how that will affect my wall, since they are the same thickness. However, at 1 inch thick each, these guys are SOLID.
Does it matter in this instance? Does anyone have any advice for any other recommendations? Can I get by with any other size thickness? I found a place that can do 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch at a reasonable price. I am also wondering if doubling up panes to equal the needed thickness will work?
Thanks!
I'm building my studio in the basement and have been doing TONS of research. I want to do it right, but at the same time, my pockets have limits.
My question here lays in the glass between the control room and the live room. I have finished framing the subfloor (which doesn't touch the walls) and the walls, EXCEPT for the control/live room wall. I will build this as a double wall with a three inch gap (this is the last wall frame to go up, as I need to make my glass decision).
I will use iso clips with double 5/8ths and Green Glue on the live room side, and single (maybe double 5/8ths) on the control room side. I understand that I am supposed to use two different thicknesses of glass. 3/4 on the live room and 1/2 on the control room. I am looking to get a piece 2 foot by 4 foot.
The problem seems to be the 3/4 piece. It's four times the price of the 1/2 inch piece!! I don't want to build a solid wall only to wreck it by not doing the glass right. However, I found a local small glass business who has two 1 inch thick pieces of bullet proof glass that he will let go for 50 bucks each. This would fit my pocket well, but I don't know how that will affect my wall, since they are the same thickness. However, at 1 inch thick each, these guys are SOLID.
Does it matter in this instance? Does anyone have any advice for any other recommendations? Can I get by with any other size thickness? I found a place that can do 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch at a reasonable price. I am also wondering if doubling up panes to equal the needed thickness will work?
Thanks!