miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Even the pictures don't fully convey the size and openness of the space...I need a real wide-angle lens to capture it all.
It will "shrink" a bit when it is all full of equipment and I still need to put up acoustic panels...but it won't change it much.
The height of the ceiling is a factor...and my design choice to install the wood panels and run them all the way up, underscores that height. When it was just a painted room, it felt smaller since all the white didn't have any defining lines. That was one aesthetic reason for adding the panels...but they also help alter the sound quality to some degree over the plain drywall...though when the acoustic panels go in, along with the gear and furniture, etc...that will have a major impact on the sound...but my gear layout will still maintain the wide open space.
Not entirely by myself. I worked with another contractor (not the one who did the overall construction)...who is the same guy that did my hardwood in the entire top floor of my house this past summer...and just like during the summer, the two of use worked together on both floor installations.
He did the cutting when necessary at the ends and perimeter, and all the nailing...though using the flooring nail gun isn't all that complicated once you use it a few times, but I let him do all that, since he's installed many floors before.
My job was to prep the floor, then lay down the underlayment and get it stapled in place...and then I worked ahead of him laying out the planks and the pattern, since you have to watch where the seams go and all that...and there needs to be a good number of rows ready, ahead of the nailing...that way it just goes like an assembly line once we have a nice rhythm going. You can see in the second picture both the underlayment and how there is a section prepped and ready, ahead of the actual nailing.
So both of us were hunched over for two and a half days, and a lot of knee wear, because you either stand hunched, which kills your back, or you kneel.
Suffice it to say that I am totally beat up and sore today...but it's done.
...been going at it since about 2PM Sunday, and will continue through the night/morning until I'm done, in anticipation of my final building still happening Monday afternoon. It doesn't look super promising...we have a statewide shutdown of all non-essential businesses, so I don't know if that includes the local governments, and my town clerk and building inspector...plus, to make it even less promising, we have a winter storm heading in, so by Monday afternoon, there will be a good 3" and steady snow.
