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briguy
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Hi everyone. I have been reading quite a bit on this forum for a few weeks now and have learned a lot. There are some very helpful people here. I am hoping you can help get me going in the right direction with my studio. I am sure these questions have been answered before, but any info would be appreciated.
My wife and I have bought a house that we will be moving into next month. It has an unfinished "bunker" under the garage. It is 20'x20' (9' high) with concrete walls and ceiling. I plan to divide it in half, with one half being a play area for the kids and the other half being a small studio. So the studio size would end up being about 10'x17' (after the addition of a hallway) Two of the walls would be concrete finished with drywall, the other two would need to be constructed and soundproofed.
I play guitar and bass and sing. My son plays drums. We currently have electronic drums, but will be purchasing an acoustic kit once we get this room finished.
Due to the space limitations, I am not planning on having a separate control room, but I think I would like to have a large storage closet that could double as a vocal booth when I need it.
I am not planning on doing any of the contruction myself, but hiring a contractor. My main concern is the sound proofing portion. This house will have a basement suite for my father in law and I don't want to disturb him. I want to make sure my contractor does things right, so there are no issues. Essentially this will be a new room inside of a concrete room, so there shouldn't be any issue with him hearing it, but I also want it to be pretty sound proof from the kids playroom which will be directly on the other side of the newly constructed wall.
I have no idea how to go about the layout of the space, or what materials I should be looking at for floors (I was thinking laminate wood floor), walls or ceilings.
My budget is $10,000-$12,000
I know I am asking for advice on EVERYTHING and I appologize, but any info would be appreciated
Thanks
My wife and I have bought a house that we will be moving into next month. It has an unfinished "bunker" under the garage. It is 20'x20' (9' high) with concrete walls and ceiling. I plan to divide it in half, with one half being a play area for the kids and the other half being a small studio. So the studio size would end up being about 10'x17' (after the addition of a hallway) Two of the walls would be concrete finished with drywall, the other two would need to be constructed and soundproofed.
I play guitar and bass and sing. My son plays drums. We currently have electronic drums, but will be purchasing an acoustic kit once we get this room finished.
Due to the space limitations, I am not planning on having a separate control room, but I think I would like to have a large storage closet that could double as a vocal booth when I need it.
I am not planning on doing any of the contruction myself, but hiring a contractor. My main concern is the sound proofing portion. This house will have a basement suite for my father in law and I don't want to disturb him. I want to make sure my contractor does things right, so there are no issues. Essentially this will be a new room inside of a concrete room, so there shouldn't be any issue with him hearing it, but I also want it to be pretty sound proof from the kids playroom which will be directly on the other side of the newly constructed wall.
I have no idea how to go about the layout of the space, or what materials I should be looking at for floors (I was thinking laminate wood floor), walls or ceilings.
My budget is $10,000-$12,000
I know I am asking for advice on EVERYTHING and I appologize, but any info would be appreciated
Thanks