I built my basement studio about 3 years ago and didn't really do a good job of planning the ventilation in both the control and studio rooms. In fact, there is no ventilation at all for these rooms. Heat is supplied with electric heaters. Big mistake. Forget about having more that 2 people in one room because you can barely breathe after only a few hours! Oops.
I'm about to correct this situation soon, but I really have to take soundproofing into account here. I need to eliminate as much sound leakage through the vents as possible and I'd like to bounce my thoughts on you guys to see if they make sense or if you have any other ideas.
I intend to dedicate separate supply and return ducts to each room. There's about a 12' long hallway leading to the entrances of both rooms. My plan is to wind the supply ducts through gridwork constructed of 2x4s and 5/8" drywall about 1' below the normal ceiling drywall.
The ducts would be laid out in kind of a serpentine pattern so that every 2 ft there is a 180 degree turn in the ducts. I think that having the turns in the ductwork will help reduce sound wave transmission. At each turn there will be a 'wall' with 5/8" drywall on it. I may also put foam on the drywall to absorb more sound.
The return ducts I haven't really figured out yet. The studio return duct will go through a crawlspace and I could possibly build a similar structure to what I described above but not nearly as elaborate because of space issues. The control room return will probably be fed over the 'normal' celing in the hall and run down a 2x6" wall ... this one's tough because I have almost no room to work with on this duct, so I can't really construct a box for it to run through.
I guess that's the basic plan.
So what do you guys think?
Is there a better/easier way to provide ventilation that's quiet and that won't cost an arm and leg?
Am I way overkilling the soundproofing here? It's important that the studio doesn't disturb the rest of the house (especially late at night) ... but if this doesn't need to be a complicated solution, I don't want it to be.
Do you think all of these turns in the duct work will overwork my furnace? Can't have that you know
Anyway, thanks for your comments.
I'm about to correct this situation soon, but I really have to take soundproofing into account here. I need to eliminate as much sound leakage through the vents as possible and I'd like to bounce my thoughts on you guys to see if they make sense or if you have any other ideas.
I intend to dedicate separate supply and return ducts to each room. There's about a 12' long hallway leading to the entrances of both rooms. My plan is to wind the supply ducts through gridwork constructed of 2x4s and 5/8" drywall about 1' below the normal ceiling drywall.
The ducts would be laid out in kind of a serpentine pattern so that every 2 ft there is a 180 degree turn in the ducts. I think that having the turns in the ductwork will help reduce sound wave transmission. At each turn there will be a 'wall' with 5/8" drywall on it. I may also put foam on the drywall to absorb more sound.
The return ducts I haven't really figured out yet. The studio return duct will go through a crawlspace and I could possibly build a similar structure to what I described above but not nearly as elaborate because of space issues. The control room return will probably be fed over the 'normal' celing in the hall and run down a 2x6" wall ... this one's tough because I have almost no room to work with on this duct, so I can't really construct a box for it to run through.
I guess that's the basic plan.
So what do you guys think?
Is there a better/easier way to provide ventilation that's quiet and that won't cost an arm and leg?
Am I way overkilling the soundproofing here? It's important that the studio doesn't disturb the rest of the house (especially late at night) ... but if this doesn't need to be a complicated solution, I don't want it to be.
Do you think all of these turns in the duct work will overwork my furnace? Can't have that you know
Anyway, thanks for your comments.
