
rushfan33
New member
.....there are stupid people, and I feel like one of those at the moment!
A home studio is finally a real concept. We now own the house and the garage is mine! I've been reading TONS of threads about the subject of construction and have done search after search. Here's what I can't visualize:
1. I read that Durarock is great to use to increase mass. I read that it should be applied between the studs as opposed to on top of the studs. Any truth to that? It just so happens that the contractor that rebuild our kitchen & bathroom ordered about 10 sheets too many of 3x5 Durarock.
2. Is firecode sheetrock mainly for safety or does it actually offer additional sound "control"?
3. If I were to build a floating floor for the drum/live room, would that mean that I'm building a floating room essentially? The studs would sit on the floating floor as usual.... right?
4. Ceiling connection- I read that you shouldn't connect the sheetrock on the walls directly to your ceiling sheetrock (I may have misunderstood), but I can't fathom how to seal the connection.
5. I read that if building a room within a room, the second(new) wall should rest on the neoprene pads. The problem is that if a pad is 1" thick, that would leave a 1" gap on the bottom of that wall to the concrete. It simply said to just caulk. That just doesn't sit right with me! Any thoughts on that one?
Lastly, should I caulk sheetrock joints before I mud and tape them?
Thanks,
RF

A home studio is finally a real concept. We now own the house and the garage is mine! I've been reading TONS of threads about the subject of construction and have done search after search. Here's what I can't visualize:
1. I read that Durarock is great to use to increase mass. I read that it should be applied between the studs as opposed to on top of the studs. Any truth to that? It just so happens that the contractor that rebuild our kitchen & bathroom ordered about 10 sheets too many of 3x5 Durarock.
2. Is firecode sheetrock mainly for safety or does it actually offer additional sound "control"?
3. If I were to build a floating floor for the drum/live room, would that mean that I'm building a floating room essentially? The studs would sit on the floating floor as usual.... right?
4. Ceiling connection- I read that you shouldn't connect the sheetrock on the walls directly to your ceiling sheetrock (I may have misunderstood), but I can't fathom how to seal the connection.
5. I read that if building a room within a room, the second(new) wall should rest on the neoprene pads. The problem is that if a pad is 1" thick, that would leave a 1" gap on the bottom of that wall to the concrete. It simply said to just caulk. That just doesn't sit right with me! Any thoughts on that one?
Lastly, should I caulk sheetrock joints before I mud and tape them?
Thanks,
RF