Lighting and ventalation

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Can anyone suggest lighting and ventalation options

I have some remodeling going on in my house and will be able to have a dedicated space for recording/rehersing, that is a lower floor add-on to my house (we are expanding upstairs)..........I want to have a room that I can rehearse in (I'm a drummer) with minimal noise throughout the house and to the neighbors, but also do some recording in there

Lighting -- I've heard that the flourescents can sometimes contribute to hum........I'm trying to mitigate noise as much as possible with the wall construction. If I go with anything "in" the ceiling, will that compromise the work to mitigate the the sound. Is ceiling mounted better (track lighting)

Ventalation -- this room won't need a lot of heat, but air in for circulation is probably a good idea........again, how not to compromise the work to mitigate the noise to the rest of the house........

thanks for any help
 
Any pix or at least a drawing showing some detail of construction would help you get more useful answers - and yes, any break in ANY of your walls, ceilng, or floor will lessen the isolation. Surface mount lighting/electrical is the least disruptive as far as soundproofing is concerned, depends on what you can live with for aesthetics.

Drums are one of the hardest instruments to soundproof for, so depending on how quiet you need the rest of the house (and neighbors) this can get expensive -

Check out all the "sticky's" here for a more in-depth idea of what's involved -

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2

Do yourself a favor and do NOT hire a local contractor to do any of this until you've studied the principles involved - almost ZERO building trade people have any understanding of soundproofing, and it's NOT intuitive without some study... Steve
 
Knightfly

thanks for the info and help,

I'll see if I can get a sketch in showing the diminsions.........


3 of the walls won't be touching anything (the room is added on to the back of the house on the ground floor under a bedroom, with a garage and bathroom on the 4th side.

One sectin will be about 10'x10' with an "L" out another 7-8', that will be 7-8' wide. So it will go aobut 17-18' along the longest part. Is that clear, make sense? Not a ton of room, but it's what I have to work with.
 
Wheelema

thanks for the mini splits link...........bear with me as I'm new at this stuff.....sounds like because of the small hole needed to connect to the outside unit, it won't ruin any sound mitigating measures.........I didn't notice, but are they fairly quiet?

The current room I use now, has no heating/cooling ducts, but is also not sound-proofed either......

I was thinking that it will get hot rehersing in the new room and I'll want some fresh air available.........I'm not as worried about being cold in the room.
 
Michael J said:
thanks for the mini splits link...........bear with me as I'm new at this stuff.....sounds like because of the small hole needed to connect to the outside unit, it won't ruin any sound mitigating measures.........I didn't notice, but are they fairly quiet?

The current room I use now, has no heating/cooling ducts, but is also not sound-proofed either......

I was thinking that it will get hot rehersing in the new room and I'll want some fresh air available.........I'm not as worried about being cold in the room.
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Note one thing - mini-splits will cool (or heat if they include a heat pump) the air in the room - but they only recirulate the air - they will not provide required fresh air for your space.

You need ducted systems for that.

Rod
 
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