Midimonkey - Pics 171 through 178

[frederic]

I decided to sheetrock the side of my producer's desk, and slide the countertop over the 3/8" to cover it. Sheetrock just looks so much nicer than painted plywood could ever look, so this works out.

Also, this gives me a 3/8" lip on the other side, for mounting an angled countertop that matches this one, for the last rack I haven't built yet.

 

[frederic]

Picture 172.... cleaned up behind the radiator. was insulated and plywooded in an earlier picture, now its finished.

Buzzed drywall screws between the radiator coils using a 24" long bit extension

 

[frederic]

Picture 173.... producer's desk sheetrock done, time for mudding!

 

[frederic]

Picture 174 - the ceiling is finally finished, from a sheet rocking perspective. A little bit of a patchwork quilt, but since my cousin does most of the taping, I'm cool with it

When he saw this on friday, he looked up and sighed, poor guy.

 

[frederic]

The start of installing the vocal booth door. Had to notch the window sill, and put a support behind it.

This is what happens when you build a vocal booth over a stairwell

 

[frederic]

Door mounted, and in the open position.

Yes, I lopped off a lot off the bottom. One of those things, but it clears the top of the stairs now. I discovered this after I screwed the door in, while in the vocal booth, and couldn't open it all the way. Just enough to buzz the screws in. Duh. But its fixed now, and closes tightly.

 

[frederic]

Another view.

Can you see the major fuckup yet?

 

[frederic]

Here it is in all its glory.

a 5" gap on the left, and a 6" gap on the right.

A GAP!!!!

Easily fixed though... I think... its a matter of extending the platform with a hinged piece so that it can support the weight of someone stepping on it, as well as providing a smooth surface for a double-edge wiper type of weatherstripping for the door.

I can also use this flap to seal up the entire stairwell, so one doesn't have to step down one stair, then up into the booth. I've been looking at these stairs for a few months now while doing all this work trying to figure out an easy way of making something that just rests on the stairs that completes the floor, but is removable. So, we'll just hinge it so the one side is supported by the flipfloor, and the other side rests on the top step, and I can pergo all of this so its matches the vocal booth floor as well as the room floor.

Of course the vocal booth floor is 53/64ths higher than the studio floor, but thats okay I'll use some moulding to make make the ledge a more smooth type of line.

Planer!

 

[frederic]

179 - last picture for today.

Its difficult to see, but there is a 2x4 that the doorframe is screwed to... and that 2x4 actually is in the window frame, using 3" long deck screws, and structural adhesive. Its definately not going anywhere. had to remove some of the moulding on the windowframe so I could tie it in a structurally sound manner. Window works, door works, and there are no airgaps in this area. Will be chaulking it today both sides, then applying moulding later so it looks like its supposed to be this way.

BTW, the right answer would have been to remove the two windows, and finish up the wall.

But noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Once I figure out the floor gap issue, it will be fine. Clever use of angles, double bladed rubber weatherstripping even if I have to route notches and glue it in, whatever. It will be fine. I insist.

Another minor screwup, when I did the electrical I forgot the vocal booth light thats there now is wired to a switch at the bottom of the stairs, rather than my master switchboxes in the wall next to where the console table is. Why? Because I like making my life complicated.

However, I did find in my attic a very low-profile halogen fixture that in the center of the fixture, is a small 1/2" knob that is an on/off switch with a dimmer, so installing that will solve that problem. Reach up, adjust lighting, sing. Not good for short vocalists

I have to swipe over the screwheads and tapes in the vocal booth then I can get to the pergo and consider that room complete, aside from acoustical treatments, which shouldn't ruin the floor during installation.

I'll be building the console table first, then laying down the pergo after that since I don't want any welding slag on the new floor. Mig welding makes a huge mess, no matter what flux or shielding gas you use.

 

[DDev]

Progress looks great!!

And what would a home construction project be without a few little gaps here and there, huh? Sounds like you've got a plan in hand to take care of it.

Not to rub it in, or anything (especially since the scale of my studio is MUCH smaller than yours), but I collected my first check today for some recording I've been doing the last couple of weeks. I'm almost finished with the mixing for an 8-song CD of lullabies that has to be complete (mixed, burned, reviewed by client, artwork, and a dozen copies made) by Tuesday. It is fun to actually be using my place for something that benefits someone else. Now I just have to convince my wife that the temporary blanket/curtain rod I hung in the basement next to my control room needs to become a permanent wall for an isolation booth!!

Anyway, have fun. It looks like I'm going to be making a quick trip up towards your neck of the woods this week (Binghamton, NY, wherever that is). Get in late Wednesday evening, meetings all day Thursday, come home Thursday evening. I'll wave if I can figure out where I am!!

Cheers,
Darryl.....

 

[malcolm123]

Looks Good Frederic.

See ,, Hard work eventually pays off.

Malcolm