Pleae help me layout my 12x11 room (photos incl.)

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Hey buddy, I think you've made a wise decision. And believe me Scott, I'm restrained by my own set of studio/financial conditions. So I share the same feelings. However the point is...LET"S RECORD!!! :D Hey, TREAT that sucka and get on with the music! ;) Good luck with your music Scott. And if the time comes for treatment, you have Rods book and a wealth of info resources.
Have fun.

fitZ :)
 
Thanks. It is about the music. I have a lot of songs waiting to get out of me. I'm going to treat the room and demo a bunch of songs. My wife and I are seriously talking about buying a new home. Not because of the dryrott situation. What we have now was a starter home that we bought a month before we got married. We want to find a place that will also have space for my business, and a home studio. I'm sure I'll be posting for that project when the time comes.

Take care y'all. Consider this thread closed.
 
Hi, One more quick question concerning this room. Would it be worth my while and money to try to beef up the wall and put in a solid door on the wall between the studio and the laundry/entry? If possible it would be nice to minimize volume from studio into the house and vice versa. Right now as it is the level of isolation is ok. - a dull thud. It wouldn ot cost me much to open up that wall and insulate it, possibly double up on the mass and find a second hand solid core door with some GMC (or Chevy, I forget) weatherstripping.

Thanks again.
Scott.
 
Hello Scott. Well thats hard to say. First off you have an attic that leads directly to the roof of the house. Second, the floor is tied to the house structure itself. Third, you have the dryrot problem around the exterior wall/floor framing, although I don't know how this would affect the structural elements under the wall that seperates the laundry/entry from the studio. There may be dryrot in the ends of the joists that support this wall, but untill you open the floor, you won't know. Even if you were to remove the OSB from this wall insulated and double drywalled it, and put a solid core door with seals, it still may transmit through the floor and or cieling. Impossible to say. Thats why this stuff is usually an ALL or NOTHING proposition. All I could say is, if you have the money and time to gamble, go ahead and try it. It may or may not do the trick.
However, let me advise you against adding any wieght to this ceiling as it exists. From what I've seen, thats a very risky proposition. :eek: :( Had you decided to carry on with your original plan to make this space a robust isolated room, I would have told you that very extensive cieling/roof structural repairs and additional framing were in order. Even then, with the existing dryrot, the additional loads on the studs/foundation/joists may have disasterous effects. Thats why the floor joist/stone foundation/skirt issue would have to be addressed first. Frankly, your decision to forgo this aspect is wise, as it would have entailed DRASTIC demo and repairs from the getgo.

Anyway, you'll know more after you open this wall. Better open the floor though and check those joists closest to this wall support, as they carry the load. If you find dryrot and or any collapse of the stones, personally, I'd forget it, unless you want to repair all that crap first should it occur this way.
Well, thats my .02. Good luck Scott.
fitZ
 
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