
Velvet Elvis
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Hey Rod, Fitz and Knightfly...
Its been forever, but I am approaching the drywall time of the studio rooms in my basement. I'm actually taking this week and next week off of work to get it ready.
As a refresher, here's what's going down... its a studio in a poured concrete basement. Drywall will be 2 layers of 5/8 hung on RC for walls AND ceiling. Floors are not being floated.
Outlets are all normal wall outlets, but all will be wrapped with firestop putty and caulked with OSC-175.
Studio use will be project/semi-pro with live guitar amps and SOME occasional drums recording.
I do have a couple of questions though:
1) The tops of the basement walls are your typical "I-beam on top of a sill" construction for modern houses. This is above the ceiling level of the rooms, but is still going to be a factor I'm guessing. It will be VERY hard to seal them, as they are stuffed with plumbing, HVAC etc from the floors above. I will seal any obvious voids (like where the HVAC fresh air vent etc breaches the outer OSB) and plan on stuffing that with insulation. Do you think this will work sufficient for the studio?
2) The soffit framing around the HVAC and such in the basement was done with OSB and 2x4s - IE - the carpenter used the OSB for the vertical drop and then spanned with 2x4s across the bottom. The construction is VERY sturdy, but if I put my RC and 2 layers of drywall on the side of the OSB, I've essentially created a 3-leaf system (albeit for a small portion of the wall). Would it be better to attach drywall directly to the soffits in these areas and forgo the RC?
3) I pulled all the insulation out of the walls (long story related to water issues and such) and therefore need to replace it. With no insulation in the walls, I have the chance to either put in rockwool or standard fluffy stuff. I've heard both suggested for various reasons. Which would be better for dealing with drums/guitar amps?
If you would like pictures of any of the areas I am talking about, I'd gladly put some up.
Thanks!
Jim
Velvet Elvis
Its been forever, but I am approaching the drywall time of the studio rooms in my basement. I'm actually taking this week and next week off of work to get it ready.
As a refresher, here's what's going down... its a studio in a poured concrete basement. Drywall will be 2 layers of 5/8 hung on RC for walls AND ceiling. Floors are not being floated.
Outlets are all normal wall outlets, but all will be wrapped with firestop putty and caulked with OSC-175.
Studio use will be project/semi-pro with live guitar amps and SOME occasional drums recording.
I do have a couple of questions though:
1) The tops of the basement walls are your typical "I-beam on top of a sill" construction for modern houses. This is above the ceiling level of the rooms, but is still going to be a factor I'm guessing. It will be VERY hard to seal them, as they are stuffed with plumbing, HVAC etc from the floors above. I will seal any obvious voids (like where the HVAC fresh air vent etc breaches the outer OSB) and plan on stuffing that with insulation. Do you think this will work sufficient for the studio?
2) The soffit framing around the HVAC and such in the basement was done with OSB and 2x4s - IE - the carpenter used the OSB for the vertical drop and then spanned with 2x4s across the bottom. The construction is VERY sturdy, but if I put my RC and 2 layers of drywall on the side of the OSB, I've essentially created a 3-leaf system (albeit for a small portion of the wall). Would it be better to attach drywall directly to the soffits in these areas and forgo the RC?
3) I pulled all the insulation out of the walls (long story related to water issues and such) and therefore need to replace it. With no insulation in the walls, I have the chance to either put in rockwool or standard fluffy stuff. I've heard both suggested for various reasons. Which would be better for dealing with drums/guitar amps?
If you would like pictures of any of the areas I am talking about, I'd gladly put some up.
Thanks!
Jim
Velvet Elvis