Things to think about.. as if there weren't enough already!

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Well, I have nearly finished the framing in my studio. I still have the control room rear wall, the control room ceiling, and the live room front wall to do. Everything else is pretty much done, framing wise.

I wont do the control room rear wall until the rear external wall is insulated and sheetrocked. I wont do the control room ceiling until the inside roof is insulated and sheetrocked, and I wont do the front live room wall until I complete the soffit mounts for the control room monitors.

It's funny how normal construction sequencing kind of takes a "back seat" in studio construction.

As I was working in the studio today, I was checking the framing that I had done. Everything looks real good, and I started thinking about how the Sheetrock will go up. When you come to a corner, you normally have two studs at opposing angles so you can screw the sheetrock to the two walls. I have that, and made sure I did during framing construction.

Well, if you plan on doing a multi-layered wall system, this doesn't work so well because by the time you finish off one wall with SR-OSB-SR, there's nothing left exposed on the opposing stud! So, at some point, I'll have to go back to EVERY corner, and "sister up" a stud so that I have something to screw the adjacent wall's sheetrock (et al) to. :rolleyes:

Not that big of a deal, but.... Live and Learn, as they say.

Here's a graphic of what I mean:
 

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I know nadda about it...

I'm no studio construction cat at all but...

Why not lay down the entire first layer of sheet rock? Then lay down the next layers over that only doing the odd walls first creating staggered corner.

Be nice because remember I know nadda. Just a curious cat... I might even learn something.
 
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I thought about that too, but it seems like I read somewhere you weren't supposed to do it that way???

Either way, on the last layer, you'd still be short.
 
It's a common "rookie" mistake.:D

Don't feel bad about it.

But definately add those extra studs.

BEFORE YOUR WIRING GOES IN!
 
riley357 said:
It's a common "rookie" mistake.:D

Don't feel bad about it.

But definately add those extra studs.

BEFORE YOUR WIRING GOES IN!
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Well, its actually a standard framing technique, but then standard walls aren't an inch and 5/8 thick either...
 
Funky Stud Syndrome!

I did an entire layout in 3-D before I started, and there are just some things that have to be funkized. I ended up having to go back and tear somethings out to get it to work, and still ran into problems other places. Lots of doubled up 2X4's at corners to get drywall supports where they need to be.. Hang in there Mikey...

SoMm
 
Ha! Yeah, I did a 3D model of my framing showing every stud, every door header, every truss, all connections were detailed and so forth, but you just can't foresee everything.

I've been lucky in that I haven't had to tear anything down...yet. I HATE doing things twice though, so, good planning is essential.

I do wish, however, that when I ordered the trusses, I would have gotten 4 gable ends instead of 2.
One goes on the exterior front top cap, and one goes on the exterior rear top cap.
You know, like, umm... the outboard side of the top cap.

2 more and I wouldn't have had to manually frame out the interior front and rear top caps for the extension of the end interior walls up to the ceiling.
Confused? I'll post a picture in my next update.

Again, no biggie, just things you don't foresee.
 
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