Cottage on the Rocks II: The Building of a Sound Room

Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Building of a Sound Room - Part 1

Earlier this week, we were graced with Lindsey and Chris as visitors to help Jay and I build our own sound room inside the house. This would allow Jay to build what he needed versus what other manufacturers offered and what we originally thought would work when we built the entire addition to the house. Knowing what we know now..... the plan began on Tuesday morning. Chris, an excellent carpenter, worked hand in hand with Jay and Lindsey to start the room.

#1 : Form the floor - which floats. It sits on top of the original plywood flooring, then a layer of rubber, then u-boats and then the 2x4 platform. And technically, it doesn't touch any of the walls either. None of the room will. This will reduce the chances of normal home and external factors from causing vibrations in the room which could get caught on the microphone during recording sessions.

#2: Frame the Wall - The largest and tallest wall, about 10 feet high, is constructed and put in place.

#3- Next would be the back wall, or the one that is parallel to the front of the house. Well, my on-site photographer must have been on her union break cause we don't have a picture of that. :)

#4 - The other side wall is constructed and put together with the other 2 pieces and the floor. Insulation is already added on a portion of the walls.

#5 - And again, not sure what happened to the photographer at this point, but at least she got the finished product. Some how, Chris and Jay were able to lift the ceiling, already constructed and placed with the other 3 walls. Amazing. Again, the ceiling does not touch the actual house ceiling either.