Window Boards

The internal window boards were fitted last night - Monday November 27th.

Plasterboard complete

The plasterboarding is now complete and the plasterer is booked for Tuesday December 5th. All that needs to be done before this is for the internal window boards to be fitted and for some odd gaps in the plasterboard to be filled with caulk.

Internal Doors

As previously posted, it had been decided to construct the internal acoustic doors from MDF. However, it has now been discovered that a local company stock 686 wide Fire Rated doors, 44mm thick for just £32 inc. VAT. These are much denser and thicker than standard hollow core internal doors, so it has been decided to opt for these. At first, these doors will be installed as they are, but if they do not perform as well as expected, they will be uprated by applying a layer of T60 High Performance Acoustic Membrane onto one side, together with a layer of 25mm duct foam - thanks to www.customaudiodesigns.co.uk for this useful information. The T60 is stated to increase the SRI by upto 25.2dB, so a double door arrangement made from these products should perform extremely well.

Plasterboarding almost complete

Last weekend (18/19th November) saw the plasterboarding almost completed with the exception of the ceiling. The double stud / double door way partition between the studio space and utility room has had four layers (two layers either side) installed. At this time however, whether to double board the whole studio cannot be decided upon for definite as it is unclear as to whether the two fairly large windows would defeat the object of double boarding throughout. Isolation between the Utility and Studio is important, however, isolation from the outside, given the fact that the garage is detached, is not as important. It may be that just the walls around the vocal booth will be double boarded. Photos to follow......

Plasterboarding

The Utility area (next to the main studio) is now completely plasterboarding with the exception of the ceiling. It is hoped that plasterboarding will be completed by the weekend of 25th November 2006. The second picture shows the two layers going on - this is on the double stud partition between the studio and Utility.

Windows

Hooray - the new windows have finally arrived, so these will be installed this coming Saturday. Pictures here show the windows successfully installed by my bro on Saturday 11th November.

Alarm System

Today the first fix wiring for the studio alarm system was installed.

Quick Update

The new consumer unit with its 6mms armoured supply from the house is now in and new electrics are partly running. The old electrics have been removed also.

The utility now has a proper vent for the tumble dryer which was achieved by using a 107mm diamond core drill.

Plasterboarding will now commence next weekend (11th November).

Still awaiting the new windows too.