This studio is being built in the basement of a three bedroom ranch style house in Wisconsin.The basement is essentially cut in two with one side already finished(5 years ago). This side will serve as the live room. The other side is unfinished-concrete walls, floor, utilities, damn h.v.a.c, and lots of junk! It will become the control room.

The first photo is of the already completed live room. The wall on the right is where we will be cutting holes for glass and an angled wall. This room is a rec. room/ band room as of now and will require additional work as well. Im trying to not disturb this room anymore than I have to because of the hard work and expense that went into it.

The second photo shows a bunch of junk while were getting our plans together. It will become the control room. This door will be moved and the opening refinished

The third photo is looking out of the future control room. Note the h.v.a.c that will have to be addressed.

The fourth photo shows the now cleaned out unfinished basement. The guy in the photo is my carpenter freind Bryant who is laying chalk line for the outer control room wall. This is still in the planning stage. As you can see the live room wall was never finished on the back. This will be caulked, insulated, and covered in 5/8 drywall on top of resilient channel(rc-1). The control room will be completely de-coupled from the house by building a room within a room floated on neoprene. More on this later. A special note here-this is probobly where( if in a similar situation) you want to take a hard look at potential problems that could come up down the road. I will be having a lot of plumbing re-routed and if you can see in the upper right ot the photo, I'll be replacing basement windows with glass block.

 

The fifth photo shows the oppisite direction and some of the plumbing obstacles.

 

The sixth photo shows the hole cut to accomadate an angled wall that will contain one of the windows. The photo was taken essentially where the drummer will sit, giving me direct view of him.

 

 

The seventh photo showes Bryant my carpenter friend( if you dont have one you need to get one) and my jammin buddy Pat. The wall plates are being temporarily laid.

The eighth photo shows how I tapped into the h.v.a.c. I'll be running one heat and one return into the new room. Because the main trunks for the h.v.a.c are tight to the ceiling joists, and I need to run heat and return within the joists, I cut a patchable square into the bottom of the vent big enough to get a hole cutting tool into, and then cut a six inch round hole so I could attach the elbow from the top. Worked pretty slick. The photo is looking up from the floor into the inside of the main heat trunk.

The ninth photo shows the finished first window, my carpenter friend Bryant and my jammin buddy Paul.

The tenth photo shows the installation of the first photo in the new angled wall. I'm officially excited now.

 

The last photo is of me and my inspiration.

 

My advice- You can never have a good enough plan. Read John Sayers site and then read it again. I wouldnt be this far without his help. A little knowledge saves a lot of headaches. I'll be sure to include my screw-ups as well.

Updates to follow, Mike

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