John Sayers' Recording Studio Design Forum

You build a nice THREAD!

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Flyin6....out.

I'm glad I live in New Zealand:

No Termites
No Snakes
No Poisonous Spiders

The downside is 5/8th wallboard is $40 a 2'x4' sheet!!

JohnG

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Studio Gallery at:
www.peelproductions.net.nz

Thanks for the props, Fly!

John, I'd love to see your part of the world one day.

Looks like termites were an issue there until recently.

In other (bad) news, my wife was in a car accident today. Nothing too serious -- she was rear-ended while at a red light. The car is probably totalled though.









Let's wish Mrs. Sharward a quick recovery from what is bound to be a very painful day tomorrow. Hopefully the drugs she was prescribed at the emergency room will help with that...

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"Converting a garage into living space requires a city permit . . . homeowners insurance won't cover a structure that's been changed without a building permit . . ." --Sacramento Bee, May 27, 2006

Off Topic; Save the "Ryche" sticker!!! Thats a fan club exclusive!! Seriously though man the WiseMinds camp hopes all is well with the Mrs. Was the dumbass rear-ender on a cell phone by chance?

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Andy Wheeler - Engineer/Owner
Dragon Note Recording Studios
Official Website

Aloha Keith,

Is that Mrs. Sharward in the photo? I'm glad to hear that she wasn't seriously hurt, although having gone through a case of whiplash myself, she might be hurting tomorrow.

May she have a quick and as painless recovery as possible.

Aloha

Thanks for the well-wishes folks... Yeah, the 'ryche sticker is from the fan club as I recall... I can't imagine it looking like anything but crap if I tried to salvage it.

Perhaps I'll offer to have a custom 'ryche symbol done on her new back window like my Dream Theater logo -- which is actually a piece of silver tint custom cut and then the entire window is covered in 20% smoke black tint...



Indeed, that is Mrs. Sharward in the pics. The pout is real.

She's in the LA-Z-BOY in the family room watching movie previews at the moment... She's stiff but not in any pain. Then again, she remembers what happened four years ago and is taking it very easy.

Thanks for the support. Even though she doesn't know any of you (except Dan, whom she did meet once), it means a lot.

--Keith

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"Converting a garage into living space requires a city permit . . . homeowners insurance won't cover a structure that's been changed without a building permit . . ." --Sacramento Bee, May 27, 2006

Our prayers are with her. And to quote someone much wiser than me:

:-)

len

Keith,
Lucky for me Termites can't swim!!
(New Zealand is three islands in a long line, I'm in the middle one and the termites are/were in the top one!!)
Hope Mum's OK
JG

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www.peelproductions.net.nz

Keith,

I wanted to share a friend's experience with getting rear-ended. She felt fine....insurance rep comes to the house with company checkbook/lowball offer...friend takes the offer.

Years later, still has chronic back pain - requiring weekly chiropractor visits.

Moral: back injuries often don't show up right away....DON'T TAKE THE LOWBALL OFFER!

(you probably already know this, but I thought I should mention it as a public service).

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-Chris Graff

Russ Long's Guide to Nashville Recording

Thanks for the insight, Chris. Great timing and great advice. Yes, I expect there'll probably be a lowball offer forthcoming.

We went through this five years ago last time this happened. It's a virtual repeat.

I was able to negotiate a settlement after about a year, but it was not sufficient. I learned a few things in that experience and in listening to Len Tillem on KGO-AM on weekends -- often while working on the studio . He often speaks highly of Nolo Press for do-it-yourself legal matters, including cases like ours. We'll probably get our hands on How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim.

Thanks for the help.

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"Converting a garage into living space requires a city permit . . . homeowners insurance won't cover a structure that's been changed without a building permit . . ." --Sacramento Bee, May 27, 2006

Sorry to hear about the accident.

I hope your wife has a speedy recovery

p.s. ... nice sticker on your car. that is fan dedication

Dan, I'm a big fan of yours too, so if you send me an 18" x 18" weather resistant sticker of your best pose (G rated please), I'll put that on my rear window for a while!

Jen's doing well today. It looks like her proactive pill popping and sloth-like existence is paying off.

The body shop estimate is $6,658.19 and possibly (but not probably) more. The wholesale blue book value is $5,360 and the retail blue book value is $9,395. Comparable vehicles for sale in Northern California are listed for $9,000 to $11,000.

The risk of this being a total loss is high. We won't know until next week at the earliest.

I'm purchasing How to Win your Personal Injury Claim tonight.

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"Converting a garage into living space requires a city permit . . . homeowners insurance won't cover a structure that's been changed without a building permit . . ." --Sacramento Bee, May 27, 2006

Hey Sharward, I've been reading through this awesome thread. I haven't read the entire content (I plan to - lots of info) so I have a few quick questions:

1) What are you using to create your illustrations?
2) Why are you escavating (increase ceiling height)?

I am in the planning stages of converting my detached garage into a recording studio. Much behind you but my goals are the same: Freedom to create noise at any time of day without bothering anyone.

Thank you for your attention,
Saki

Welcome, Saki!

I use Microsoft Visio. I don't recommend it though. It just happens to be what is installed on my company-issued laptop.

Nope. I have 10' ceilings as it is, so height was not an issue.

The excavation is in preparation for an isolated slab. See this thread for a fairly brief background into that decision.

In other news... The body shop estimate is $6,658.19 and possibly (but not probably) more. The wholesale blue book value is $5,360 and the retail blue book value is $9,395. Comparable vehicles for sale in Northern California are listed for $9,000 to $11,000.

The risk of this being a total loss is high. We won't know until next week at the earliest.

Jen's doing well today. It looks like her proactive pill popping and sloth-like existence is paying off. I got her out of the house today for some fresh air and she did really well.

I even managed to talk her into taking a look at a Scion TC, just in case. She liked it. We haven't driven it yet though... It's too soon for that.

I purchased How to Win your Personal Injury Claim tonight... Looks good.

Hopefully I'll be able to work on the forms next weekend.

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"Converting a garage into living space requires a city permit . . . homeowners insurance won't cover a structure that's been changed without a building permit . . ." --Sacramento Bee, May 27, 2006

Thanks for the prompt reply Keith!

So you don't recomment Visio? Whatever you're doing with it is producing great results. Do you have any other programs in mind that would be better?

Man, you are going full board with the isolated slab. What made you decide to do that? If you're garage was detached and say at least 20 feet away from any other building would you still need to isolate the slab?