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seven · 22nd April 2009

The electrical is in. The lights and the ceiling fan are in. The paint is done (except a couple touch ups).

I don't have another space to build the desk, so I'm building it in place. I'm about half done with it now. It should be completed next weekend. Once it is built and painted I'll finish the floor (perhaps next weekend as well). After that, I can run my first acoustical tests. Yeah!

I had a slight miscalculation on my air exchange system and venting. I didn't account for the venting that needs to be placed in the roof peaks. In fact, it totally slipped my mind because there was no ceiling in the structure I started with. Nothing was sealed (no vapour barrier, no vents, nothing).

I noticed I was getting a fair amount of condensation in the peak under a bit of plastic which is holding up the insulation.

This is easily solved by popping a vent in the peak on both sides of the structure. In fact, I bought two more vent fans and an electrical timer so I can set it to vent mechanically during hot days.

The only problem with adding the attic vents is I ran a flex duct for my air exchange to the far end of the building and it is only about a foot away from where I need to put the attic vent to the outside. This would mean the only thing stopping sound from entering and leaving the studio is some wire screen over the attic vents and the walls of the flex duct - AKA a paper thin piece of aluminum. That would kind of defeat the double layers of drywall.

So,. I had to move my outgoing air duct to the front of the studio. The only problem is the incoming air is in the front of the studio as well. It isn't a huge space, so this isn't a deal breaker. I'll be spending most of my time writing and I can have the ceiling fan running during this time to churn the air around.

I built an air silencer for the outgoing duct above the ceiling out of larger drywall scraps and insulation I pulled from the original structure. It isn't the prettiest thing, but you can't hear the fan at all from the inside of the studio.

So, I'm getting quite close now.

I'll snap another set of pictures when I'm out there over the weekend.

22nd April 2009	#13
seven Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2008 Location: Canada. Westside! Posts: 263 Thread Starter	The electrical is in. The lights and the ceiling fan are in. The paint is done (except a couple touch ups). I don't have another space to build the desk, so I'm building it in place. I'm about half done with it now. It should be completed next weekend. Once it is built and painted I'll finish the floor (perhaps next weekend as well). After that, I can run my first acoustical tests. Yeah! I had a slight miscalculation on my air exchange system and venting. I didn't account for the venting that needs to be placed in the roof peaks. In fact, it totally slipped my mind because there was no ceiling in the structure I started with. Nothing was sealed (no vapour barrier, no vents, nothing). I noticed I was getting a fair amount of condensation in the peak under a bit of plastic which is holding up the insulation. This is easily solved by popping a vent in the peak on both sides of the structure. In fact, I bought two more vent fans and an electrical timer so I can set it to vent mechanically during hot days. The only problem with adding the attic vents is I ran a flex duct for my air exchange to the far end of the building and it is only about a foot away from where I need to put the attic vent to the outside. This would mean the only thing stopping sound from entering and leaving the studio is some wire screen over the attic vents and the walls of the flex duct - AKA a paper thin piece of aluminum. That would kind of defeat the double layers of drywall. So,. I had to move my outgoing air duct to the front of the studio. The only problem is the incoming air is in the front of the studio as well. It isn't a huge space, so this isn't a deal breaker. I'll be spending most of my time writing and I can have the ceiling fan running during this time to churn the air around. I built an air silencer for the outgoing duct above the ceiling out of larger drywall scraps and insulation I pulled from the original structure. It isn't the prettiest thing, but you can't hear the fan at all from the inside of the studio. So, I'm getting quite close now. I'll snap another set of pictures when I'm out there over the weekend.