studioporn

lots of odds and ends to update on....

dave, disco, and tommy all came over last night to help me plow through the rest of the framing. unfortunately, everything that's left is kind of a pain in the ass, so we collectively spent a lot of time getting very little accomplished. woohoo!

the 1x3's i originally got from home depot to use as furring strips turned out to be warped in all sorts of ways, so i had to run back and get some more healthy-looking 1x4s. originally i was going to do furring on the exterior wall of the bathroom as well as the wall behind the sink/toilet, since there isn't room to frame either of those. however, we found that the surface of the latter wall was too irregular to work with, so i'm just going to attach drywall directly to the block. as for the exterior wall, we did 1x4s and attached them with liquid nails. surface was still a bit irregular and 1x4s have a tendency to bow, so dave supplemented the glue with nails in a few places. when i came through and put up the remaining furring strips, i ran 2x4s diagonally across the bathroom to better hold the pieces in place while they dry.

i had been scratching my head for days trying to figure out a way to build the bulkheads for the iso rooms such that i sacrifice as little as possible in the way of height and still have enough strength to support the weight of the drywall and all that good stuff. luckily tommy came over and offered a fresh perspective on the situation. kind of hard to explain what we did, but basically instead of making the bulkhead completely clear the beam (the beam being the reason the bulkheads are necessary in the first place), tommy suggested instead that we rest one end of the bulkhead 2x4s on the flange of the beam and then fasten the other end to studs. this means the bulkhead framing sits ever so slightly higher than the bottom of the beam, but that shouldn't be an issue since i'll be running resilient channel there anyway, which should give enough clearance past the beam overhang.

building inspector comes in the morning for the rough-in. theoretically i should be downstairs right now finishing up the remaining framing odds and ends, but i'm just going to get up early in the morning instead.

i got an HVAC quote today for about $6k, which is significantly more appealing than the $15k solution initially quoted for me. assuming a couple remaining details check out, i'll be moving ahead to schedule them.

i've been looking more closely at lighting options this week. i think i found fashionable wall sconces which would work well being mounted on surface-mount junction boxes. still looking for suitable incandescent ceiling lighting for the main studio.

i'm starting to plan out colors for the studio walls and all. i'm trying to stick with colors that evoke moods conducive to a good recording session. so far i've found a whole of color schemes i don't want to use--finding a color scheme that really speaks to me is turning out to be quite tricky.

2 more cheese posters for the lounge arrived today, bringing the grand total up to 13.

time to catch some z's before wrapping up the framing in the morning.