The House - The StudioBy the time my birthday (June 2002) rolled around, I was ready to do the studio. As I said before, this was no small undertaking. What I had to start with as an upstairs room at the front of the house. It had large windows, a very odd gabled roof affair, was always hot due to the fact that it faced the sun, and the walls and floor were barely insulated: It’s really hard to get a sense of the room from photos, but here’s a couple of "before" photos: 
The 1st photo above is facing into the room from the door. The 2nd photo shows the other side of the room. These photos were taken before I bought the house, and the previous owner had a pool table in there. The photo below shows the studio with some of my stuff in it, before I began work. I had put some foam in the window to cut down on the light and heat, but it didn’t do much, if anything for sound re-enforcement. 
My goal was to bring over 4000 lbs of extra materials into this room and the attic above it to aid in the sound-proofing. The first thing I did was contact a number of heating/cooling companies and get bids on a central air conditioner unit that would cool the studio, my office, and the master bedroom upstairs. I also contacted various contractors and got estimates from $10K to $80K to have the work done professionally. I ended up deciding to do it myself. |