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Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?

Post by Earjax » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:23 pm

I'm making my own studio in my back garden, and I know nothing about sound treatment or acoustics or any of that haha, after some research I haven't managed to find much, wondered if you guys can help. I'm basically looking for help on dimensions, materials, foundations and anything else you can think of :)
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Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?

Post by Coolschmid » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:18 pm

Remove all of the vegetables first.

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Post by Pedro Sánchez » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:44 pm

That sounds like a constant fucking challenge bruv.
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Post by NinjaEdit » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:00 pm

Tulips.

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Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?

Post by Gravehill » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:51 pm

I would imagine it would be difficult and extremely expensive to build a studio which not only sounds good but is suitable for plants to grow

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Post by Simulant » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:54 pm

I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
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Post by futures_untold » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:04 pm

Buy the book called Studio Design by Paul White available from the following link http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Home-Stud ... 1860742726.

Search for articles on studio design on the Sound On Sound website.

That should be enough to get you started.

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Post by syrup » Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:23 pm

Simulant wrote:I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
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Post by Simulant » Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:15 pm

johney wrote:
Simulant wrote:I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
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Fuck u! I'm not trolling! I just saw that nobody is being helpful in this thread amongst others.

And i'm sure that the OP meant that he's building a studio with walls and stuff in his garden, not making one out of plant pots and flowers.
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Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?

Post by Electric_Head » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:26 am

Just listen to futures_untold.

Before even considering the studio, consider the structure.
Drainage, sunlight, etc.
Don't want to spend loads only to discover a massive dampness issue.
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Post by futures_untold » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:03 am

Electric_Head wrote:Don't want to spend loads only to discover a massive dampness issue.
Good point.

My friend leaves on a thermostat controlled electric heater in his garden studio precisely for that reason.

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Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?

Post by Simulant » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:06 am

I like the idea of a garden studio - you could make it like a summer house. I don't think you even need planning permission in the uk? The only thing i'd worry about would be the noise leakage.
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Post by Earjax » Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:50 pm

Thanks futures, helps a lot
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Post by lloydy » Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:03 pm

I built an outhouse in my garden.About 13x11 foot i think.Cost me roughly about 3k and that included paying the brick layer.Me and a good friend dug the footings and laid the base.
Decent drainage is a must,we laid a decent bed of hardcore then sand and wacker plated the fucker down.Then layed some damp proof membrane and concrete on top of that.Other than the brick work and building the roof me and a few mates put in most of the graft.
The floor cost the most but i haven't suffered any damp at all.Just make sure the base is done properly and you should be fine with damp.
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