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Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:23 pm
by Earjax
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
Cheers!
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:18 pm
by Coolschmid
Remove all of the vegetables first.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:44 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
That sounds like a constant fucking challenge bruv.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:00 pm
by NinjaEdit
Tulips.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:51 pm
by Gravehill
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
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:54 pm
by Simulant
I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:04 pm
by futures_untold
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.
Good luck!
Patrick
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:23 pm
by syrup
Simulant wrote:I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
ban
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:44 pm
by skimpi
make sure you got a waterproof sub
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:15 pm
by Simulant
johney wrote:Simulant wrote:I'm really surprised at this forum - all everyone seems interested in doing is trolling!
ban
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.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:26 am
by Electric_Head
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.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:03 am
by futures_untold
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.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:06 am
by Simulant
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.
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 6:50 pm
by Earjax
Thanks futures, helps a lot
Re: Building a home studio in my garden...what should I do?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:03 pm
by lloydy
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.