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Blog part 5
Issue#5 - Finishing
The Home Straight - applying the finishes and completing the build
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| Lighting |
Stage 5 Part 1
Install Low Voltage Lighting
The low voltage
lights were installed immediately after the inner walls were boarded out. The
transformer for the lights is located in the ceiling void above the practice
room.Low voltage lighting installed
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| Internal Insulation |
Stage 5 Part 2
Internal Insulation
If you remember back
to the design stage, I mentioned that there were two problems to solve. The
first was to stop sound escaping from the room, and the second was to control
the sound that remained in the room. We have now reached the point were the
sound remaining in the room needs to be controlled.
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| Flutter Echo |
Stage5 Part 3
Flutter Echo
As
something of a technical aside, this stage of the construction is very useful
for demonstrating (and then fixing) a very annoying problem in acoustics. This
problem is known as Flutter Echo, and if you are not
aware of what conditions cause this problem, then its appearance and solution
will be a mystery to you.
Take a
look at the following picture showing the insulation
applied to the inner walls. Notice where there is no insulation. None has yet been...
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| Fabric Finish | Stage 5 Part 4
Fabric Finishing
The
inner surfaces of the room cannot obviously be left with exposed Rockwool, so
they will be covered with fabric. The fabric I used was the following:
- For the
ceiling,
white cotton curtain lining.
- For the
walls, 12oz Hessian.
You'll
need the following equipment for this stage of the construction:
- A
sewing machine
- A
compressor with a staple
gun
attachment
- A large
box of staples
Fix the ceil...
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| Final Fitting | Stage 5 Part 5
The
inner and outer doors could only be hung after the fabric had been applied to
the inner walls of the practice room. The reason for this is that fabric needed
to be tensioned onto the door frame itself, and then the door lining could be
added to give a neat finish
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inner and outer doors are separated by a 500mm (20") gap. The holes are for
ventilation
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