Mastiff
Senior Member
I'm going "all in" on a room in a room practice room build. I'm tearing my space down to nothing and trying to do everything right. Hopefully this is the correct spot to document the project. I know I would have liked to have had more examples to check out before we started.
Here's the starting point, at least the first I really took pictures of:
The pics show the two opposite corners of the room, which is at the back of a garage space. The room is about 10x11. The black walls are to the exterior of the building and you are seeing the weatherproofing material on the back of the sheeting. The other two walls are to the interior of the garage.
The first step, now complete, was to seal up every single crack or seam in the room with caulk. Next we beef up the outer walls with additional drywall. For one of the walls facing the garage, this was done by putting a sheet of 5/8" drywall on top of the existing drywall with Green Glue in between (then caulking all seams). For the other walls, that can't be treated from the outside, we will be putting additional drywall in between the studs. Two layers of 5/8" for the exterior walls (which otherwise only have sheeting) and one additional layer of 5/8" drywall for the interior facing wall. The ceiling also got an additional layer of 5/8" with Green Glue.
Here are pics as it stands now, with everything caulked (note some white, some clear) and cutting of drywall strips on process.
If people are interested, I will keep posting stuff as progress continues.
Here's the starting point, at least the first I really took pictures of:
The pics show the two opposite corners of the room, which is at the back of a garage space. The room is about 10x11. The black walls are to the exterior of the building and you are seeing the weatherproofing material on the back of the sheeting. The other two walls are to the interior of the garage.
The first step, now complete, was to seal up every single crack or seam in the room with caulk. Next we beef up the outer walls with additional drywall. For one of the walls facing the garage, this was done by putting a sheet of 5/8" drywall on top of the existing drywall with Green Glue in between (then caulking all seams). For the other walls, that can't be treated from the outside, we will be putting additional drywall in between the studs. Two layers of 5/8" for the exterior walls (which otherwise only have sheeting) and one additional layer of 5/8" drywall for the interior facing wall. The ceiling also got an additional layer of 5/8" with Green Glue.
Here are pics as it stands now, with everything caulked (note some white, some clear) and cutting of drywall strips on process.
If people are interested, I will keep posting stuff as progress continues.