5th Day Records
26-09-2012, 04:40 PM
Hi all,
Apologies for my very first post being a question but I could really use some help with a project I've got on at the moment. I'm currently about 80% of the way through building a very modest recording studio/rehearsal room in our garden. Here's what's been done so far:
1. Due to planning regulations we had to go for a non-brick building, so we chose an "off the shelf" wooden cabin (20' x 12' external measurement) built with the thickest width of timbre the company could supply (44mm):
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/IMG_0067.jpg
2. After applying acoustic sealant I set to building an internal leaf, using a combination of stud wall, rockwool and plasterboards. The internal leaf is dislocated from the external to cut down transfer of vibrations:
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/Studio-Rockwoolinsitu.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/Studio-plasterboardsecondlayer-sealed.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/IMG_0314.jpg
As the build will be absolutely air-tight once the inner and outer doors are sealed I'm in need of a system that does it all really, something that brings in fresh air and removes the stale, that can also heat or cool the room (living in the UK, in the Midlands by Birmingham, means it's going to get pretty cold in there during the winter months) and that is, importantly, very, very quiet.
We were quoted by a company on a Mitsubishi floor mounted split system with pipe work control cabling and pumps/drains (MFZ-KA35VA2 Floor mounted unit with R410a heat pump and an SUZ-KA35VA2 heat pump condensing unit with R410a heat pump) and the supply, installation and commissioning came to £1978 excluding VAT @20% and excluding any timeclock controller. Unfortunately, at this stage of the build our budget is pretty much exhausted and finding just shy of £2400 is beyond our reach.
Would anyone be able to point us in the right direction for systems that suit are needs that might be a bit more affordable (or indeed companies that could carry out the work?)? The one system I found myself that seemed to tick all the boxes was the Daikin Ururu Sarara FTXR42E/RXR28E 4.2kw wall mounted inverter heat pump system but even that is at the very limit of our budget (and almost definitely over it with fitting etc.):
http://www.aircon247.com/p/1216052/daikin-ururu-sarara-ftxr42erxr28e-42kw-wall-mounted-inverter-heat-pump-system-.html
If anyone has any advise it would be incredibly appreciated as we really don't know which way to turn at the moment.
Cheers,
Leigh.
Apologies for my very first post being a question but I could really use some help with a project I've got on at the moment. I'm currently about 80% of the way through building a very modest recording studio/rehearsal room in our garden. Here's what's been done so far:
1. Due to planning regulations we had to go for a non-brick building, so we chose an "off the shelf" wooden cabin (20' x 12' external measurement) built with the thickest width of timbre the company could supply (44mm):
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/IMG_0067.jpg
2. After applying acoustic sealant I set to building an internal leaf, using a combination of stud wall, rockwool and plasterboards. The internal leaf is dislocated from the external to cut down transfer of vibrations:
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/Studio-Rockwoolinsitu.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/Studio-plasterboardsecondlayer-sealed.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg489/lucie_uk/IMG_0314.jpg
As the build will be absolutely air-tight once the inner and outer doors are sealed I'm in need of a system that does it all really, something that brings in fresh air and removes the stale, that can also heat or cool the room (living in the UK, in the Midlands by Birmingham, means it's going to get pretty cold in there during the winter months) and that is, importantly, very, very quiet.
We were quoted by a company on a Mitsubishi floor mounted split system with pipe work control cabling and pumps/drains (MFZ-KA35VA2 Floor mounted unit with R410a heat pump and an SUZ-KA35VA2 heat pump condensing unit with R410a heat pump) and the supply, installation and commissioning came to £1978 excluding VAT @20% and excluding any timeclock controller. Unfortunately, at this stage of the build our budget is pretty much exhausted and finding just shy of £2400 is beyond our reach.
Would anyone be able to point us in the right direction for systems that suit are needs that might be a bit more affordable (or indeed companies that could carry out the work?)? The one system I found myself that seemed to tick all the boxes was the Daikin Ururu Sarara FTXR42E/RXR28E 4.2kw wall mounted inverter heat pump system but even that is at the very limit of our budget (and almost definitely over it with fitting etc.):
http://www.aircon247.com/p/1216052/daikin-ururu-sarara-ftxr42erxr28e-42kw-wall-mounted-inverter-heat-pump-system-.html
If anyone has any advise it would be incredibly appreciated as we really don't know which way to turn at the moment.
Cheers,
Leigh.