(7th in a series. If you're here for the first time, I invite you start from the beginning.)
I don't know if I mentioned it, but the site of our new studio just happens to be right off my usual route to work. As a result, the construction crew is used to seeing my smiling mug about every morning. This morning, my mug was smiling more than usual. Walls are finally going up!
As you can see, there's a good-sized crew of masons swarming about. And boy, are they fast! The work you see in these shots took them only a little more than an hour. At this rate, they should be done by - hmm - lunch?
Jerry, our Supervisor, introduced me to the head guy. Extremely nice fellow. When he heard my last name, he asked, "Are you related to Carl Story?" I said, "If you mean the country singer, yes - we're distant cousins." I'm not sure if he was impressed by that, but I got the sense that he thought it was pretty cool. (I asked because I also have a brother named Carl. He's definitely not a country singer.)
As I mentioned in a previous post, all the block walls will be filled with sand to give them mass. Remember, thanks to the laws of physics, only two things impede sound transmission...mass and air. With two 8 inch sand-filled block walls, 8 inches of airspace, and concrete slab isolation joints between every control room and studio, we don't expect sound penetration to be a problem. Our first session with a pounding rock drummer will tell the tale. Or...I just remembered the time our Michael McGinnis rented a twin Marshall stack for a screaming guitar sound. I think they heard it in Atlanta. Maybe that would be a better soundproofing test.
While the walls are going up, ductwork for the HVAC system continues to go out.
And now, for those who love the geeky details, here are a couple of architectural cross sections to give you a better look at how it all works. Notice how studio floor slabs are at a slightly lower elevation. We're floating the hardwood floors in those rooms, and this will allow the finished studio floors to end up flush with the rest.
Can't wait for lunch to go see how it all turned out.
Okay...maybe not.
Until next time.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
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Tres tres exciting! Another cinderblock in the wall!!!!
Soon...home sweet home!
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