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This thread is about the building of a small practice 'room' in my attic.
I live in a 1950s town house which is build well enough, except for the fact that they soundproofing is not of a very high standard. I am a witness when someone three houses down the block is drilling a hole in a concrete ceiling, or when the neighbours are frollicking in their bedroom.
Needless to say, playing a saxophone (especially practicing toptones, and scales) or learning to play the trumpet, is not always amusing to listen to for someone else but me.
So I decided to build myself a small practice room in my attic. It only needs to house one person, and it does not need to be 100% soundproof since its not a recording studio. Just enough to be able to play at any length of time at any part of day without elicitting howling noises from the woman next door (I'm not kidding).
The attic roof is slanting, which limits the height of the box, as I shall call it for short, and it needs to have 10 cm clearing from the walls all around, for soundproofing reasons. I also need to leave room in the attic for other 'lounging' activities, as well as a bed for friends to stay over, and a desk.
Taking all this into account, I decided on the layout below (picture not to scale).
The long side is 2.15m, the short side on the left (where the door will come) 0.95 m wide and the side on the right (which will come under the slanting roof) is 1.15 m wide. The right hand side starts slanting in at 1.50 m, and the highest part will be 1.98 m.
I live in a 1950s town house which is build well enough, except for the fact that they soundproofing is not of a very high standard. I am a witness when someone three houses down the block is drilling a hole in a concrete ceiling, or when the neighbours are frollicking in their bedroom.
Needless to say, playing a saxophone (especially practicing toptones, and scales) or learning to play the trumpet, is not always amusing to listen to for someone else but me.
So I decided to build myself a small practice room in my attic. It only needs to house one person, and it does not need to be 100% soundproof since its not a recording studio. Just enough to be able to play at any length of time at any part of day without elicitting howling noises from the woman next door (I'm not kidding).
The attic roof is slanting, which limits the height of the box, as I shall call it for short, and it needs to have 10 cm clearing from the walls all around, for soundproofing reasons. I also need to leave room in the attic for other 'lounging' activities, as well as a bed for friends to stay over, and a desk.
Taking all this into account, I decided on the layout below (picture not to scale).
The long side is 2.15m, the short side on the left (where the door will come) 0.95 m wide and the side on the right (which will come under the slanting roof) is 1.15 m wide. The right hand side starts slanting in at 1.50 m, and the highest part will be 1.98 m.
