By the time my birthday (June 2002) rolled around, I was ready to do the studio.�
As I said before, this was no small undertaking.�
What I had to start with as an upstairs room at the front of the house.�
It had large windows, a very odd gabled roof affair, was always hot due
to the fact that it faced the sun, and the walls and floor were barely insulated:�
It�s really hard to get a sense of the room from photos, but here�s a
couple of "before" photos:
The 1st photo above is facing into the room from the door.�
The 2nd photo shows the other side of the room.�
These photos were taken before I bought the house, and the
previous owner had a pool table in there.
The photo below shows the studio with some of my stuff in it,
before I began work. I had put some foam in the window to cut
down on the light and heat, but it didn�t do much, if anything for sound
re-enforcement.
My goal was to bring over 4000 lbs of extra materials
into this room and the attic above it to aid in the sound-proofing.
The first thing I did was contact a number of heating/cooling companies
and get bids on a central air conditioner unit that would cool the studio, my
office, and the master bedroom upstairs.�
I also contacted various contractors and got estimates from $10K to $80K
to have the work done professionally.�
I ended up deciding to do it myself.
