FROM October 2008 to May 2009 DIY transformation of an old print company into a recording studio .
2009 05 30
Beginning a wood structure in the voice studio for rock wool ( 8cm, 70Kgs / m3 ). A new work ! I have 4X4 wood, I put twice, long job, I will look for 4X8cm. Don't know how others do ?
voice studio -> entry
![Recording studio](images/news/169.gif)
voice studio ->CR
detail
![Recording studio](images/news/171.gif)
2009 05 22
OBSESSION DAYS ...
Fill the holes, Fill the holes, Fill the holes, Fill the holes,Bouchez, les trous, Bouchez les troFill the holes ...Pictures
CR-> front
![Recording studio](images/news/164.gif)
CR ->voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/165.gif)
CR ->back. Plans still glued on my 85kgs door from the existing studio .
![Recording studio](images/news/166.gif)
studio ->North
![Recording studio](images/news/167.gif)
studio ->South
![Recording studio](images/news/168.gif)
2009 05 21
TAN TAN TAn ...Beginning Gypsum board joints ( not sure of the english word ) Yippee ! Pictures
CR ->front
![Recording studio](images/news/159.gif)
CR ->voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/160.gif)
CR -> back. Plans glued on one of the door I took at the existing recstudio.
The door is 85 Kgs !
![Recording studio](images/news/161.gif)
studio -> North
![Recording studio](images/news/162.gif)
studio ->South
![Recording studio](images/news/163.gif)
2009 05 15
Can t work for 2 days but there s a new drawing with the right dimensions ( some small differences with the before plan but it s really not bad at all !) .
![Recording studio](images/news/158.gif)
2009 05 12
Can t continue ceilings gb, some finitions first ...
![Recording studio](images/news/157.gif)
2009 05 11
This afternoon it was more like a circus acrobaty. There s still gipsum board on the floor but I need to continue rec studio ceiling ...
![Recording studio](images/news/155.gif)
Continue !
![Recording studio](images/news/156.gif)
2009 05 09
Sound booth ceiling s ok .
![Recording studio](images/news/153.gif)
Beginning entry room ceiling
![Recording studio](images/news/154.gif)
2009 05 08
YEAHH FESTIVAL Of Control Room Ceiling Pictures :
Views from entry door
![Recording studio](images/news/148.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/149.gif)
from vocal studio
![Recording studio](images/news/150.gif)
from rec studio
![Recording studio](images/news/151.gif)
from the back of the control room
![Recording studio](images/news/152.gif)
2009 05 06
still on the CR ceiling ...
![Recording studio](images/news/147.gif)
2009 05 01
Working day , still on the CR ceiling ...
![Recording studio](images/news/145.gif)
2009 04 30
Not so much work since few days, Still the 1st layer of gb on the CR ceiling ...
![Recording studio](images/news/146.gif)
2009 04 25
Back to diy recstudio work.Beginning 1st layer of gb on the contrtol room ceiling ...
![Recording studio](images/news/144.gif)
2009 04 19
Yeah I know I need many finished touches, but the entry door is fixed ...
![Recording studio](images/news/143.gif)
2009 04 17
Glass wool afternoon. Beginning control room ceiling. 40 cm of glass wool between wood & roof. No I m not scratching myself.
Did they change the product or am I immunized ? ...
![Recording studio](images/news/142.gif)
2009 04 16
It looks like the yesterday 's pic , but in fact it s the 2nd layer of the vocal studio ceiling that 's finished.
![Recording studio](images/news/141.gif)
2009 04 15
Can t go on in the rec studio ( there s a huge pile of placo in the middle ! ) So I v begun the vocal booth. insulation & 1st layer of gb. Small room but hard job too , walls are not parallel , there s not any 90° angle in this room.
![Recording studio](images/news/140.gif)
2009 04 13
Easter Monday , no phone call , no work downtown at the rec studio ... gb & ceiling, great !
![Recording studio](images/news/138.gif)
2009 04 11
Ah today I have a photographer, so I m on the pictures cut isolation, put the 1st layer / put gb ... !
![Recording studio](images/news/135.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/136.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/137.gif)
2009 04 09
& 2 gb,yes hard job, still training !
![Recording studio](images/news/134.gif)
2009 04 08
I just begin the ceiling, & I already know that 4Ocm of insulation & 2 gb will be a hard job !
![Recording studio](images/news/133.gif)
2009 04 07
Delivery of gb & isover, looks like I ll begin the ceiling ( 2ba13 +40cm insulation ) !
![Recording studio](images/news/132.gif)
I ve finished the east wall of the studio.Walls are nearly finished ( except a small one in the toilets & sound booth & 1 in the entry ).
![Recording studio](images/news/131.gif)
2009 04 04
Preparing ventilation for the CR .
![Recording studio](images/news/129.gif)
2009 04 03
I v put the refrigerated & water pipes for the 3 different air conditioners. Don t think enough $ to buy the air condtioners but when I will everything will be already passed through gb.
![Recording studio](images/news/128.gif)
2009 04 02
Still working on ceiling s structure in the vocal studio... & studio
![Recording studio](images/news/126.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/127.gif)
2009 03 28
Today i v worked on the structure of cr ... & studio ceiling structures. Again !
![Recording studio](images/news/124.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/125.gif)
2009 03 26
I thought about an electrical plug for a projector on the rear wall of the control room. But i v forgot that I need some cables to get pictures (beta sp / beta num/ computer / dvd ...). So today Ive recut my wall to put 2 green gaines. Hopefully I havent begun the ceiling !
![Recording studio](images/news/122.gif)
Going there in the small technical room.
![Recording studio](images/news/123.gif)
2009 03 25
Continue preparing strange ceiling of the rec studio
![Recording studio](images/news/119.gif)
+ control room one
![Recording studio](images/news/121.gif)
2009 03 21
Just a few hours of work this week due to intense activity at the rec studio ( see cartoon), continue to prepare strange ceiling of the studio.
![Recording studio](images/news/118.gif)
2009 03 15
3 big days behind me:
Before / After
![Recording studio](images/news/111++.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/113++.gif)
+ preparing window
2009 03 12
BEginning last wall structure of the soundbooth. But there will be big works next 2 days !
2009 03 09
2 days workin on small stuffs, but its part of the whole think. Buy some cement & bricks + beginning vmc ( heu in english maybe mechanical ventilation control ?? or somethin like that)
![Recording studio](images/news/104.gif)
Préparing for the wxindow masonry
![Recording studio](images/news/105.gif)
a sound trap for vmc
![Recording studio](images/news/106.gif)
make the right dimensions for doors
![Recording studio](images/news/108.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/109.gif)
2009 03 07
Beginning of the rear wall of the control room (west)
2 layers of gb on the east wall of the studio
![Recording studio](images/news/102.gif)
I will stop gb now, I need to fill existing holes in the walls with bricks. & Buy or found a door for the studio ?
2009 03 05
Beginning the right wall of the control room where there will be the the window.
2009 03 04
I ve finished the structure around the future window
There will be 2 windows ( one on the bricks, the other on the wood structure). Between the 2 windows, there will be wood ( of course, wood wil not touch the existing wall, there s 1cm left with insulation).
![Recording studio](images/news/99.gif)
2009 02 28
Beginning wall structure of the control room in front of the window
& west wall of the control room
![Recording studio](images/news/96.gif)
& 2 new wood beams in the control room.
![Recording studio](images/news/97.gif)
2009 02 26
There will be a window here (an other picture than yesterday, but it's good after one day of jackhammer).
Entry door was removed
![Recording studio](images/news/93.gif)
& it will be there :
![Recording studio](images/news/94.gif)
2009 02 25
Here there will a window
And there the entry door
![Recording studio](images/news/91.gif)
I will continue the door tomorrow, but now all muscles are painful,Ha Jackhammer!
2009 02 21
2 layers on the recstudio south wall
3 layers on the west wall
![Recording studio](images/news/88.gif)
2 layers on the north wall
![Recording studio](images/news/89.gif)
I sanded gb around doors & windows (so pictures are a bit smogy).
2009 02 19
Fed up with this wall.It s the wall between studio & control room ( where there will be the window) & between studio & vocal studio ( where there will be the door). 3 layers but not everywhere, I need to add more small pieces.
![Recording studio](images/news/86.gif)
2009 02 17
I v finished the north & south walls wood structure in the studio, packed with insulation.
![Recording studio](images/news/84.gif)
2009 02 14
3 wood beams are posed, I continued structures of north & east walls,& i have decouple the west wall from the roof. Ok now no walls touch the existing ones nor the ceiling.
![Recording studio](images/news/82.gif)
2009 02 13
Friday 13 . continue the structure for the east wall & first beam between west & east wall .
![Recording studio](images/news/80.gif)
2009 02 12
beginning 3 leaves of gb between studio & voice studio + structure of the northern wall to consolidate.
![Recording studio](images/news/78.gif)
2009 02 11
2 leaves of gb between studio & voice studio, I must continue !
![Recording studio](images/news/76.gif)
2009 02 9
Beginning insulation & gb of the western wall of the studio. Warning maybe another windstorm this night !
![Recording studio](images/news/75.gif)
2009 02 07
A very good day : beginning of the electrical meter + 2 more 40kgs wood beams+ end of the structure of the studio west wall .
![Recording studio](images/news/73.gif)
2009 02 06
Studio s south & west walls structures .
![Recording studio](images/news/70.gif)
2009 02 03
Half of the control room south wall is finished .
![Recording studio](images/news/67.gif)
Beginning structure for the studio south wall & the wall between studio & control room .
![Recording studio](images/news/68.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/69.gif)
2009 01 31st
Good day, I ve finished the 3 layers of gb on the north wall of the control room.
![Recording studio](images/news/66.gif)
2009 01 29
First day I can rework, before it was windstorm & repairing. I ve lost some tools but it's ok. Working on the northern wall of the control room. 3 layers already at the back, starting 1st layer on the front.
![Recording studio](images/news/64.gif)
Patch will be there :
![Recording studio](images/news/65.gif)
2009 01 23rd
Just 2 hours work, beginning GB of CR north wall .
![Recording studio](images/news/63.gif)
2009 01 22nd
Some people said me its very slow . They are right . It sreally slow, but it s a DIY work, & I m alone & I work at the rec studio every morning, so I can only work 3 or 4 hours a day on the future rec studio. Yes yes I agree it s slow. Today some more electric cables !
![Recording studio](images/news/62.gif)
2009 01 19th
Future entry door will be there !
![Recording studio](images/news/61.gif)
2009 01 16th
Ah it s so good to see my first 40kg wood beam where its supposed to be.
![Recording studio](images/news/60.gif)
2009 01 13th
Here is a rough draw of the studio. Control room will be 24m2. Today continue preparing future window & put some wood to consolidate wall.
![Recording studio](images/news/58.gif)
2009 01 12th
I continue to cut the steel structure of the northern wall at the right height. & began to cut existing wall to prepare future window.
![Recording studio](images/news/56.gif)
2009 01 10th
Bad news,the roof structure is not strong enough to hang the ceiling ( 2gb + insulation + cables ... = env 25kg/m2) . A steel ingeneer said me to put new structure on the top of the new walls.
Good news,I begin the control room south wall with wood. I also began to cut the steel structure of the northern wall at the right height.
![Recording studio](images/news/54.gif)
06 01 2009
Half of the insulation for one wall of the control room . Nice !
![Recording studio](images/news/52.gif)
2009 01 2nd
Bad picture but its a future vocal studio with 3 walls of GB finished & 3 layers on each. 2009 will be good !
![Recording studio](images/news/50.gif)
Last day of 2008
Ceiling structure & 3 walls of the entry room are finished. Year could have been better but worse too. Studio construction is slow but 2009 will be better !
![Recording studio](images/news/49.gif)
2008 December 29th
Ceiling structure of the vocal studio.
![Recording studio](images/news/48.gif)
2008 December 28th
First electric cables & insulation.
![Recording studio](images/news/46.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/47.gif)
2008 December 22th
Vocal booth to be finished . You can see there s still plenty GBto be used behind !
![Recording studio](images/news/45.gif)
2008 December 18th
3leaves made on the wall between vocal booth & entry . Heu just one side !
![Recording studio](images/news/44.gif)
2008 December 16th
Beginnin wall between vocal booth & entry .
![Recording studio](images/news/43vxstudio.gif)
2008 December 13th
New walls for the sound booth & toilet rooms . I ll finish when all electric cables will be placed.
![Recording studio](images/news/42.gif)
2008 December 10th
Beginning the wall of the sound booth & toilet rooms
![Recording studio](images/news/41.gif)
2008 December 6th
3rd layer on the wall between CR & voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/403couche.gif)
2008 December 5th
beginin the 2nd layer on the wall between CR & voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/392couche.gif)
2008 December 3rd
Bad picture but Im beginin the 1st layer on the wall between CR & voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/38montants.gif)
2008 December 2nd
Uprights on the future wall between CR & voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/37montants.gif)
2008 November 29th
90mm rails on the wall between CR& voice studio
![Recording studio](images/news/35rails.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/36rails.gif)
2008 November 28th
2 layers on the wall between control room & sound booth
![Recording studio](images/news/34wall2.gif)
2008 26 November
3rd layer just on one wall ! But it s the Eastern Wall of the Control room !
![Recording studio](images/news/333couche.gif)
2008 19 November
Joint 1st layer, beginnin 2nd layer.Heu just on 1 wall! No half of 1 wall.
![Recording studio](images/news/321couche.gif)
2008 November 12th
beginnin of the 1st layer of GB on the front wall of the control room. Alone, its slow !
![Recording studio](images/news/311couche.gif)
2008 November 8th
First uprights
![Recording studio](images/news/29montants.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/30montants.gif)
2008 November 7th
First delivery , Im alone & afraid !
![Recording studio](images/news/27livraison.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/28livraison.gif)
2008 November 5th
I begun to screw the 90mm rail on steel structure , its slow but Obama is here today to help the mental !
![Recording studio](images/news/26rail.gif)
2008 November 3rd
I begun to put the 90mm (rails?) on concrete ( cork between)
![Recording studio](images/news/24rail.gif)
2008 November 1st
steel bars welded on the frame for new walls & insulation
![Recording studio](images/news/21barres.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/22barres.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/23barres.gif)
2008 october 28th
Drawing walls
![Recording studio](images/news/19trace.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/20trace.gif)
2008 october 24th
8m3 of concrete this morning
![Recording studio](images/news/17pumy.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/18concrete.gif)
2008 october 22snd
cables, steel , ready for the concrete on friday
![Recording studio](images/news/gaines.gif)
2007 and 2008
Resume :
I have emptied the place, took off the ceiling and old steell shelves.
![Recording studio](images/news/demontagplafond.gif)
draw
![Recording studio](images/news/tracecanalisation.gif)
and dig !
![Recording studio](images/news/jackhammer.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/tranchee.gif)
water conducts & fill up !
![Recording studio](images/news/pvc.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/rebouchee.gif)
Took off the old roof, painting the roof structure and it was raining !
![Recording studio](images/news/toitenleve.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/pluie.gif)
The new roof
![Recording studio](images/news/nvtoit2.gif)
Limestone,rockwool and plastic sheet !
![Recording studio](images/news/calcaire.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/isolant.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/polyane.gif)
2007 before :
![Recording studio](images/news/avant.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/ancientoit.gif)
![Recording studio](images/news/ancienplafond.gif)
lReactions ?