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Music studio in a garage
Music is your hobby and you want to practice with your band. The only available place that you can think of is your garage but you
also have neighbors that must not be disturbed while you are practicing. The only solution to use your garage as a music studio is to soundproof it or build a small studio in one corner of
the garage. For this you need to use two existing garage walls and build another two new walls on an angle to improve the acoustics of the studio.
After measuring the angle you will have to anchor sole plates to the garage floor and frame the first new wall. After finishing the
framing for the second wall and adding a door to this one you have to insulate the garage walls to help deaden the sounds. Next you will hang drywall on the new walls and patch the seams. The
final layer of sound-deadening material will be applied to the walls and to the ceiling. This layer is made of some secondhand carpeting. After applying these carpets you can cover them with
some strip boards pinned onto the wall with nails.
When remodeling the walls and the floor several obstructions may appear. Obstructions like pipes, ducts, wires and other impediments to smooth walls may exist. For small obstructions
such as wires or small pipes you could adjust the furring strips enough to accommodate them. The solution for larger obstructions is to box around them. If the obstruction is a water heater or something that you will need access to, you can frame it in and enclose it on three sides and then provide a removable access panel for the fourth side.
A building permit may be required for a garage make over. Of course all the methods presented here are purely theoretical
and only for guidance. All garages are different and some adjustments to the used methods or materials may be required in order to accommodate to your garage.
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