The Ultimate Soundproof Workshop Studio Office 

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Not long. No ventilation = reduced oxygen levels = reduced cognitive function.

Speaking of which, he can't trianglate the base for obvious reasons, but if that shifts evens little bit that door will jam. A solid whack in just the wrong spot might do the trick, esp years from now. Even a little trianglation would help. A LVL beam about twice the length of the studio between the rafters and the top of your studio would work. You should have a plan and preparations for forcing that door from the inside. Remember that if you have to force it, the door may be all that is holding it up so anything heavy in there should be on the floor or solidly attached.

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I was thinking the same thing, that office is gonna be really hot, he needs some type of AC and ventilation inside, specially if he's planning on running a bunch of electronic equipment.

@@JesusUruchurtu1 how long before he passes out with carbon dioxide poisoning.

@@a5pin Was thinking the same. CO2 monitor?

The door only needs to be closed during the voice-overs the rest of the time the door can be open or cracked.

Guys, dont worry. He's young and agile, and does stuns for a living. He's good...

Seeing how he hasn’t replied to any comments....

@c4n4d4... disoriented, he stepped outside and landed hard on the floor 😫

It’s monoxide, but yes

@@jonjohnson102 There are some comments from him below :) Even some 'likes' :)

@@BlueBaeChai Actually, since its from his own breath it actually is Carbon dioxide poisoning (that exist too, but the effects are rather different from monoxide). Carbon monoxide poisoning will you get from combustion, like engine exhausts or from a fireplace if the chimney doesen't work properly.

That’s all I could think about the entire video. That’s a hot box with no air circulation! :)

You could put the computer outside with cords coming into the room

Leroy Stoltzfus nice idea! Although my two monitors push out a lot of heat too.

@@yoniesharnessshopllc A high end video editing system (that can cost a few thousand dollars) in a woodworking workshop? Unless you want to take it out every week to blow the dust out, just no. Also accidentally bumping into it with wood beams... There definitely needs to be ventilation added. My office at work (5.2 m2) is about the same size and after about 30 minutes without ventilation I get dizzy enough to fall over. The hvac system wasn't setup right and was fixed last month. Since then no more problems. Luckily he has an outside wall so getting fresh air in there shouldn't be too difficult.

If the computer is outside the room, it would be that much quieter.

I was just about to say that !!

I was surprised how much he reinforced the front and literally did zero reinforcing in the back

The walls are also screwed into the existing wall though a stud, but yeah that would be nice

Exactly. The front is extremely strong but the attachment to the wall is weak. The floor joists are all supported by the shear strength of a total of 4 screws. At least the floor deck sits on the ledger board attached to the studs. But all the floor joists themselves are supported by the two 2x4 on the left and the right. Those are each supported by only two screws. Ideally The joists should have run perpendicular to the wall. That way each would have fasteners attaching to the ledger board. But I suppose with that much plywood sheathing, it’s probably fine. Just that it’s weird to overbuild everything while one part of the structure is weak.

@@alexdroman Screws have almost no shear strength, its kind of why they don't use them to build wood structures like houses except in very specific places like subfloor and drywall. A ledger should ALWAYS be fixed with lag bolts no matter what you are hanging from it..

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Exactly what Thomas said. This is a great office and I'm positive it's exactly what you need, but it's not soundproof. Sound is vibration, so to make it soundproof, it had to be isolated from the rest of the building. As for the microphone, you can easily create a little box (briefcase size or so) with sound foam in it and strategically place the mic in the dead spot. I wish I had the space to build a little hideaway like this.

IT doesn't need to be soundproof, only absorbent

@@nicka99 I have not the same opinion. I've build some soundisolated studios before. If I remember correctly, the walls are flat wood. This reflects sound like crazy in the room. Put some foam with different densitys on the wall to break the reflections. And not totally absorb it. A beginners mistake is to isolate the room from outside but creating soundbridges and flat walls in the studio. Gained nothing. Put some foam on the walls not the whole room , than it will be better. Kill every sound in the room by absorbent material and your going crazy because it it isn't natural.

@@TheLexorius Agree with the vinyl deadening - that works great esp if you are above or below other noisy rooms. And/or I'd (strongly) recommend Homosote wall/floor board - no more expensive than 3/4 plywood, easy to use (lighter than plywood) and decent amount of structural stability, cuts easily - it's like a big thick paper plate - works really well to deaden sound - even better than 5/16 drywall, and works good to deaden echo. I made walls with homosote on each side, decoupled studs, and Rockwool since my office is immediately adjacent to the furnace. It was very effective, easy and pretty cheap. And (tho not built for podcasting / recording) it's very neutral and would work great for this purpose.

Yeah, its great especially if you can double wall it. Even more so if you want to invest in acoustic caulking.

@Uncle Eidolf I meant sheet Rock as in drywall. However rock wool in interior walls will aide in dampening sound. Not sure it's something you'd want to do throughout your house however as it would be expensive, and you could achieve similar results with glass fiber insulation. If I recall correctly, proper sound breaks require a double wall with an air gap. Sound travels through any solid medium, so from drywall through the stud to drywall on other side. Double wall with air gap breaks that chain.

@Uncle Eidolf Yeah I don't disagree with what you've said. Filling void space with insulation will definitely cut down on noise transmission, and you are right that soundwaves travel easily through air pockets. What I was referring to was an acoustic break which is sometimes done at the cost of physical space in a room. Harder materials like wood behind the drywall allow for easy transmission of noise, which is why they have acoustic caulking which deadens the vibration. Honestly an easy way to cut down on noise is double up your dry wall and insulate the void space + acoustic caulking. It's not as intrusive as adding a second break wall.

The empty room has an echo. Moving in all the hardware and gear will help get rid of it but later on I’ll be adding acoustic panels for sure!

@@BenTardif yep, be careful on the corners a lot of low end will build up there. I suggest building some bass trapsfor the corners if if you want total isolation

Agreed...you’re relying on the shear strength of the screws instead of compressive strength of a leg. Truth be told, you have a similar problem in the front but it’s not as bad. You can see the possible “result” of this problem here... images.app.goo.gl/HmCKoQgKCS22vRED9 Notice how the front legs are in perfect condition and the deck just completely separated from the house. Sometimes balconies are lag/carriage bolted to a ledger board; the owners exceed the sheer strength and....crunch.

He's built the office like a deck, using a ledger into studs (though I would've recommended a 2x6 or 2x8 ledger, not what is, in effect, a floor joint). Lag screws would've been better than regular screws, but he did double up on them after removing the support board. When building decks, you build a bullet-proof frame. Level, plumb, parallel and perpendicular. On top of that, you lay decking and super structure. I also would've recommended joists and rafters from front to back, rather than side to side, as well as the use of joist hangers. Again, the compressive strength of the hangers in addition to the shear strength of the screws. In an additional comment, I recommended the use of drywall, rather than plywood and MDF, as well as the addition of double- or triple-pane glazing, possibly even an exterior window. Working in a closed box is going to get very old, very fast. Take it from someone who worked from home for 15 years before it was even a thing; starting in my basement, then moving to my bonus room. Dark, poorly ventilated, heated and cooled, and cut off from the rest of the house, are not good for productivity.

@@ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt yeah, i get you about the ledger board - but (and forgive my ignorance) surely the force is still primarily directed through the screws that connect the ledger to the studs? If that were lag bolts that's one thing, but just screws? Surely some vertical supports or joist hangers would be better, especially when there's no reason to NOT put them there (you'd only be losing an few inches of space depthwise for the storage carts).

No worries, guys. I've tried this before. The wall mounts will be fine. Unless he is taken to jumping around inside. Or loading up a fridge into his little cubicle. God I hope he wont take up blacksmithing and do it inside. X-S

@@figrollin The shear load absolutely act on the only fasteners in this design. With that said, the use of a ledger is standard practice. The problem here is that's not what was done. In standard deck construction, a ledger is lagged through exterior siding material and into a rim joist. These lag screws are both larger and longer than the wood screws that were used in this video. With careful planning the lag screws can even continue through the rim into floor joists. A rim structure for the deck would then be built. 2x6 timbers would suffice for this application. Metal hangers and corner braces would be added. Then floor joists would be laid in perpendicular to the ledger, again using metal hangers. A 2x2 timber could be lagged the ledger below the level of the floor joints for a belt and suspenders approach. One now has a safe, stable platform on which to build. A platform more than capable of handling the expected loads. Sometimes vlogs meant to be a "hey, look what I did" piece can come off as "instructional". In my opinion, when you show what you did, step-by-step, a piece becomes instructional. No one should take this video as such as it shows how to definitely not build a sound elevated office structure.

Plenty of room on the ceiling to add baffled air in- and outtakes and a fan.

This whole build was extremely janky....

The average human can stay in a truly airtight room for days, I think he'll be fine.

Yeah, I was going to say carpet on the floor, walls, and ceiling.

you mean sound conditioning. he got the sound isolation just right with the sheetrock. he is still going to have a lot of reverb inside his office but that's another problem.

Trigger warning for claustrophones: audio has a trapped-in-cupboard-under-the-stairs-vibe :)

Carpet is more for reducing sound reflections, not actual decibels.

you know what's funny he was drawing the lines with the thing you use to cut straight lines with a skill saw

It really wasn’t that straight.Doesnt need to be for this kind of thing.

Testing the structural integrity with his body weight every time was triggering me, to be honest.

The part where he was in an air tight area routing MDF without a respirator made me physically cringe.

I usually cut mdf without a respirator, will I die?

Or the fact that his "ledger board" is being held up my a few wood screws lol

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That’s the plan! Much easier to access if it’s under and less likely to be forgotten about

@Uncle Eidolf Using screws will carry some sound with them like a voice coil attached to a speaker cone. I would use glue with an acoustical rating or other sound isolating fasteners. With the price of lumber almost doubling because of covid19, this DIY project could be a very expensive build.

@Uncle Eidolf The cheapest 1/2" OSB here just want up equal to 23.13 Euros at Lowe's and 23/32" is now equal to 26.14 Euros.