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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Captain Bubble
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 Posted - 21/03/2012 : 08:06:39
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Estate Agents, when photographing their properties, also call in the services of "Rent-a-Midget"!
Seriously though, very impressive, very jealous! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 22/03/2012 : 18:00:57
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| Hoping to have the walls of the third room finished next week! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 09/04/2012 : 22:05:04
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Just realised I'd taken this and hadn't posted it. You can see that all three production rooms are now at full height waiting for their concrete roofs.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7222.jpg
As an aside, the rest of the studio is now being taken out of action so that the changes to the big room can take place and work on the control room can start.
Unfortunately, last week appeared to have been a builders holiday that nobody mentioned to me in advance because nobody turned up all week and their mobiles just went to answerphone. I have a site meeting with the main contractor first thing in the morning to discuss how we are going to sequence things from here. I'll let you know more once I've spoken to him. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 10/04/2012 : 16:39:45
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A little update on yesterday then. Had a good site meeting today with the main contractor and my architect. Things are going to start to happen quite quickly now it seems. Shuttering of the concrete roofs on the production rooms should start later this week. They are currently awaiting the shuttering and the metalwork recommended by the structural engineer. Props will arrive onsite tomorrow.
In a slightly unexpected move work will also start on the changes to the current live room and the control room tomorrow (unexpected because I thought we were not starting the control room until the production rooms were completely finished.) All of this will shorten this phase of the build by 4 weeks (which means I need to stop posting here and get on with ordering glass and audio cabling, sorting the electrician etc...)
As a reminder then, here's the overall floor plan we are working to (each room has much more detailed plans as you might expect but I'm afraid I wont be posting these in order to protect the IP in them - note also that the big room drawing isn't at all accurate, it doesnt show the non-paralel walls etc and is only there so that you can see clearly the overall studio plan):
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7142.jpg
I'll keep you in the loop as it happens! |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 10/04/2012 : 17:34:33
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| Great stuff! Once you are up and running you should get all your info and photos together and publish a book, or make a DVD! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 10/04/2012 : 22:08:20
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Originally posted by Captain Bubble
Great stuff! Once you are up and running you should get all your info and photos together and publish a book, or make a DVD!
Nice idea! It'd look great on my coffee table but I'm not sure it would interest anyone else?!? |
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 08:16:24
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| Well it is interesting to see all the photos and attention to detail, it could be a useful resource for anyone planning to build a studio. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 19:59:18
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So the ceiling props arrived today as promised. Metalwork is due to arrive tomorrow. I spent the day dealing with mundane but absolutely necessary tasks like arranging for the alarm system to be extended into the new build. Getting quotes for studio glass, researching hvac systems, audio cabling etc. Even though I've done this before I'd already forgotten how many things there are to think about to pull all of this together!
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 21:07:52
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| So.... if you wrote a book or made a DVD, then next time you would have all the info at your finger tips! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 11/04/2012 : 23:29:13
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Next time?!? Are you mad?? Never again!!
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 12/04/2012 : 09:09:36
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| Oh, and there was I thinking you were thinking big and planning one of your epic studio builds in every town, was looking forward to visiting your South Bermondsey branch! |
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thumpbop
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Posted - 12/04/2012 : 11:34:38
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I agree with Captain. At the very least an E-book would be great if making a DVD, publishing a book would be too expensive.
I'd buy it!
Or maybe you could approach Mike, Idrum, Rhythm etc about the possibility of a series of articles? |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 14/04/2012 : 22:04:48
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heheh. Ok ok! I'll look into it at least!
In the meantime... it's funny isn't it. When you pay your builder's first stage invoice. The day after it's rendered. And they immediately disappear. And don't show up at all. For two weeks.
HOHOHO.
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 15/04/2012 : 08:16:30
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| Screen shot this thread before it goes to the re-cycle dump on Planet Cyberspace! Good old builders and their legendary occasional disappearances! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 20/04/2012 : 21:58:56
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So work has been going on all week on a number of fronts. At the start of the week a truck pulled up with what looked like a massive load of scaffolding. It soon turned out that it was a very clever shuttering system which, apparently, tends to get used for large commercial buildings where large floor plates are poured insitu. The guys soon set about putting it up. You can see here that it effectively looks like upmarket scaffolding with a substantial crossmember section:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7250.jpg
The basic idea is that each room is filled with this scaffolding system, with narrowly space crossmembers on top. After that is done the roof is shuttered so that, effectively, a big basin is built on top of the walls. A large DPC is then fitted, the basin is filled with metalwork and the concrete is poured in. More photos to follow. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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moosetication
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Posted - 24/04/2012 : 09:31:52
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| Ok, I'm now basically so envious that I've gone through simple covetousness and out the other side into a deeply green place filled with the purest jealousy. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 25/04/2012 : 08:21:38
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| I cannot help wondering what will happen many, many years in the future when all things have moved on and the time comes to demolish your building. The contractors will be scratching their heads as to what it was being used for! Good progress. |
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Bewdy
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dogface
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Posted - 25/04/2012 : 14:06:43
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Trev, you need to stop trying to do this on cheap and spend a bit of money getting it right.
Yes, get some of that lovely foam, it must be good - look how much it costs. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 25/04/2012 : 18:47:53
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Hahaha! Thanks guys. Appreciate it. I always have cold beer in the fridge so you are all welcome to come take a look some time! I have a celebrity from the rockhall of fame coming to do the formal opening party so that might be a fun opportunity!  |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 25/04/2012 : 18:56:58
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| So... amidst some hilarious scenes (think of one hapless individual face down in the concrete as he tried to reach over and float a corner with very little headroom) we poured (or rather pumped) the concrete today. Stupid here forgot to take the camera so I'm afraid there will just be some iphone quality pics as soon as I get them back from the guys and choose the best of them! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Captain Bubble
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Posted - 06/05/2012 : 09:11:03
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| Looking good. I hope he washed that concrete off quickly, it can eat into your skin and cause terrible pain if you leave. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 06/05/2012 : 16:28:06
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And finally, you can see that the formwork is now all down and you can see the fruits of our labours: concrete roofs to top off our three fully floated high-mass production rooms. Here's a shot of the finish:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7319.jpg
First fix wiring should have been starting this week but I've just had a call from the electrician who has said something has come up and he can't make it. :facepalm:
Also, I didn't want to put you off what's going on here until we got to this point but work has now started on the new control room... |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 08/05/2012 : 20:56:27
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So, while we sort out a new electrician for the next phase of the production rooms, the time has finally arrived to let you in on the control room build. The first full FTB build Northward Acoustics have done in the UK so we are doubly psyched about it. First up then, the steelwork arrives:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7299.jpg
Those with good eyes will see the little sticks against the wall of the live room. As my spacial awareness is very poor Thomas placed these so I could get an idea of where everything will be. You'll see that the live room window will almost double in width and the door will move to the right with an 18 inch pillar between the two. |
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Captain Bubble
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stakka
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Posted - 09/05/2012 : 13:50:04
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Very interesting read... and I'm insanely jealous !! 
I am only a casual covers band drummer but have also got more in to home studio recording / producing lately and as a coincidence we are starting to eye up our next house move - what the wife says about the potential for the garden goes in one ear and out the other..... I'm just looking for a certain decent sized room .... y'know, it might just come in handy 
Looking forward to seeing onward progress - thanks for sharing. |
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TrevCircleStudios
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 12/05/2012 : 09:06:39
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The new window will be pretty heavy!
Yeah I gotta say I'm a bit worried about how we are gonna get it from the truck to its resting place! |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 13/05/2012 : 11:35:12
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Continuing the concrete trend, you can see that the pillar between the live room window and door is going up already:
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7349.jpg
(the wall to the right of the pillar will eventually make way for the door).
In other news I've now found a new electrician so the first fix on the production rooms and stone room will go up tomorrow! |
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mercymercy
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Posted - 14/05/2012 : 23:48:04
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| So I'm new here, what's the best free recording program to use? Anything more than Audacity? |
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TrevCircleStudios
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Posted - 15/05/2012 : 19:49:53
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| Probably Reaper. Start another thread if you want to discuss please. |
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