Isolation Room - Design

I talked to Tony DiCuffa this morning about building the isolation room. He's had some experience creating home theatre systems so he offered some "best-bang-for-your-buck" style advice.

• Slant the Walls - It should be easy to add some extra slant to make a trapezoidal room, which will make for better acoustics.
• Stagger the 2x4s in the walls - Such that there is no 2x4 that is touching both the inner and outer sheet rock.
• Use 4-inch tubing for air conditioning - in 3 places throughout the room, this will cool down the room and not mess with the pressure as long as the door is opened every couple of hours.
• Use Bicycle Tire for joining - The rubber will absorb more of the sound so less will be transferred to the next item that it is being joined with. This will be a cheap way to prevent sound from transferring all the way through the house via the frame
• Use Liquid Nails - to hang the sheet rock liquid nails will act as another way of stopping the sound from travelling through to other mediums.

Click here to see my rudimentary drawings of the plans.