Tony Loewen
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2003
- Messages
- 134
Hello everyone, how goes?
I'm pretty much done with the theater except for a few cosmetic and acoustic things. I still have a sand filled front stage to build and a insulation filled seating riser to build, and a few miscellaneous diffusers/absorbers for the walls, but I would like to do something with the ceiling. First off, this isn't really my house. I work and live in Northern Manitoba and corporate accomodations are provided for us. We are allowed to do whatever we like with the basements, but will likely only be in the house for maybe 10 - 15 years, or else I would do the whole room up right, with double sheetrock and RC and the whole 9 yards for soundproofing, then acoustic treatment on top of that. When we move back south into a house of our own, this is what I am doing. But in the meantime... Soundproofing is not a concern to me right now, mostly because of the time and expense for a temporary situation. I would like good accoustics though, and the open floor joists do a nice job of diffusion, but the look like hell with wiring and ductwork and piping and whatnot, so what I would like to do is find some sort of dark, sound-permeable fabric to tack over everything and still let the joists break up the reflections.
I would prefer to find some sort of fire resistant material. I have a ceiling mount projector that throws a little heat, and some recessed lights and, well, safety first kids!!
I was just wondering if anyone else has done this or anything similar to it, and what materials you guys used? Or is this just a bad idea right from the get-go?
I appreciate your thoughts and comments everyone.
Thanks,
Tony
I'm pretty much done with the theater except for a few cosmetic and acoustic things. I still have a sand filled front stage to build and a insulation filled seating riser to build, and a few miscellaneous diffusers/absorbers for the walls, but I would like to do something with the ceiling. First off, this isn't really my house. I work and live in Northern Manitoba and corporate accomodations are provided for us. We are allowed to do whatever we like with the basements, but will likely only be in the house for maybe 10 - 15 years, or else I would do the whole room up right, with double sheetrock and RC and the whole 9 yards for soundproofing, then acoustic treatment on top of that. When we move back south into a house of our own, this is what I am doing. But in the meantime... Soundproofing is not a concern to me right now, mostly because of the time and expense for a temporary situation. I would like good accoustics though, and the open floor joists do a nice job of diffusion, but the look like hell with wiring and ductwork and piping and whatnot, so what I would like to do is find some sort of dark, sound-permeable fabric to tack over everything and still let the joists break up the reflections.
I would prefer to find some sort of fire resistant material. I have a ceiling mount projector that throws a little heat, and some recessed lights and, well, safety first kids!!
I was just wondering if anyone else has done this or anything similar to it, and what materials you guys used? Or is this just a bad idea right from the get-go?
I appreciate your thoughts and comments everyone.
Thanks,
Tony