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Music studio

Russell — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:18:58 +0000

We completed this music studio last year and recently went back to get some better photos. It includes a double layer of plasterboard to reduce sound transmission and the client has added curtains to reduce the sound escaping through the windows and doors. The studio includes a shower room with WC and is clad in cedar. Windows and doors are aluminium clad timber, double glazed and argon filled. The client has been partiocularly impressed with the thermal insulation: “We have the heating on for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening and, even in the recent cold winter it has never been cold in the studio”.

Standard designs and ‘bare board’ reduce investment in insulated garden buildings

Russell — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:32:34 +0000

Standard designs at a discount All of our insulated garden buildings to date have been bespoke but, in recognition that there is a significant cost saving if customers choose a design that we have already built, we are now offering some of our designs at a discount of 10-15%. The other option we are offering is ‘self completion’ or ‘bare board’. We install the insulated garden building, complete with roof membrane, external cladding, windows and doors and customers put in the electrics, internal plasterboard, heating and decoration. For those with the time and capability this offers a further 15-20% saving. In both cass the buildings are just as well insulated as our bespoke designs with the same quality of materials and workmanship. Prices below exclude VAT and are for installation within 100 miles of Harpenden. Call for prices beyond and for detailed specification.

Edden: 2.4x 2.4m; £6,500 complete, £4,700 bare board

Jaray: 4 x 3m; £13,500 complete, £11,500 bare board

Moore: 5 x 2.7m; £14,400 complete, £12,200 bare board

Collier: 6 x 3m; £17,800 complete, £15,320 bare board

McClelland: 3 x 3m; £12,100 complete, £9,900 bare board

Rawlings: 3.2 x 3m; £11,700 complete, £9,500 bare board

Wikinson: 5 x 5m; £23,000 complete, £19,800 bare board

Fowkes: 6 x 3m; £13,500 complete, £11,000 bare board

Russell — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:23:52 +0000

Self contained music studio

large insulated music studio

Our latest insulated garden room is a 25m2 music studio in London, complete with shower and WC. Clad in cedar and with large, aluminium clad doors and side lights, the structure makes an attractive addition to the garden of this West London house. Soundboard from JCW Acoustic Supplies was used to provide additional sound attenuation.

low maintenance aluminium clad doors and windowsplenty of natural light and great views of the garden

A sound and ‘green’ investment

Russell — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:53:15 +0000

Keeping the sound in for music writer and producer

Insulated garden building specialist Vivid Green recently completed a garden studio for music writer and producer Jon Musgrave which delivers excellent sound attenuation as well as a comfortable working environment. Measuring 4.2 x 3.2 metres and with a vaulted ceiling, the high level of thermal insulation in our garden buildings significantly reduces sound transmission. However, this was further enhanced by the addition of a number of special materials internally. A second layer of ‘Soundblock’ plasterboard increased the mass of walls and ceiling and ‘Impactafoam’ strips were inserted between the battens and structural panels. Finally, ‘Green Glue’ was used to secure the second layer of plasterboard.

The floor to ceiling windows give plenty of natural light but are deliberately smaller than normal to reduce sound loss. Together with the underfloor heating and the high thermal efficiency of the windows and doors, the building exceeds the current standards for insulation in new housing. Jon said: “this is a wonderful space in which to work, cool in Summer and warm in Winter with the added benefit of good sound insulation”.

A well insulated music studio