pucks. mics. sayers

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From: sjoerd@n...
Date: Thu Feb 15, 2001 11:16 pm
Subject: pucks. mics. sayers

Couple of things:

If you use Pucks to float a floor - how do you keep them frozen? and
does the floor slide?

http://www.lis.net.au/~johnsay/Acoustics/ <------- John
Sayers'website, well worth visiting. If you don't know him already,
he's one of Australia's top engineers / producers and studio
designers. Look under
"studios under construction" and there are some pictures of my place
there (sjoko's studio). Thank god I'm a bit further ahaid now...

Who's dropped those 87????? I'll slap him / her.

Do you know those Furman rack lights etc? The owner of Furman, John
Furman, has just had a SPAMMER change operation (its true, he was at the
NAMM as Jackie). Will they now change the name of the company to
ShavedWoman??????

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From: BASSMANCP@A...
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:13 am
Subject: Re: [acoustics] pucks. mics. sayers

In a message dated 2/15/01 6:18:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sjoerd@n... writes:

<<
If you use Pucks to float a floor - how do you keep them frozen? and
does the floor slide?
>>

Construction adhesive...Industrial, not Home Depot. I would only glue one
side so as not to over-couple. It's not like the floor is going anywhere (at
least you hope not). In my first project studio I placed them every 16" and
just laid down T&G plywood on top (glued at the seems). I also put some
fiberglass under the plywood, between the pucks. Then I put down some rebar
an inch above the plywood and poured 3" of lightweight Styrofoam aggregate
cement. It's lighter than regular cement and has less lateral sound
transmission.
Finish surface as you would starting on any cement floor. One cool thing is
that
if you put down a sub floor, you can put wood flooring down and shoot nails
right
into the cement. I should mention that the foundation floor had a 5 mil
barrier under
it.

Regards
CP

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From: SRF7@a...
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:19 am
Subject: Re: [acoustics] pucks. mics. sayers

In a message dated 2/15/01 7:16:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
BASSMANCP@A... writes:

> Construction adhesive...Industrial, not Home Depot. I would only glue one
> side so as not to over-couple. It's not like the floor is going anywhere (at
> least you hope not). In my first project studio I placed them every 16" and
> just laid down T&G plywood on top (glued at the seems). I also put some
> fiberglass under the plywood, between the pucks. Then I put down some rebar
> an inch above the plywood and poured 3" of lightweight Styrofoam aggregate
> cement. It's lighter than regular cement and has less lateral sound
> transmission.
> Finish surface as you would starting on any cement floor. One cool thing is
> that
> if you put down a sub floor, you can put wood flooring down and shoot nails
> right
> into the cement. I should mention that the foundation floor had a 5 mil
> barrier under
> it.
>
> Regards
> CP

Sounds pretty reasonable .... did it work?

Scott R. Foster

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From: BASSMANCP@A...
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:46 am
Subject: Re: [acoustics] pucks. mics. sayers

In a message dated 2/15/01 7:26:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, SRF7@a...
writes:

<<
Sounds pretty reasonable .... did it work?

Scott R. Foster
>>

It worked beautifully, The cement never cracked and it was solid as a
rock.
I would probably use a layer of 3/4" particle board over the 3/4" T&G plywood
for extra strength. I'm doing it differently on the studio I'm building now
because
I'm incorporating radiant floor heat. Nice, warm, and quiet.

Chris Preston

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From: BASSMANCP@A...
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 12:54 am
Subject: Re: [acoustics] floating floors

In a message dated 2/15/01 7:21:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, SRF7@a...
writes:

<< with something that worked. Maybe experiment with strips cut from old
tires??? I guess you could cut them up with a sawzall into 2" x 4"
rectangles
and stack them up to make little blocks.
>>

Rubber mats for horse stalls is cheap and cutable with a table saw.
They are about 1 1/4" thick.

CP

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From: Stephen Foster <oncourse@i...>
Date: Fri Feb 16, 2001 1:12 pm
Subject: Re: [acoustics] pucks. mics. sayers

>NAMM as Jackie). Will they now change the name of the company to
>ShavedWoman??????

Depends on whether he/she/shim can deal with the stubble. Drives my wife crazy.

sf