No, no!!! It is all wrong!!! You will have to cease construction immediately, and fly yourself and your mates to the States, and finish my studio before continuing! Ha!
Great job Lou! You are truly an inspiration!
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Hi guys – and thanks to you all for the kind words of encouragement. Forgive me for not addressing you individually on this occasion, but it’s 22.13pm U.K. time (or quarter past twelve lunchtime, Hawaiian time) 
and, I’m totally ‘shagged’. (English expression for feeling somewhat tired!) So, this is just to bring you all up to date for today.
DH – you’re doing a grand job too my friend – Do you hate drywall by any chance?
Man – what a day. Introducing ‘Chris’, and at last, not an old schoolmate, but someone I’ve been luckily enough to meet via Ian. This guy is awesome, a structural carpenter, I didn’t even know such a job existed. His speciality is sorting out structural wooden trusses in churches or barns – totally the ‘Man’ with wood.
He made all these in 40 minutes!
I gladly show you my first ‘TOY’purchase of the build – a high velocity nail gun. (Framing in mind-but still gotta get Ken’s skill saw and guide system in place, not to mention – compound mitre saw and laser level!)
I so want this dewalt bench system as well, even though it’s ‘Black and Decker’ but yellow!.
Before I had chance to ‘skin a cat’ this was up people!
This bloke is something else – really.
I swear, we’re barely at lunchtime, and he’s already fixing the ‘Tech-Screws’ into place. I should explain this - there exists a self-tapping, self-drilling screw, specifically designed to fix timber to steel! I’ll take a pick soon to explain exactly how it works. Bloody simple, but equaully bloody clever.
Then I get to play with my new toy, and I love it!
Arty shot of rafters across iso booth now in place. (For you know who )
Proper view of ‘Tech-screws’ but not as good as tomorrows pic – promise.
Time to explain to Graham electrical requirements.
At last my friends, you can now see where this is all leading.
Mains electric run into rubber sleeved conduit back to control room for desk, computer, and racks. None of this runs parallel with the green audio trunking, well, not until we get out of screed level at least. (Future plans in mind for this little lot.)
Water supply fed from new studio wash basin……………
To new studio kitchen……………
Light and power run to my new found store room, and on to studio kitchen.
View from Studio 4’s control room – through iso booth and to outside world. Remember this one guys ‘cos in a few months time that’s exactly how it’ll look, but with a bit more plasterboard and glass in place.
That’s it for today, (manic 3 days ahead), at least now you know why I’m tired, and I do mean really tired, there will doubtless be typo after typo in this, but the pictures, all being well, say it all.
Warm regards Gentlemen,
Lou.
and, I’m totally ‘shagged’. (English expression for feeling somewhat tired!) So, this is just to bring you all up to date for today. DH – you’re doing a grand job too my friend – Do you hate drywall by any chance?
Man – what a day. Introducing ‘Chris’, and at last, not an old schoolmate, but someone I’ve been luckily enough to meet via Ian. This guy is awesome, a structural carpenter, I didn’t even know such a job existed. His speciality is sorting out structural wooden trusses in churches or barns – totally the ‘Man’ with wood.
He made all these in 40 minutes!
I gladly show you my first ‘TOY’purchase of the build – a high velocity nail gun. (Framing in mind-but still gotta get Ken’s skill saw and guide system in place, not to mention – compound mitre saw and laser level!)
I so want this dewalt bench system as well, even though it’s ‘Black and Decker’ but yellow!.
Before I had chance to ‘skin a cat’ this was up people!
This bloke is something else – really.
I swear, we’re barely at lunchtime, and he’s already fixing the ‘Tech-Screws’ into place. I should explain this - there exists a self-tapping, self-drilling screw, specifically designed to fix timber to steel! I’ll take a pick soon to explain exactly how it works. Bloody simple, but equaully bloody clever.
Then I get to play with my new toy, and I love it!
Arty shot of rafters across iso booth now in place. (For you know who
)Proper view of ‘Tech-screws’ but not as good as tomorrows pic – promise.
Time to explain to Graham electrical requirements.
At last my friends, you can now see where this is all leading.
Mains electric run into rubber sleeved conduit back to control room for desk, computer, and racks. None of this runs parallel with the green audio trunking, well, not until we get out of screed level at least. (Future plans in mind for this little lot.)
Water supply fed from new studio wash basin……………
To new studio kitchen……………
Light and power run to my new found store room, and on to studio kitchen.
View from Studio 4’s control room – through iso booth and to outside world. Remember this one guys ‘cos in a few months time that’s exactly how it’ll look, but with a bit more plasterboard and glass in place.
That’s it for today, (manic 3 days ahead), at least now you know why I’m tired, and I do mean really tired, there will doubtless be typo after typo in this, but the pictures, all being well, say it all.
Warm regards Gentlemen,
Lou.
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Aloha Lou,
Awesome!
One word of caution though, while I absolutely love builder's toys, (as a few have noticed) it can't be said enough...always know where your hands and fingers (edit: feet/toes, other workers/people/pets) are!
I know of several stories of fingers, thumbs, hands, and other appendages being nailed, nicked, and lost by these fun but deadly amusements. Most recently, a bass player/custom guitar builder friend that discovered what a moving band saw blade can do. Thankfully, he still has his left index finger and can still move it, but it will be several years before he'll be able to feel anything with it (hopefully!) Being that, in addition to your production chops, it would be a shame to leave behind that great guitar playing you do. 'Nuff said!
Rest well, great job and be safe,
Aloha
P.S. It's currently 45 minutes past noon.
Awesome!
One word of caution though, while I absolutely love builder's toys, (as a few have noticed) it can't be said enough...always know where your hands and fingers (edit: feet/toes, other workers/people/pets) are!
I know of several stories of fingers, thumbs, hands, and other appendages being nailed, nicked, and lost by these fun but deadly amusements. Most recently, a bass player/custom guitar builder friend that discovered what a moving band saw blade can do. Thankfully, he still has his left index finger and can still move it, but it will be several years before he'll be able to feel anything with it (hopefully!) Being that, in addition to your production chops, it would be a shame to leave behind that great guitar playing you do. 'Nuff said!
Rest well, great job and be safe,
Aloha
P.S. It's currently 45 minutes past noon.
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Lou,
You know once the studio is up and running you are going to get comments about your mixing and tweaking.
They will say wow your fast or man you are good at what you do with my music.
Isn't it amazing for us non framer/concrete/finisher/drywallers to watch these guys work. Half the time they dont even use a tape to measure and it fits better than I could do with a square and tape
Looking good happy for you
Tom
currently 4pm thursday
PS you need to write the translation page soon for materials.
add=in america never call yourself a twat
add= if your shagged it doesn't neccesarily mean what Austin Powers said it meant
You know once the studio is up and running you are going to get comments about your mixing and tweaking.
They will say wow your fast or man you are good at what you do with my music.
Isn't it amazing for us non framer/concrete/finisher/drywallers to watch these guys work. Half the time they dont even use a tape to measure and it fits better than I could do with a square and tape
Looking good happy for you
Tom
currently 4pm thursday
PS you need to write the translation page soon for materials.
add=in america never call yourself a twat
add= if your shagged it doesn't neccesarily mean what Austin Powers said it meant
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Lou: I got one of those massive framing nail guns too, mine is pneumatic however, and requires a stinking air compressor, but man can it drive nails! I also used it to hang the RC on the ceiling, which is the worst angle in the world to drive nails with a hammer. I probably would never have made it through one or two courses of RC without the nail gun.
Right after I got it, a friend of mine told me the story of how when he was young and working construction to get through college, he accidentally drove a nail through his shoe! Luckily it went IN BETWEEN his toes, but nailed his shoe solid as a rock to the roof he was working on!
He was very lucky, but he said he felt pretty stupid standing there not able to move until he took off his shoe!
As mentioned, be careful!
Right after I got it, a friend of mine told me the story of how when he was young and working construction to get through college, he accidentally drove a nail through his shoe! Luckily it went IN BETWEEN his toes, but nailed his shoe solid as a rock to the roof he was working on!
He was very lucky, but he said he felt pretty stupid standing there not able to move until he took off his shoe!
As mentioned, be careful!
James
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Indeed - do be careful with the new toys. Sometimes I tell myself how much of a shame it would be to injure myself so badly building my drum room that I'd not be able to play drums anymore... 
...It's definitely a sobering thought!
"You know who" appreciates the arty shot, as always!
And all the other shots too -- man, you've spoiled us with the imagery. Thanks for taking so many pictures as they really tell the story. Well, the pics and your thoughtful captions!
Very nice concept of the bulge-out area roof extending to where the front door is! Seeing it framed out like that really drives the point.
I'm jealous of you, as usual.
Keep up the great work!
--Keith
...It's definitely a sobering thought!"You know who" appreciates the arty shot, as always!
And all the other shots too -- man, you've spoiled us with the imagery. Thanks for taking so many pictures as they really tell the story. Well, the pics and your thoughtful captions!
Very nice concept of the bulge-out area roof extending to where the front door is! Seeing it framed out like that really drives the point.
I'm jealous of you, as usual.
Keep up the great work!
--Keith
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Good afternoon Gentlemen – I hope all is well in the world for you. We’ve had a bit of an onslaught over the last couple of days, but a well earned day off today, with an hour or so river stroll to a cool riverside pub for lunch – very nice!
Thanks as always chaps for the responses – very much appreciated, before the update then:
Ken – thank you for the safety concerns my friend. To be fair to everyone, that nail gun pic in my last post does look a little scary, but I can assure you all, that my left hand was nowhere near the end of the gun. My Dad, aside from being a semi-pro drummer for most of his life, was also a tradesman by day. He taught me about power tool safety when I was as young as six, and I tell you. It’s something I’ve never forgotten.
Joey – Thanks Dude, hope your build’s coming along too mate.
DH – very funny Man! You had me going at first! Nice job by the way.
Keith – As always my friend thank you. PS The silencer woodwork looks awesome, fancy popping over for a couple of months to give me a hand with all the tricky stuff?
Tom – ‘Cracked up’ Buddy – which in the U.K. doesn’t necessarily mean that I have a drug abuse problem, but more usually, that I laughed my bloody head off! P.S. have you given your partner a ride recently? (Don’t you just love English?) (Partner in U.K. terms, to mean Wife of course, and not business associate.)
John – Haven’t heard from you in a while, but I know you’ve been stacked out! I really appreciate the post, and I’m hoping you’ve had a chance to catch up on the thread, after all you helped design this baby, many thanks again . For your info, all power tools are of course site regd 110v. (proof to follow).
Here it comes.
As promised a proper shot of a tech screw. The drill bit part is on my little finger, and the lugs by my third finger break off as it winds in. (Pilot hole is a good idea if you’re going into hardened steel, as we were, and no, that’s not a splinter!)
I get on with securing the ‘Wallplate straps’. These are required aluminium straps that hold the woodwork on top of the brickwork to the wall itself, and basically stop the roof from blowing off!
Then it’s time for Chris to rip out more of the vertical hanging tiles to make room for the flat roof section.
Graham kindly organises some temporary power in the studio from the ringmain feed of the main house.
The first flat roof joist gets fitted.
Chris steals my nailgun!
We’ve nearly got all of these in.
Voila – flat roof ready for boarding! (like its going anywhere!)
“Trev! You seen my nailgun anywhere, mate?”
Really coming on.
Trev gets on with removing batten and felt work on the existing porch.
Boarding done.
Then, on to the old porch ‘build up’. If you think about it, what Chris has done here is actually rather clever. First the rafters for the span on top of the wooden beam, use that line to take the rafters across the studio and follow all of that back across the new porch. Simple but clever – Im sure you’d agree.
All timberwork (for this stage at least) complete, including the funny up-turned triangles on the ends of all the rafters. Yes folks, there is a reason for these, which will become apparent later!
Meanwhile, Graham cracks on with the chill-out area light and power runs (five double sockets, four wall light points, 1 x 5 amp spur just in case and 2 x outside lights)
I promised you the proof, John. All power tools are 110V.
Trev and I can now make a start on reinstating the joists we removed last week. This is a shot of one of the new perimeter wall plates.
She’s in, bolted with 3” rawl bolts (into the 'single skin' brickwork) and supported at either end by those monstrous steels already in the studio.
This next shot shows our 16” OC joists, Graham’s neat light and power runs to the studio kitchen, and the yellow dots are so that we know where the joists are when the boarding gets fixed
The first board goes in….and hands well out of the way of the gun!
Not an ‘arty shot’ by any means, Keith, but it does capture the mood of the moment – very very hot and extremely cramped.
Finally, a decent view of how we’ve engineered our new joists – a whole lot stronger, as they’re supposed to be.
That’s it for this one chaps. Tommorow Trev and I are cracking on with joist reinstatement, and, boarding out the store room area above. Tuesday sees Phil and Dave back to 'brick-up' the side gabels on the studio front, then Ian arrives to felt, batten and tile the roof, and hopefully next week, we might even get the new/replacement doors and windows fitted by the same guys who did the chil-out area glass! Then the 'shell' of Studio 4 will be finished and the real fun can begin!
Take care, stay tuned.
Regards as always
Lou.
Thanks as always chaps for the responses – very much appreciated, before the update then:
Ken – thank you for the safety concerns my friend. To be fair to everyone, that nail gun pic in my last post does look a little scary, but I can assure you all, that my left hand was nowhere near the end of the gun. My Dad, aside from being a semi-pro drummer for most of his life, was also a tradesman by day. He taught me about power tool safety when I was as young as six, and I tell you. It’s something I’ve never forgotten.
Joey – Thanks Dude, hope your build’s coming along too mate.
DH – very funny Man! You had me going at first! Nice job by the way.
Keith – As always my friend thank you. PS The silencer woodwork looks awesome, fancy popping over for a couple of months to give me a hand with all the tricky stuff?
Tom – ‘Cracked up’ Buddy – which in the U.K. doesn’t necessarily mean that I have a drug abuse problem, but more usually, that I laughed my bloody head off! P.S. have you given your partner a ride recently? (Don’t you just love English?)
(Partner in U.K. terms, to mean Wife of course, and not business associate.) John – Haven’t heard from you in a while, but I know you’ve been stacked out! I really appreciate the post, and I’m hoping you’ve had a chance to catch up on the thread, after all you helped design this baby, many thanks again
. For your info, all power tools are of course site regd 110v. (proof to follow).Here it comes.
As promised a proper shot of a tech screw. The drill bit part is on my little finger, and the lugs by my third finger break off as it winds in. (Pilot hole is a good idea if you’re going into hardened steel, as we were, and no, that’s not a splinter!)
I get on with securing the ‘Wallplate straps’. These are required aluminium straps that hold the woodwork on top of the brickwork to the wall itself, and basically stop the roof from blowing off!
Then it’s time for Chris to rip out more of the vertical hanging tiles to make room for the flat roof section.
Graham kindly organises some temporary power in the studio from the ringmain feed of the main house.
The first flat roof joist gets fitted.
Chris steals my nailgun!
We’ve nearly got all of these in.
Voila – flat roof ready for boarding! (like its going anywhere!)
“Trev! You seen my nailgun anywhere, mate?”
Really coming on.
Trev gets on with removing batten and felt work on the existing porch.
Boarding done.
Then, on to the old porch ‘build up’. If you think about it, what Chris has done here is actually rather clever. First the rafters for the span on top of the wooden beam, use that line to take the rafters across the studio and follow all of that back across the new porch. Simple but clever – Im sure you’d agree.
All timberwork (for this stage at least) complete, including the funny up-turned triangles on the ends of all the rafters. Yes folks, there is a reason for these, which will become apparent later!
Meanwhile, Graham cracks on with the chill-out area light and power runs (five double sockets, four wall light points, 1 x 5 amp spur just in case and 2 x outside lights)
I promised you the proof, John. All power tools are 110V.
Trev and I can now make a start on reinstating the joists we removed last week. This is a shot of one of the new perimeter wall plates.
She’s in, bolted with 3” rawl bolts (into the 'single skin' brickwork) and supported at either end by those monstrous steels already in the studio.
This next shot shows our 16” OC joists, Graham’s neat light and power runs to the studio kitchen, and the yellow dots are so that we know where the joists are when the boarding gets fixed
The first board goes in….and hands well out of the way of the gun!
Not an ‘arty shot’ by any means, Keith, but it does capture the mood of the moment – very very hot and extremely cramped.
Finally, a decent view of how we’ve engineered our new joists – a whole lot stronger, as they’re supposed to be.
That’s it for this one chaps. Tommorow Trev and I are cracking on with joist reinstatement, and, boarding out the store room area above. Tuesday sees Phil and Dave back to 'brick-up' the side gabels on the studio front, then Ian arrives to felt, batten and tile the roof, and hopefully next week, we might even get the new/replacement doors and windows fitted by the same guys who did the chil-out area glass! Then the 'shell' of Studio 4 will be finished and the real fun can begin!
Take care, stay tuned.
Regards as always
Lou.
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I'm not an electric guy.
But what's the advantage of 110 V?
I remember 110 Volt here when I was a child. Then they changed it to 220-240 V and all Belgian households got free replacement equipment (was less back then, and I can't remember if everything was totally free, I was too young to be interested in this stuff).
When I worked in Indonesia long ago I collected lots of this old 110 V equipment (from elder people) to use it there and left it behind.
In the industry it's 220-240 or 380 V
Lou your studio, work and organization is amazing.
There is only one drawback: you cause anyone to get frustrated, feeling inferior and jealous.
But what's the advantage of 110 V?
I remember 110 Volt here when I was a child. Then they changed it to 220-240 V and all Belgian households got free replacement equipment (was less back then, and I can't remember if everything was totally free, I was too young to be interested in this stuff).
When I worked in Indonesia long ago I collected lots of this old 110 V equipment (from elder people) to use it there and left it behind.
In the industry it's 220-240 or 380 V
Lou your studio, work and organization is amazing.
There is only one drawback: you cause anyone to get frustrated, feeling inferior and jealous.Best regards - Eric Desart
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Let's see...Eric_Desart wrote:Lou your studio, work and organization is amazing.
Frustrated -- check!
Feeling inferior -- check!
Feeling jealous -- check!
It's a trifecta!
Sure, Lou -- I'll come over and give you guys a hand -- but then you and your crew of "great blokes" have to come and finish my build! And, hey, since you guys seem to know so much about sunrooms, you can build me a couple of those as well, eh?
--Keith
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The vast majority of power tools in the UK run on 240v mains. Tools running at 110v tend to be used mainly by professional tradesmen.John Sayers wrote:That's interesting Lou - I'd heard that in the UK it is regulation to use 110V power tools even though your source power is 240V, now you've confirmed it for me
We still operate 240V power tools here in Oz.
Looking good - good carpentry too
cheers
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Spot on correct Phil - I was coming to that one!
John, sorry if my last post on this point was ambiguous, but, 240V is the norm for domestic/DIY here in the UK, however, as Phil, rightly points out, 110V is the Regs requirements voltage on commercial site builds. From a contractors point of view, those professional tradesman that have been here, have effectively, 'been on site'.
Hope this clarifies any confusion to others - gotta go - more work to do.
As for you other kind fellows that have responded to this one, I'll get back to the forum as soon as I can - all a bit 'full-on' at the mo!:shock:
Regards,
Lou.
John, sorry if my last post on this point was ambiguous, but, 240V is the norm for domestic/DIY here in the UK, however, as Phil, rightly points out, 110V is the Regs requirements voltage on commercial site builds. From a contractors point of view, those professional tradesman that have been here, have effectively, 'been on site'.
Hope this clarifies any confusion to others - gotta go - more work to do.
As for you other kind fellows that have responded to this one, I'll get back to the forum as soon as I can - all a bit 'full-on' at the mo!:shock:
Regards,
Lou.
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