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My New Studio Build (perhaps overly detailed)
- Thread starter silky smoove
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Mini split is up and running. I need to seal up the interior and exterior penetrations, but it seems to be working great. The contractor left it heated up to 72F, which is a little too warm for me. I kicked it down to 68F and will check it again in a little bit.
It’s definitely quiet, although not as quiet as LG’s product literature would suggest. I need to go through the manual to see how to get it on its lowest setting, just in case the louder than expected noise level was just user error.
It’s definitely quiet, although not as quiet as LG’s product literature would suggest. I need to go through the manual to see how to get it on its lowest setting, just in case the louder than expected noise level was just user error.
Just got confirmation that my shipment from GIK is leaving Atlanta on the 20th. It probably won’t be here in time for me to install over Thanksgiving weekend, but it will be here shortly thereafter. That should leave me just enough time to get everything else finished before it arrives, then I’ll get it installed, then I’ll bring my gear in.
Any issues with the LG vibrating and transferring noise into the studio? I see that the bracket allows the unit to be separated from the exterior wall, a good thing.
It’s just black plastic covering the HRV wall penetration until I decide whether or not I need a baffle box.
Doesn’t appear to at this point. I won’t fully know until I kick on the AC for a while as that’s what will drive the compressor to run at its highest level.
With no exterior windows and all of the extra insulation, the space should be fairly efficient at maintaining temperature.
Just my shop lights with a pair of incandescent bulbs would adequately heat the space while working back in late September. Heating and cooling should be a breeze (pun intended).
It’s the little things...
Which is what I’d be saying, except that I don’t like these plates at all. They don’t have a stand-off where the machine screw passes through, so the plate is either not fully secured to the wall, or it is but the face of the plate is flexed to the point of being visibly concave. I’ll be returning these and buying more substantial plates. The ones in my house are from a Portland company called Restoration Hardware and they’re made of aged bronze finished metal. Super nice, but about $20 a pop. If I can find a middle ground I’ll be super happy.
Which is what I’d be saying, except that I don’t like these plates at all. They don’t have a stand-off where the machine screw passes through, so the plate is either not fully secured to the wall, or it is but the face of the plate is flexed to the point of being visibly concave. I’ll be returning these and buying more substantial plates. The ones in my house are from a Portland company called Restoration Hardware and they’re made of aged bronze finished metal. Super nice, but about $20 a pop. If I can find a middle ground I’ll be super happy.
All the light switches are in the vestibule. That’s what’s in the picture above.
Yeah, at one point I was going to install variacs for all the main room lights. I scrapped that idea, which may or may not have worked in terms of having electrically silent dimming, and instead separated the main room lights such that I can shut off one half of the room if it helps to set a vibe.
Switches from left to right:
Front door light timer
Backyard security motion light
Vestibule light
Main room lights south
Main room lights north
Don’t rob a bank for $50. I just went through a similar thing; given the total expense, an extra few was irritating but looked way more PRO. After doing it “right” the cost doesn’t bug me. Rest Hardware is good; I’m sure a lighting shop will have a middle ground that doesn’t suck.
Found a company in New York called Switch Hits that makes nice brass outlet and switch plate covers that are cheaper than Rejuvenation and Kyles. Placed an order. $118 seems like a lot for covers, but that was as good as I could find for non plastic, non vinyl covers in an oil rubbed bronze finish.
Houston... We have a problem.
The door is too thick to use the Schlage lever that I purchased. Honestly I hadn’t even considered this potential problem. I’m going to talk to the folks at IsoDoor to see what they recommend.
@peterpalmieri Which lever did you use for your IsoDoor? Mine is the HD/LF model, so you might not have had this issue to deal with.
The door is too thick to use the Schlage lever that I purchased. Honestly I hadn’t even considered this potential problem. I’m going to talk to the folks at IsoDoor to see what they recommend.
@peterpalmieri Which lever did you use for your IsoDoor? Mine is the HD/LF model, so you might not have had this issue to deal with.
I’m pretty sure mine came with the door or maybe they had recommended what to use.
