This is a view from directly in front of the overhead garage door looking to the back.

because the area of the garage where i wanted my live room had such an un-level floor,I couldnt float it in the traditional way to solve the problem,
I drilled holes in the floor along the length of where my runners would sit.
(on 2 foot centers) I set concrete anchors in the holes, then srewed 3/8 rods into them. I placed a nut and washer on each rod and got each nut and washer level.(with each other)I drilled holes in my runners so the rods could pass thru and used a nut and washer on top to tighten it down. This gives me about a 4 inch air gap under my floor.

this a shot looking from the live area to what will soon be my controll booth.
the over head garage door will be removed and framed in.

got the controll room wall framed in and the electrical rough in completed.
a buddy of mine is doing the electric work for free.another buddy gave me
all of this lumber for free.(sweet)

this is a view along the length of what will be the live room.
dimensions are 11x17 feet.

sheet rock(5/8)is up and glass is in.there are two pieces of glass with a 3.5 inch air gap between them.each piece is 1/4 inch laminated.
Igot this glass for free off of a constuction site I was working on.I have two more pieces of it that I plan to use when I frame up my room within a room for the live room.

this is another view along the length of the live room. The wall to the front adjoins the house.although I will be using the room within a room method here, I went for some added isolation here by using 4 inch thick 8lb density rock wool bats in the wall. The inner walls will have 2 inch thick 8lb density
rockwool bats in them. I replaced the original water heater because it was gas
and I didn't like the idea of fire in my studio. The water heater will be framed around.

heres a shot of the floor runners with the sub floor laid on it. You cant buy this sub floor material at home depot ! (lol) I am using 2 inch thick solid wood doors as my sub floor. I got these for free off of the same job I got the glass from.(about 15 doors) I plan on covering these with 3/4 toungue and groove ply wood.

here's one more shot of my door floor

this is where the overhead garage door used to be.i tore it out and framed it in.eventually the door that you saw on the rear wall of the live room will be taken out and framed in.i will install this door on the wall you see here.(the wall you see here is the rear of my controll room)

More to come

Cheers Sheppard

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