Construction Begins on Sim Room Addition

[Kaos]

Foundation block laid this morning. Concrete crew is scheduled to prep area (filling, leveling, packing and installing wire) this weekend for slab pouring Monday. Hopefully the weather will cooperate! The area actually looks bigger to me with the block down. Weather permitting, I am hoping framing can get started by mid week.

[Kaos]

Here is a tip for room addition planning I think some might find helpful (I initially made this mistake but luckily I caught my error) and you may not have stopped to think about. When I initially was planning the room I was going to go with 14x20 room dimension. When I received the plans from my contractor I looked closely and he was using outside dimensions and I was thinking inside dimensions! So, I had to add a foot so that it was 15x20 (and an extra $2,000). Here is why. The walls are 4’” thick (studs). The amount to add for the sound clips noted above is 1 5/8” (clips and hat channel). Then add the 5/8” type C drywall and the walls end up at 6.25” thick. This is times 2 so I am losing 12.5” off of the 15’ width right off the bat. This leaves me 13’ 11.5” of inside width. Had I left it at the original, I would end up with 12’ 11.5” (not what I wanted especially with a 12’ enclosure). I am planning on placing the target line at 7.6” with a 12’ enclosure (no lefties) so I am in great shape. I want the extra 6” so avoid the feeling like I am going to hit the wall. I arrived at that distance by experimenting in my garage. I felt cramped at 7’ like I was going to hit the wall (and probably not really in danger in reality) and tended to “cut back”. At 7’ 6” I can let my swing go comfortably without fear of hitting the wall. So, really pay attention to your plans so you and your contractor are on the same page. Otherwise, you may be disappointed!

[3on3putt]

I asked because I swear that photo looked like my neighborhood lol. Small world but not that small I guess. I'm in NC and the rain here has been beyond ridiculous as well.

[Kaos]

SE Virginia. We have just been swamped with rain this year (much worse than normal).

[3on3putt]

Curious as to what state you live in?

[Kaos]

Footing concrete poured today. Ready for block! Unfortunately, the block delivery got delayed until tomorrow that will probably result in blocks being laid Friday. Concrete crew is going to prep over the weekend and try to pour the slab early Monday. Weather is 30-55% chance of rain every day next week so I am hoping they can get the slab done Monday,,,fingers crosed!

[Kaos]

That was an option, but I elected to go that way to get the most bang for the buck value wise. In other words, it has the best increase to the house value adding directly to the house. Also, it would have likely been more expensive because I would have had to add additional material and labor (i.e. extra full wall) to have it done right. I would have still had to have it soundproofed.

[3on3putt]

Very exciting. One question though -- if noise was such a concern, why not build it further back from the house?

[Kaos]

Thanks...A lot of research went into the soundproofing. I made a lot of calls and finally managed to get a guy at a local supply company who is very knowledgeable and was kind enough to send me a lot of information in .pdf format with product information, STC comparisons with different products and setups etc. That was a huge help to me and my contractor. I am planning on posting Db tests so folks can see the results of soundproofing.

[COgolfengineer]

Really awesome! Should be a great setup with all the pre-planning you did, good job on that. Definitely looking forward to see how this turns out!