Rimskidog Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1334073381' post='1610525'] Cool. Studio 2 being the control room in fact yeah? With a ickle vocal booth type thing off it opposite the main entrance door. You are clearly going to be completely overworked with all this studio real estate to play with, you should give it to me and save yourself being worked into an early grave Nice to hear that the expected end date of the build is getting nearer rather than further away, that's more than a tad unusual! Did the main contractor manage to find an excuse for not telling you of their unexpected hols then? [/quote] Yeah studio 2 is the control room. The booth mark on the right of it as we look at the plan will actually be a machine room. According to the contractor they had ordered the shuttering and metalwork required by the structural engineer and it hadn't arrived... and perfect timing for the easter holidays too... Glad you are all still getting a kick out of seeing it grow! It makes the admin worthwhile Edited April 10, 2012 by Rimskidog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 So the ceiling props arrived today as promised. Metalwork is due to arrive tomorrow. I spent the day dealing with mundane but absolutely necessary tasks like arranging for the alarm system to be extended into the new build. Getting quotes for studio glass, researching hvac systems, audio cabling etc. Even though I've done this before I'd already forgotten how many things there are to think about to pull all of this together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Sheeesh HVAC, hellish to get that right "after the fact"... Still enjoying the thread as much as ever mate, keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I only clicked on this thread as I wanted to know what was so interesting about a "simple studio refurb". That was an hour ago and I've read the whole thing and this. is. brilliant. Love seeing the updates and it looks like an amazing place! Hope it all goes well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 [color="#000000"]Thanks guys! Hearing that people are getting something out of this makes it feel worthwhile dealing with the admin involved in uploading pictures and penning updates. I'll have another one up soon.[/color] [color="#000000"]In the meantime... it's funny isn't it. When you pay your builders first stage invoice. The day after it's rendered. And they immediately disappear. And don't show up at all. For two weeks now.[/color] [color="#000000"]HOHOHO.[/color] [color="#000000"]Not.[/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='Rimskidog' timestamp='1334437317' post='1616302'] [color=#000000]In the meantime... it's funny isn't it. When you pay your builders first stage invoice. The day after it's rendered. And they immediately disappear. And don't show up at all. For two weeks now.[/color] [color=#000000]HOHOHO.[/color] [color=#000000]Not.[/color] [/quote] Thats cause they have booze money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 [quote name='Rimskidog' timestamp='1334437317' post='1616302'] [color=#000000]Thanks guys! Hearing that people are getting something out of this makes it feel worthwhile dealing with the admin involved in uploading pictures and penning updates. I'll have another one up soon.[/color] [color=#000000]In the meantime... it's funny isn't it. When you pay your builders first stage invoice. The day after it's rendered. And they immediately disappear. And don't show up at all. For two weeks now.[/color] [color=#000000]HOHOHO.[/color] [color=#000000]Not.[/color] [/quote] sh*t. I know who you need: Seriously though, hope they're back in there soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks guys. I think the booze money thing may be spot on. I hunted the boss down on Friday and he told me they will definitely be back this week. Let's see eh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 So work has been going on all week on a number of fronts. At the start of the week a truck pulled up with what looked like a massive load of scaffolding. It soon turned out that it was a very clever shuttering system which, apparently, tends to get used for large commercial buildings where large floor plates are poured insitu. The guys soon set about putting it up. You can see here that it effectively looks like upmarket scaffolding with a substantial crossmember section: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7250.jpg[/IMG] The basic idea is that each room is filled with this scaffolding system, with narrowly space crossmembers on top. After that is done the roof is shuttered so that, effectively, a big basin is built on top of the walls. A large DPC is then fitted, the basin is filled with metalwork and the concrete is poured in. More photos to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Wow! Well impressed with the builders. I went down this morning only to find them on site working away. They are moving really fast now. All three rooms have the frameworks up, wooden boards fitted to the ceiling void. They were busy sealing up the gaps when I arrived: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7259.jpg[/IMG] The crossmembers that actually support the shuttering are at 18 inch centres so this gives some idea of scale: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7257.jpg[/IMG] More tomorrow! They tell me the plan is to pour concrete by Wednesday so they are keeping up the pace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Builders still going at it like knives. You can see some of the joinery in these shots of the shuttering that the concrete will be poured into. First of all a close up of how the panels have been built flush into the room cavity and the gaps filled with some kind of frame sealant: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7243.jpg[/IMG] Then a longer shot: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7242.jpg[/IMG] Then a shot looking up from the ground: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7264.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Lots of not so heavy metal on the agenda today then. Here's an early morning view: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7281.jpg[/IMG] it was then a matter of cutting to rough dimensions before getting it up about 15 or 16 foot in the air where it could be cut to exact size: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7271.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHimself Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 bit of rebar. Nothing wrong with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Starting to come together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Thats really flying up now isnt it. You're going to be finished before you knwo it, then what will you do, you'll be almost bereft without all this excitement Its been a very long time coming though, well done keeping up the pressure to get there with all the issues you've worked through. It'll make the first real session usutilising the majority of all this real estate all the sweeter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Thanks guys! You can see here how the structural engineer specced the roof: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7263.jpg[/IMG] starting to come together: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7260.jpg[/IMG] and a longer shot: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7254.jpg[/IMG] in the other direction: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7285.jpg[/IMG] and during their afternoon nap: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7288.jpg[/IMG] heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 So... amidst some hilarious scenes (think of one hapless individual face down in the concrete as he tried to reach over and float a corner with very little headroom) we poured (or rather pumped) the concrete today. Stupid here forgot to take the camera so I'm afraid there will just be some iphone quality pics as soon as I get them back from the guys and choose the best of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I've done concrete pouring. Multi-story carpark in Horsham, thats a lot of concrete! Every day someone ended up falling over a bit of buried steel and landing in it up to their neck at least. Guaranteed to make you laugh, if its not you Good times mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Good times indeed (though times will be better when it all stops sucking money in and instead, starts blowing some out! ;-) Anyways, Haven't had everyone's iphone photos of the pour back yet but in the meantime I took the camera with me today to get a few pics of the completed roof slabs. Neither funny nor very interesting tbh but here they are anyway (the sticks were just to hold the formwork in place so that the weight of the concrete didn't break open the shuttering): [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7297-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7298-1.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Work began today on striking the formwork: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7302.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 As promised, here are some pics from the concrete roofs (rooves??) of the three production rooms that we poured in-situ last week. Unfortunately they were all iphone pics so havent turned out great (I didn't want to take the nice camera into a confined space with so much fresh concrete sloshing around). Apologies for that. You can see here the concrete pump as we got going: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG-20120424-00035.jpg[/IMG] As we got into the swing of things: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG-20120424-00032.jpg[/IMG] And, sadly it's not obvious, but this was one of the guys going face down into the concrete as he tried to float the surface in a pretty confined area: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/IMG-20120424-00039.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 The shuttering begins to come down and get stored in one of the production rooms: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7324.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 That looks like a huge PIA to pour! No wonder they needed to go for a drink the other week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Heheh. I'm certainly glad it wasn't me doing it! And finally, you can see that the formwork is now all down and you can see the fruits of our labours: concrete roofs to top off our three fully floated high-mass production rooms. Here's a shot of the finish: [IMG]http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g28/Rimskidog/DSCN7319.jpg[/IMG] First fix wiring should have been starting this week but I've just had a call from the electrician who has said something has come up and he can't make it. Also, I didn't want to put you off what's going on here until we got to this point but work has now started on the new control room... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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