I'm pretty excited about my new room i'm building

Just curious Ray, what do you do for internet? I have satellite. That's my only option, so deep in the woods cell phone is not very good. I have to keep a land line, AT&T won't run fiber. John

I agree on the pool table ,I had a 916 for awhile also. ..

Or the perfect 1 bike workshop, with compact lift rack? The perfect audio room/workshop, when your in the dog house with the missus.

Cheers George

I’ve a pool table and it’s great way to enjoy the music and unwind without having to "listen."

georgehifi
the audio room is 200' from main house ,my shop will be about 400' lol I have a few lifts 

noromance 
Im in very rural California redwoods ,visitors are no an everyday occurrence ,so my pool ,dart and pingpong skills will be good lol

jakesnak
viastat sat., its my only option other then Hughes net .Its the main reason I have hesitated to start tidal etc.I have direct tv sat .and sat phone through viastat
I have there top plan with going commercial its not great 

Before you coat/seal/paint etc...the floor, go on this company's web site "Sani-tred". I don't sell it or work for them....just an amazingly satisfied customer. Product was applied over 10 yrs ago. PM me if you want to know specifics of my experience. I also loved building  a dedicated listening space (unrelated to the Sani-tred project). Enjoy this journey! Also helping a friend with planning his own dedicated space. So many decisions! All fun. As Maxwell said, "Pure Adrenaline."

Ray, I'm also on Viasat and DTV. Viasat oversell their systems capacity. Been with them since Wild blue days! Only options Hughsnet or Viasat. What kind of downloads speeds can you get? That has been an adventure of its own! The price we pay for seclusion.

jakesnak
I don't really know what speeds honestly 

Update 
I measure the room its not 16'x24 its 16'x30 wahoo 

Congratulations,  Dedicated rooms are the ultimate tweak. Wondering what the reasoning was behind the 10" concrete slab.  The tread was a fun read, I'm a retired Building Inspector and I've avoided construction since that door closed.

its a free standing biking in Northern California ,my father in law had it poured .He did thick pads on all the outbuildings.There is a 6" on my outdoor sauna. it does get chilly here its 20 deg at 10pm tonight . wish it had sub floor heating .Building inspectors terrify us in this area lol

vegasears
Its a free standing building hundred and hundreds of ft from my house and far from a neighbor (acres).I will post updates it will take awhile bit its happening .

That's pretty ironic Ray, not everyone has a sauna. Both you and I do! First project after building my log home was a 8'x12' sauna on the back deck. Been using it almost everyday for over 20 years. On my 2nd heater, Swedish made Tylo. BTW, for a speed test on Viasat, just search speedtest.net and hit go. It will tell you your download, ping, and upload. use Ookla, just hit go and it will give you the numbers. Take care..

ok I will ,My sauna is a freestanding building all cedar holds 12 friendly people .Harvia wood stove with rocks I do hot or cold . Did one 2o minutes ago lol. my house is timberframe with 8" solis log walls 

Mine is  Western Red Cedar. Trouble with Eastern Cedar the knots seep sap and it will burn you. I have 2 benches, I should have built 3. Wow 12 people! I'm trying to think if I even know 12 people! LOL!  I do 20 min a day, and sometimes go back in after a cold plunge. I was going to go 8'' log walls for the house but it was a lot more money. I have square logs 6" thick. Health benefits of sauna are off the charts. Let me know your download speed with Viasat. Take care...

@ OP
For whatever it's worth, check out my house of stereo system. Also a stand alone room with similar dimension. You may found some info to your liking. Have fun with the process.

This is how I had my custom listening room built into a double garage.  It measures 15'8" X 19'8" X 10' high interior.  The exterior walls are 16" thick and the 2 doors are 17" thick.  No windows or other openings.  Built in bass traps (very effective). 

3 ½” – 9 ½” concrete floor (existing)

Poured steel reinforced to 6+” to 12+” 3000 lb. PSI concrete floor

Walls-

1” MDF

1/8” thick Acoustiblok vinyl sound barrier

¾” MDF

3 x 12 vertical studs, 14.5” on center

Staggered 13” wide 2 x 12 and 4 x 12 per vertical stud channel

13” X 4” X 48” 72lb. 4 chamber activated charcoal absorption filters staggered vertically up/down/up/down

4” Rockwool insulation over vacant stud channel area adjacent to filters

¾” cherry plywood

Ceiling

4’ Sound Absorption Blankets

4” Rockwool

2 x 8 horizontal beams (existing)

5/8” X drywall paneling (existing)

1/8” thick Acoustiblok vinyl sound barrier

¾” cherry plywood

Recessed 9 BR 40 65 Watt LED floodlights

2 Ton HVAC split system, low speed, high volume

70+ oz. plush cut pile carpeting

Subpanel with 8 dedicated circuits of 20 amps each per duplex in the listening room isolated from the lighting and HVAC servicing the room which goes to another subpanel.

baylinor
I like it ,I also have a vpi classic with a vdc colibri cartridge 

fleschler
Very nice

Sounds wonderful oleschool. My wife loves the sauna. I am more a hot tub person myself.  Do you have a system in there?

We used to have a cedar log home. We miss it, though this time I think we would go pine for the thickness.

oleschool OP710 posts12-25-2020 9:26pmok I will ,My sauna is a freestanding building all cedar holds 12 friendly people .Harvia wood stove with rocks I do hot or cold . Did one 2o minutes ago lol. my house is timberframe with 8" solis log walls

Thank you @oleschool. When I purchased my home two years ago, I intended to build a 20’ X 25’ X 14’ high dedicated listening room attached to my home by a breezeway on my large lot. However, the City of Los Angeles changed the law on building to site coverage on RA residential/agricultural zoned lots (about 35% of the City) where only large homes are constructed on 3/17/17. This so called anti-mansionization law limited development to 25% of my lot area (20% if it had been 20,000’+). It defeated the purpose of the law by permitting 50% lot area development on 7.500’ lots and smaller and 45% for larger R1 (typical smaller than RA) residential lots. One can still build a 4,500’ multi-story home next to a 70 year old 1,200’ home; hence, defeating the purpose to prevent mansions overlooking small homes. My RA subdivision homes are 4,700’ to 8,000’ on 18,500’ lots. We can’t add a foot to our homes or use attics (mine’s a partially finished 2,500’ at 10’ to 18’ high) except for dead storage. So I ended up taking out 2 of my 4 garages.

It’s not so bad since my listening room is fabulous sonically.

@baylinor   That's the idea I had (a new structure) when I purchased my home but I knew the law restricted me to garage(s) conversion.  So I built a new structure within a structure.

fleschler
classic California ,I am on ranch land in Mendocino County up north .we still have a k permit which is great .long story .

audio2design
I do not it get almost a80 deg at times so sometimes I bring a portable box but I have probably five systems lol .Oh and a nice hot tub out back stop by