SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS Sound Isolation in a Detached ADU: Two Projects, Two Different Paths By Wilson Harwood, Sound Isolation Designer and Principal of SPYS Designs Two clients came to…
SPYS DESIGNS · SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN Who Designs the Mechanical System for a Sound Isolated Room? I am working on a project right now with three sound isolated rooms: a live room, a production room,…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS Setbacks, Overlays, and Recorded Documents: What a Backyard Room Has to Clear Before It Can Be Designed Recently, two projects came to us with the same problem.…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS What a Sound Isolation Design Fee Actually Buys You A few months ago I was on a live video inspection, walking a client's build room by room before the walls…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS Redlining a Sound Isolation Plan Set: Which Cuts Are Free, and Which Ones Cost You A builder in Colorado sat down with a plan set we had spent months developing…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS The Three Circles of Construction Cost Why a set of drawings is the only thing that meaningfully narrows the number, and why anyone who hands you a figure before…
The Standard I Wouldn't Lower, Even for My Own Studio My own studio has been fully designed for months. Complete construction documents, engineered to the exact standard I hold every client to. Room…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS You Do Not Need an Architect First The instinct to get an architect on board before anyone else is reasonable. For a room with real performance requirements, it…
A Correct Drawing and a Buildable Drawing Are Two Different Documents A finished plan set for a Florida sound isolation project, a framer who asked how it was actually going to get built, and a roof…
SOUND ISOLATION DESIGN · SPYS DESIGNS Sound Isolation Assemblies Are Moisture Traps by Design What a roof detail on a Tallahassee project taught me about vapor, and why the sound isolation designer…
