How do you dramatically improve your audio.
Making your own wall panels.
At first glance this panel design may look too complex for your average do it yourselfer but it s not.
Simply ease ez sips down onto your 2 6 stick framed wall section made with standard lumber sheet over top with osb or plywood and stand it.
Ez sips kits consist of 4 foot wide panels made of r 25 eps.
Here a panel from a store display gets converted into a stunning headboard.
Now if you ve been following along you will know that i didn t quite get the room finished due to getting an inflamed shoulder.
The panels are made from three horizontal 1 6 bands that run around the room with narrower vertical boards spaced every 30 in.
The panels are the wall itself.
Below are all the tools materials instructions for building afford.
They are wall height and 6 thick engineered with channels routered in the foam to accommodate studs and top bottom plates.
Diy wall panelling 25 january 2018 as i was working on the library and posting updates on social media so many people messaged me asking to know more about our wall panelling because it s a project they d like to do in their own home.
Large cork board with frame the one i used was 36 48 carpet samples flooring samples sandpaper use coloured sandpaper if you want reversible sequin mermaid fabric glittered foam sheet feathers pony beads faux tile or brick panels cork coaster beaded or sequinned fabric glass.
For added interest paint it a color that contrasts with your wall color.
Record in a space that s treated for sound.
By the way the recent revision in the irc states that if sip wall panels are manufactured according to certain guidelines and used in certain ways and if you have a proper quality assurance program in place your wall panels don t need to be tested in order to be considered certified so this should make it easier for independents to begin.
If it is structural you will need back up or proof of the strength of the panel and the strength onf the wall after constructed.
From a practical standpoint you will have to make the panels a usable thickness and not let the 2 or 4 of foam dictate the panel thickness unless you want to enter the world of everything non standard.