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adam
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what is wrong with people (tv show on soundproofing)
Just watched an episode on weekend warriors - a home improvement show on HGTV. This guy wanted to turn his detached garage in a populated area into his 'drum studio" for rocking out to CDs.
Let's talk about some questionable builind tactics (and btw the guy was acting like he was a total pro):
-Left a single paned window to the outside
-2 exterior walls - fiberglass batts with 1 layer of sheet rock
-Built an interior wall (good thing) that was tilted 6 inches top to bottom (for added sound absorbsion) - whether or not this works for sound absorption (i don't think so - i think maybe he was thinking non parallel walls for less standing waves) it seems to be very structurally questionable - then he also hung a wooden work bench on the side that titled out. plus it was a pain in the ass to build and cover.
-4" fiberglass batts on the walls - no caulking
-2 air masses on the inside
-carpet (fire hazard me thinks) remanants on every surface (for added sound absorption
-Hollow core door
-no talk of mass, decoupling, rc, misconceptions about soundproofing. just some guy and his stoner friend hanging carpet backing
And at the end everyone is happy and 'my neighbors don't even know I am there' WHAT?????
While I have not constructed my rooms yet, i have built a bathroom and laundry rooms with new exterior walls - 6" walls, fiberglass, lots of mass, exterior styrofoam sheathing, cement siding, caulked, windows insulated and weather stripped - and you can still kinda hear the street noise (these were not soundproof exercises at all).
i know it is hard work to make a room tight, and then i watch this show - it can't be true, can it? Just makes me remember what it was like to live in blissful ignorance
Just watched an episode on weekend warriors - a home improvement show on HGTV. This guy wanted to turn his detached garage in a populated area into his 'drum studio" for rocking out to CDs.
Let's talk about some questionable builind tactics (and btw the guy was acting like he was a total pro):
-Left a single paned window to the outside
-2 exterior walls - fiberglass batts with 1 layer of sheet rock
-Built an interior wall (good thing) that was tilted 6 inches top to bottom (for added sound absorbsion) - whether or not this works for sound absorption (i don't think so - i think maybe he was thinking non parallel walls for less standing waves) it seems to be very structurally questionable - then he also hung a wooden work bench on the side that titled out. plus it was a pain in the ass to build and cover.
-4" fiberglass batts on the walls - no caulking
-2 air masses on the inside
-carpet (fire hazard me thinks) remanants on every surface (for added sound absorption
-Hollow core door
-no talk of mass, decoupling, rc, misconceptions about soundproofing. just some guy and his stoner friend hanging carpet backing
And at the end everyone is happy and 'my neighbors don't even know I am there' WHAT?????
While I have not constructed my rooms yet, i have built a bathroom and laundry rooms with new exterior walls - 6" walls, fiberglass, lots of mass, exterior styrofoam sheathing, cement siding, caulked, windows insulated and weather stripped - and you can still kinda hear the street noise (these were not soundproof exercises at all).
i know it is hard work to make a room tight, and then i watch this show - it can't be true, can it? Just makes me remember what it was like to live in blissful ignorance
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