Gymnasium’s are typically oversized shoe-box shaped rooms defined by hard reflective ceilings, floors and walls. The result is a less than user-friendly space, as echoes carry throughout the room causing spikes in decibel levels and blurred sound signals that ruin the space and it’s ability to host functions. The answer? Slow the echoes down, and…
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Blogs related to soundproofing common walls, ceilings and floors for sound protection and preventing noise bleed.
Blocking Common Wall Noise
The studs in your wall are the equal to a string pulled tight between two coffee cans. Vibrations will carry through the studs to the adjoining room and deliver air born noise. To properly combat sound bleed through your wall, you have two goals. First, add density to the wall, this will impede vibration. Much…
Read MoreDo Sound Panels Block Noise?
One of the most mis-understood aspects of the soundproofing business is clients that call asking for sound panel treatments to help block noise bleeding from one room to the next. The reality is, sound panels do not block noise. Sound panels absorb echoes. Sound panels will produce lower background noise within the same room the…
Read MoreSoundproofing Basement Walls
The outer walls in most basements will be concrete block or poured cement. The inner walls defining the rooms in a basement will be wooden stick frame. Four walls, two concrete, two wood frame is the standard starting point for a client attempting to hold noise to within a room in the basement. The room…
Read MoreHow Expensive is Soundproofing?
The answer to this is dependent on the size of your room. The larger the space, the more square footage of product will be needed in order to trigger the sound values you are after. We are careful to not under treat the space and force a decay in your results. A simple Room Analysis…
Read MoreWhy Batting Insulation Isn’t Effective
Stuffing your walls full of batting insulation may help isolate room temperature, but the treatment does nothing to block noise from bleeding from room to room. Much like a pile of sponges can’t block flooding water, you need sandbags, the same holds true with block noise. You need density, and fiberglass batting insulation stuffed between…
Read MoreBetter Than Soundproof Drywall
The key to combating sound bleed through a common wall or ceiling/floor assembly is to break the connection points and line the common assembly with more density. The disconnection comes in the form of a channel system that can be anchored to an existing, finished wall. This is like snipping the string pulled tight between…
Read More3 Steps to Soundproofing a Wall
Common walls bleed noise because they are not build properly. Vibrations structurally pass through common contact points inside the wall, namely, the framing. To properly insulate a wall against noise bleed, there’s a simple 3 step approach to force the collapse of this vibration. The treatment can collapse up to 90% of the noise bleed…
Read MoreTop 5 Tips for Hanging Drywall
When it comes to blocking noise from bleeding through a common wall, there are a few tricks of the trade known in the acoustics industry that we will share here for those who need help. It has to do with your drywall. Tip #1: Start with MLV. Mass loaded vinyl should layer up to your…
Read MoreBest Way to Block Noise Through Ceiling Tile System
For any room defined by a drop grid ceiling tile system as a ceiling configuration, that room will share noise with adjoining spaces. Whether the noise is generated upstairs, or an adjoining space opposite a common wall with an open plenum, standard commercial grade ceiling tiles are not designed to block and isolate the transmission…
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