Questions tagged [sound-proofing]
For questions generally relating to the prevention of transmission of sound from one enclosed area into another or between interior and exterior spaces.
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Will expanding foam improve soundproofing around Interior Doors
I'm re-casing my interior doors. Is there any value to using an expanding spray-foam between the jamb and the rough-in?
If it reduces noise transfer, I'm in. But I don't want to waste money or make ...
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Can a fully mortised automatic door bottom be installed in an MDF solid core?
I am looking for higher-end sound control. I would like to go to a solid core door with an automatic door bottom. One requirement is that the door not stand out in a hallway of other doors. The ...
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How to soundproof door with vents?
My current apartment has a washer and drier behind a vented door. Obviously this lets a lot of noise passing through. What would be the best way for me to temporarily soundproof this door?
Here are a ...
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Can I install a window behind a window? [closed]
Can I install a window behind a window?
This is useful for soundproofing. Window inserts do this, but an inswing casement window is better.
I have a double hung double pane window.
frame dimensions:
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How to seal an interior house door without taking it down?
My bedroom has 2 entry way: one single door towards a hallway and a double doors into the living room. I would like to seal off the double door and only use the single door, any suggestions on how to ...
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How can I conveniently soundproof a bedroom window? [duplicate]
Does anyone have an inexpensive way to “soundproof” a bedroom window that doesn’t require lots of installation? I’ve read about different techniques like acoustic foam/panels/blankets, but some people ...
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Soundproofing an open stairwell against downstair noise
I'm trying to dampen the sound that comes up the stairwell by installing a new wall and a soundproof blanket.
We currently have a half-wall that I'll be extending up to the ceiling.
And that would ...
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Basement Ceiling Soundproofing [closed]
How can I soundproof my basement ceiling?
I was thinking of enclosing the entire basement ceiling with 2x4s to soundproof the floor, will this work?
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How much I can expect at noise reduction in a apartment with high budget? [closed]
This is the first time I'm dealing with this issue.
I live in a apartment with lots of Airbnbs, and such there is always noise of people changing floors, drills and stuff.
With a budget of 20.000 USD ...
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How to muffle sound coming through a 5" diameter vent hose
I have a portable air conditioner with dual insulated hoses to a window. I've captured the cold output with a rectangle-to-round duct transition and some tape into a 5" diameter hose. That hose ...
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Is 1/2 inch OSB strong enough for subfloor
We just found out that the subfloors in our rental property are only 1/2 inch thick OSB. It has some moisture damage but we fixed what caused it and are replacing damaged ones.
We can't really afford ...
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How to soundproof a permanently closed door behind a bookcase?
Two apartments were formerly joined as one with a door that's now permanently closed, had its knobs removed, and is hidden behind bookcases for good measure. The building has good thick walls so the ...
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Achieve airtight seal of exterior door
Our balcony door does not seal well, which results in frequent visits from spiders and an increased noise from the outside.
I first thought the issue is a gap at the top and bottom (both gaps on the ...
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Making a wall very slightly thicker with gypsum board?
In the flat I'm remodeling, there is a very thin wall, like 6cm thick or so separating two large rooms. It has literally no sound isolation, and is overall very flimsy - it does not help that it is ...
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Remove and seal up old air vents
I recently bought an apartment and have now realised that there are 4 old air vents in the flat that let cold air and noise in. The flat is right outside a restaurant and a pub and it gets super noisy ...
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Would installing OSB under a metal roof help reduce noise from rain
We have a back porch about 235 sq ft. the previous owner installed it directly on the 2x4s and purlins. Extremely noisy. Will removing metal sheets then laying plywood/OSB and felt and reinstalling ...
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How much better is modern soundproof drywall + resilient channel vs what they did in the 50s? [closed]
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I have an existing bedroom with an interior wall that already has 1/2" drywall hung in front of another 1/2" of some kind of insulation panel (not asbestos, just cellulose ...
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Concrete legs for sound-proofing bed
I'm currently living on an apartment where:
The noise insulation is quite good, BUT
You can 'feel' the steps on the apartment underneath, as , I guess, they vibration gets transmitted through the ...
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What's the shear strength of a 5.0 x 50mm wood screw?
I'm going to be installing a decoupled ceiling into wood joists. The system comprises of clips that each take 4 screws. Each 1.2m x 1.2m 36kg plasterboard will be attached to 12 of these clips total.
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Would adding sound-dampening insulation to part of a wall help?
We have a square-shaped, corner room that we use as a piano room. The room has doorways into both adjacent interior spaces. One doorway has large French doors with a transom. The other is just open - ...
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Opposing needs: soundproofing a door, constructing a cat door - can both be met?
There is a door we would like to soundproof, or at least insulate phonically to the extent possible: it leads to a narrow open staircase leading to the attic, which is currently a somewhat creaky ...
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Should I block a hole in my door to prevent noise/heat/cold issues? [closed]
I have 3 doors in my house that were modified for our cat to be able to move inside the house when the doors are closed, so we wont have to get up and open them for him all the time (all the doors are ...
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Can Rockwool Insulation be compressed or squished to fit through a 4'' hole and then rexpanded?
I just put in recessed lighting and lost a lot of soundproofing in the room. There is some insulation in the ceiling, but since cutting the holes in the drywall, sound is leaking out like crazy (...
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How do I reduce extreme wind noise in a standing seam roof?
I've noted lots of wind noise from our standing seam panels, a roaring in the metal 'pans' forming the long panels that is, at times, deafening. My question: is there a reasonably effective solution?
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Reduce low-frequency noise from nearby rail yard during home renovation and wall (re)construction
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I live about 350 m from a rail yard. The idling engine are rather noisy. Within my house, only the very low frequencies usually make it through the walls to the living space. I haven't ...
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GE dishwasher sound proofing material
Got a brand new GE dishwasher and its soundproofing wrap is quite thin, you can literally .. see through it (the photo doesn’t capture that) . The material measures around 1-2mm thick. Is this some ...
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Ideas or options for a door in an open stairway [closed]
I found a semi-related post about this, but it doesn't really answer my question. It basically claims a horizontal, wall-mounted barn door could work in a space like below (see images). However, all ...
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Where can I buy 3/4" fine thread drywall screws in Canada? [closed]
I live in Canada, and it's hard to buy stuff here :)
Describing my use case a bit here, for my soundproofing in the basement ceiling I'm constructing rockwool + sonopan + resilient channel + 5/8" ...
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Would a box lined with rock wool help to soundproof noisy plumbing? [duplicate]
Context: Old rowhouse with joists running across the structure. Bathroom is on 2nd floor over the kitchen/dining room. Bathroom floor is 4" of concrete + tile.
Over the summer, we discovered a ...
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Reducing sound through a vent
There is a vent above our shower that we keep closed all the time. Despite being closed, we can hear everything in a neighbor's kitchen, and they can hear everything in our bathroom.
I'd like to ...
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What to use to soundproof the ceiling from footsteps and falling objects?
I would like to soundproof my 60 foot living room from the noises of the upper floor, in particular the noises of footsteps (there is a 5-year-old girl running much time of the day) and falling ...
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Two 5/8 drywall panel on resilient channel RC-1 on ceiling
Can you mount two layers of 5/8 drywall on RC-1 from the ceiling?
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How to mount an attic gable fan to reduce vibration in the rest of the house?
How can I reduce noise and vibration that's transmitted from an an attic gable fan to the rest of the house? Currently, the fan is mounted via screws to studs on the gable. Even when the fan is ...
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Using narrow (25mm-27mm) steel studs for walls
I did some research, watched some videos. All of those shows how to install standard steel studs for walls (50mm-100mm x 50 mm). For ceiling there are more narrow studs, like 60mm x 27mm or 60mm x ...
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How to muffle rain hitting overhanging steel eave?
In order to stop rain soaking in through the walls a narrow 15cm steel eave was added above a couple of windows at my place. It does the job, we no longer get any water entering the building. But, it ...
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Soundproofing wooden server cabinet
I have build a wooden (well, 22mm mdf) cabinet to hold my server, switch etcetera. I wish to soundproof the cabinet as well as possible. Obviously complete proofing is not possible, because it needs ...
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Creating DIY rockwool panels and hanging on wall to block sound thru walls
I rent, and looking to bump up the STC of my living room and bedroom walls a little bit with some nice looking panels stuffed with Rockwool. I figure that these would add a little bit soundproofing ...
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Does combining a hybrid vinyl plank with attached underlay and external underlay help to achieve even greater soundproofing?
Hybrid vinyl planks come with acoustic underlay attached to them. For example the one that I am after has LnTw of 40 db.
The question is if I install that on top of an extra 2mm acoustic underlay, say,...
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How to create a permeable sound barrier? [closed]
I want to create a permeable (allowing things to pass through) sound barrier (noise barrier, soundwall, noise wall) for soundproofing purposes. It is for a room and specifically for the doorway/...
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Possible to "soundproof"/reduce noise from First Floor Furnace/AC?
We have a 1080 sq. ft., 1-floor (no basement) house. Our furnace and cold air/AC returns/registers are literally almost in the living room/main sitting area and it's very loud year round, making for a ...
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How can I dampen a tankless water heater’s humming sound?
I just moved into our new home. First time with a tankless heater. I notice that whenever we turn on hot water after turning it off the tankless heater makes a humming sound. It seems like this is ...
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Soundproofing a wooden door with a mirror
To what extent is it viable to glue a large mirror on a solid wood door for sound insulation?
From my point of view, if I will glue a mirror covering most of the door area on a double-sided thick self-...
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Soundproofing an outdoor double pane glass door with aluminum frame
I live in apartment were across the street is an industrial air conditioner that runs 24/7 and makes a semi high pitched noise. The windows and sliding glass door in my living room effectively block ...
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How to stop dripping noise from A/C into drain?
My air conditioner is in a crawl space in the 2nd floor. The condenser tray has a PVC drip line that comes down through the wall and meets up with a bathroom sink's drain immediately below the crawl ...
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Could hedges help in reducing noise?
We live on a busy street with sound of tires and revving engines. We were wondering if hedges could help reduce the sound that comes into the house? if not, what other alternatives can we try? We ...
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Practical ways to reduce rattling noise in furnace?
Our bedroom is right above where the furnace is in our rented apartment. The furnace below makes a lot of noise, especially a rattling noise. Landlord is refusing to take any actions on it saying it ...
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Sound of toilet water flushed from high floors
I live in an apartment building. Time to time, sound like flushed water going down in pipes come from our bathroom, likely when higher floor neighbors just finished using their toilet.
Is there a way ...
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Soundproofing tape outdoor
I'm thinking about using soundproofing resilient tape on my balcony, mostly because rain sometime hits the metal railing and the noise bothers me.
I was wondering if such material is flame resistant, ...
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Soundproofing external HVAC
I am looking to build a fence around my outside air conditioning unit to reduce the decibels for the neighbors. Is there any tips on how to construct such unit? Are there any ready to use commercial ...
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How do I level a hardwood floor with minimal damage?
I'd like to soundproof my living room floor in order to minimize impact from footfall and airborne sound transmission from a piano. My general plan is to install soundproofing mats on top of the ...
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