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Thermal insulation and soundproofing
My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed.
It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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On 15 Jan, 08:50, (D.M.
Procida) wrote: My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 Daniele I can't offer you assistance on the sound proofing - I guess from your previous posts on tape recorder repairs that you are making a sound studio. It might be relevent to say if you are trying to keep sound in or out !! On the insulation front there is the likes of Kingspan which being solid - unlike fibreglass - may also be effective in sound deadening. One thing to be aware of is that there should be a damp proof membrane to prevent moist air getting into the insulation. I've recently fully insulated a small workshop and have had to fit humidity sensing extraction as there was a condensation problem when I had finished working in it and put the heating off. Rob |
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"D.M. Procida" wrote in message ... My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Concrete, brick all very good at sound proofing. You just want as much mass as possible so the sound can't escape (cellars tend to be pretty sound proof as far as the walls go). Or do you mean you want to absorb the sound so it doesn't sound like you are in a brick building? Then you need to look at fibre board, curtains, etc. |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Daniele The thicker the plasterboard the better. Rockwool filling in the cavity both insulates and damps vibration. NT |
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, D.M. Procida wrote: My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. Indeed - apart from the word 'insulating' the two approaches are very different. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Basically you need to add mass to stop airborne sounds and some form of decoupling to prevent structure borne ones. A second stud wall (and ceiling) spaced away from the brick one by as far as is practical with several layers of plasterboard might be your cheapest route. Don't forget the doors - double heavy ones with an 'airlock' between might be the easiest route. With good seals all round. -- *Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , D.M. Procida wrote: My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. Indeed - apart from the word 'insulating' the two approaches are very different. It's a brick building, and will have internal dry walls for the insulation. What soundproofing products for such construction are readily available in the UK? Basically you need to add mass to stop airborne sounds and some form of decoupling to prevent structure borne ones. A second stud wall (and ceiling) spaced away from the brick one by as far as is practical with several layers of plasterboard might be your cheapest route. Don't forget the doors - double heavy ones with an 'airlock' between might be the easiest route. With good seals all round. We dont really know how much NR Daniele wants, or how much trouble and expense he's prepared to go to. It would help if the OP gave more details re application, budget etc. NT |
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My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. Basically you need to add mass to stop airborne sounds and some form of decoupling to prevent structure borne ones. A second stud wall (and ceiling) spaced away from the brick one by as far as is practical with several layers of plasterboard might be your cheapest route. Don't forget the doors - double heavy ones with an 'airlock' between might be the easiest route. With good seals all round. We dont really know how much NR Daniele wants, or how much trouble and expense he's prepared to go to. It would help if the OP gave more details re application, budget etc. I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. I don't really have that much of a budget, but I do have plenty of time and energy to throw at it instead, if there are any reasonable DIY techniques. However, I do have carte blanche pretty much to do whatever the hell I like in there, so it doesn't need to meet with anyone else's approval or needs. In the US - possibly here - you can get a viscoelastic polymer called Green Glue, that you sandwich between plasterboards. Apparently this is a viable way of damping them, and creating a non-resonant and sound absorbant mass. That sounds like it might be a way forward. Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
wrote: My garage needs to be insulated and soundproofed. It needs to be particularly well insulated, because there will only be ad-hoc heating in it, but it also needs extra soundproofing. I understand that thermal insulation materials are not very good for soundproofing. Basically you need to add mass to stop airborne sounds and some form of decoupling to prevent structure borne ones. A second stud wall (and ceiling) spaced away from the brick one by as far as is practical with several layers of plasterboard might be your cheapest route. Don't forget the doors - double heavy ones with an 'airlock' between might be the easiest route. With good seals all round. We dont really know how much NR Daniele wants, or how much trouble and expense he's prepared to go to. It would help if the OP gave more details re application, budget etc. I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. I don't really have that much of a budget, but I do have plenty of time and energy to throw at it instead, if there are any reasonable DIY techniques. However, I do have carte blanche pretty much to do whatever the hell I like in there, so it doesn't need to meet with anyone else's approval or needs. In the US - possibly here - you can get a viscoelastic polymer called Green Glue, that you sandwich between plasterboards. Apparently this is a viable way of damping them, and creating a non-resonant and sound absorbant mass. That sounds like it might be a way forward. Daniele In that case you'll want to use all the options: a high mass second leaf with thick plaster, decoupling it from the brick/block wall, damping it and rockwool in the cavity to absorb airborne sound between the 2 leaves. You can also put concrete blocks as weights on the noggings. You can get things like MLV (mass loaded vinyl), but they all cost money. NT |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
In the US - possibly here - you can get a viscoelastic polymer called Green Glue, that you sandwich between plasterboards. Apparently this is a viable way of damping them, and creating a non-resonant and sound absorbant mass. That sounds like it might be a way forward. Daniele http://www.greenglue.co.uk/ -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org |
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Rod wrote:
In the US - possibly here - you can get a viscoelastic polymer called Green Glue, that you sandwich between plasterboards. Apparently this is a viable way of damping them, and creating a non-resonant and sound absorbant mass. That sounds like it might be a way forward. Daniele http://www.greenglue.co.uk/ My God that stuff is expensive. One uses approximately 1 tube of ot per square metre; a case of 12 tubes costs £161! Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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, D.M. Procida wrote: I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. To completely eliminate the sound of drums at full pelt ain't going to be easy. Place I used to work at had a very nice 24 track studio - large enough to take a full orchestra. And you could still hear the drums outside the double doors. And through the floor on occasions. If you have neighbours who are used to peace and quiet - don't always have the radio etc on - I'd say you're in trouble. -- *Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Building another wall inside with brick or block seems the cheapest solution to me... with rockwool or sand in the gap. But you'd lose 12ish inces of space. I have a similar project on the dividing wall between the policelady next door and my potential music room... [g] |
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:47:02 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , D.M. Procida wrote: I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. To completely eliminate the sound of drums at full pelt ain't going to be easy. Sack the drummer and employ a drum machine DI'd into the mixing desk. As well as not annoying your neighbours drum machines don't drink, fart, blow up your toilets or drive your car into a swimming pool. -- |
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Mike wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:47:02 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , D.M. Procida wrote: I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. To completely eliminate the sound of drums at full pelt ain't going to be easy. Sack the drummer and employ a drum machine DI'd into the mixing desk. As well as not annoying your neighbours drum machines don't drink, fart, blow up your toilets or drive your car into a swimming pool. Drums are hard..best is a complete new blockwork wall inside the existing, no windows, and air con system. Also consider a block and beam false CEILING. You will also need to line the blockwork with egg cartons or similar to break up reflections. Then you can stuff styrene sheets between the walls for insulation. You also need double doors, and beware the fire safety regs. Make sure aircon ducts go UPWARDS. |
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As well as not annoying your neighbours drum machines don't drink, fart, blow up your toilets or drive your car into a swimming pool. Drums are hard..best is a complete new blockwork wall inside the existing, no windows, and air con system. Also consider a block and beam false CEILING. You're thinking a lot bigger than I am... You will also need to line the blockwork with egg cartons or similar to break up reflections. Sadly, egg cartons don't - despite legend - have any acoustical properties worth making use of. Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. To completely eliminate the sound of drums at full pelt ain't going to be easy. I'm not anticipating very loud drums or amplification, fortunately. Place I used to work at had a very nice 24 track studio - large enough to take a full orchestra. And you could still hear the drums outside the double doors. And through the floor on occasions. If you have neighbours who are used to peace and quiet - don't always have the radio etc on - I'd say you're in trouble. It's a garage, and fortunately not too close to any of the houses. However, I still don't want to upset the neighbours who might be enjoying their gardens. One one side of the garage, for nearly its full length, is a lean-to bike shed; on the other side of that is the neighbour's garage. And on the other side of the garage is the other neighbour's garage. The sound will certainly penetrate the folding timber doors of the garage, and probably the roof, more than the brick walls. Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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Density and Decoupling are the two main requirements for sound absorption, so the best materials are loose and heavy: sand and earth. For a recording studio I would build a wooden frame of, say, 2" x 2" battens as far inside the brick wall as you can bear to lose space, but a minimum of 3" I'd think, and fill the gap with loose dry sand in plastic bags, pedal-bin liners for example. I would fix something like weldmesh to the inner edges of the frame uprights (ie., between the frame and the brick) as I went up with the sandbags to keep them in place. The sand would entirely fill the gap between brick wall and frame but it wouldn't create an acoustic bridge and would be highly absorbent in both directions. Thanks, that sounds both suitably cheap and within my DIY capabilities. The same sort of thing would work for the ceiling or roof. That doesn't though, but: Another idea would be to have a turf roof and not worry about the weather. Two birds with one stone; I've always wanted a turf roof. I don't know if the floor would need treatment of any kind. A concrete slab on earth is pretty deadening, I would have thought. But if train or traffic rumble, for instance, was getting picked up then a floating floor of carpeted chipboard flooring just sitting on sand would reduce it well. I'm more concerned with making the floor warmer. Daniele -- Your chance to own a nearly immaculate BMW C1 (Cardiff, UK) http://search.ebay.co.uk/220341650190 |
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, D.M. Procida wrote: You will also need to line the blockwork with egg cartons or similar to break up reflections. Sadly, egg cartons don't - despite legend - have any acoustical properties worth making use of. They can have *some* use for acoustic treatment of a room - but that's a different matter from sound insulation. -- *Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: As well as not annoying your neighbours drum machines don't drink, fart, blow up your toilets or drive your car into a swimming pool. Drums are hard..best is a complete new blockwork wall inside the existing, no windows, and air con system. Also consider a block and beam false CEILING. You're thinking a lot bigger than I am... Well I had occasion to be around a fair few rehearsal rooms and the odd small studio at one time. Lots of mass is what it takes. You will also need to line the blockwork with egg cartons or similar to break up reflections. Sadly, egg cartons don't - despite legend - have any acoustical properties worth making use of. They are a **** of a sight better than a bare blockwork wall. They really do reduce reverb levels a lot. As will e.g hanging carpet down the walls. Daniele |
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In article 1itns54.dbv7agvjvg9hN%real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-
juice.co.uk, D.M. Procida real-not-anti-spam-address@apple- juice.co.uk scribeth thus Dave Plowman (News) wrote: I want to prevent as much sound as possible from entering or leaving - as Rob suggested, I'd like to build a little recording studio in there, and don't want to upset the neighbours, even with a drummer playing. To completely eliminate the sound of drums at full pelt ain't going to be easy. I'm not anticipating very loud drums or amplification, fortunately. Place I used to work at had a very nice 24 track studio - large enough to take a full orchestra. And you could still hear the drums outside the double doors. And through the floor on occasions. If you have neighbours who are used to peace and quiet - don't always have the radio etc on - I'd say you're in trouble. It's a garage, and fortunately not too close to any of the houses. However, I still don't want to upset the neighbours who might be enjoying their gardens. FWIW I've got an ex garage now office/listening room some 20 feet square and its surprising just how loud I can make it in there without upsetting anyone.. Supposed as its all standalone and decoupled makes the difference.. One one side of the garage, for nearly its full length, is a lean-to bike shed; on the other side of that is the neighbour's garage. And on the other side of the garage is the other neighbour's garage. The sound will certainly penetrate the folding timber doors of the garage, and probably the roof, more than the brick walls. Daniele -- Tony Sayer |
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