Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim marvellous things! - can this true?

Thanks

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alec green wrote:

Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom
smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim
marvellous things! - can this true?

remembering the BBC Guide to Accoustic Practice, I think it's highly
unlikely that soundproofing can be achieved without a lot of structural
alterations.

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alec green wrote:
Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim marvellous things! - can this true?

Thanks
Hard to say since absolutely no information is given on their website

Soundproofing is not macgic however.

Its down to mass for low frequencies no air gaps for high and multiple
reflection paths for very high.

Sand in a sealed panel is better rhan magic..


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charles wrote:

alec green wrote:

www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk

remembering the BBC Guide to Accoustic Practice, I think it's highly
unlikely that soundproofing can be achieved without a lot of structural
alterations.

"Let the Soundproofing Specialists Eliminate your Noisy Neighbours"

Sounds like a perfectly reasonable way of getting results!

On Sunday, October 21, 2012 7:39:14 PM UTC+1, alec green wrote:

Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim marvellous things! - can this true?

Thanks

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Noise


NT

Yes, most studios tend to suspend everything and use triple glazing, but it
really depends on what you are trying to keep out or in.

Brian

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In article ,
alec green wrote:

Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom
smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim
marvellous things! - can this true?

remembering the BBC Guide to Accoustic Practice, I think it's highly
unlikely that soundproofing can be achieved without a lot of structural
alterations.

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Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

On Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:21:59 PM UTC+1, charles wrote:
remembering the BBC Guide to Accoustic Practice, I think it's highly
unlikely that soundproofing can be achieved without a lot of structural
alterations.


Of course you need to know the path that the sound is taking (from outside via windows, through walls? etc). but if it's coming through the party wall you can do quite a lot if you don't mind losing a little space. If you want to stop sound transmitting through a party wall you build a second stud wall just infront of the party wall. You do NOT let it touch the existing wall but fix the studs at floor and ceiling only. You fill the space loosely with rockwool and you put two layers of plasterboard on the front (or 'acouti-board' heavy plasterboard). caulking (filling the little gaps) is very important.


Robert

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes, most studios tend to suspend everything and use triple glazing,
but it really depends on what you are trying to keep out or in.

Moat studios don't have windows at all. Except between the studio and
control room. Outside windows would simply be a reflective surface which
you don't want. The control room windows are normally double panes of
plate glass but with a much bigger gap than normal double glazing. And in
theory best not parallel to one another.

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On Oct 21, 7:39*pm, alec green wrote:
Hi, has anyone had any dealings with or know someone who has of "tom smith soundproofing" (www.tomsmithsoundproofing.co.uk), they claim marvellous things! - can this true?

Thanks

Well their membership of one trade club wasn`t:

http://www.asa.org.uk/Rulings/Adjudi...DJ_181188.aspx

Noise insulation is a complicated subject with no magic solutions
really, suspect a bait and switch on sale they can do it but will need
to line your ceiling and floor as well....

Plasterboard, sand , things with mass and decoupling it from the
source isn`t magic, just messy.

For instant results could look at Mass Loaded Vinyl, MLV , barium
suphate gives it weight of 1lb square foot, hard to find in UK , some
hire places have started carry it for quietening compressors and
things.

Cheers
Adam

If anyone is still considering using Tom Smith Soundproofing, you might want to read my review (I had a very negative experience with this company): Tom Smith Soundproofing - Builders - Bollington, Cheshire East - Reviews - Yelp

replying to alec green, Charles wrote:
Used their wall soundproofing, may be ok for voices and tv noise, no good with
'impact' noise, eg slamming doors, people
walking over laminated flooring or shutting draws. be carefullof their hard
sell.

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On Thursday, 6 July 2017 16:44:05 UTC+1, Charles wrote:
replying to alec green, Charles wrote:
Used their wall soundproofing, may be ok for voices and tv noise, no good with
'impact' noise, eg slamming doors, people
walking over laminated flooring or shutting draws. be carefullof their hard
sell.

Get yourself a sane portal to this place. This is newsgroup uk.d-i-y. You replied to a 4 year old post.


NT

On 06/07/2017 23:42, wrote:
On Thursday, 6 July 2017 16:44:05 UTC+1, Charles wrote:
replying to alec green, Charles wrote:
Used their wall soundproofing, may be ok for voices and tv noise, no good with
'impact' noise, eg slamming doors, people
walking over laminated flooring or shutting draws. be carefullof their hard
sell.

Get yourself a sane portal to this place. This is newsgroup uk.d-i-y. You replied to a 4 year old post.


NT


+1

download and install Thunderbird (for windows).

It's free and handles all your emails, rss feeds,
podcasts and newsgroup subscriptions in one
package.

Also fetches your emails onto your own pc for
safe backup.

Then you can stop using idiotic portals like
homeownershub (and similar copycat sites, that
exist simply to collect advertising revenues).

replying to Charles, Xo wrote:
Hi Charles did you use this company we did and are having major issues with
them, would like your thoughts

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I think this post just shows that this portal to Usenet is still crap.
No idea how old this is, no idea what went before as the main userbase are
not using this daft web site to read it.
Brian

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