residential and commercial
I subscribe to fine home builder and a few others that I graze for new ideas, I live in San Diego (hence the late night entry, 1 am is when I finish paperwork and ‘have too’s’; so I can chat) I am trying to find out about sound proofing.
I just finished an 8,000 sq/ft condo with an elevator and we ended up training the labourers and some carpenters to install it. We went with a 3/8 black vinyl for party walls and hat track for ceiling and double walls. The supplier threw in isolation clips for bedroom ceilings that were $5 clips that attached to the hat track with a 1 1/2 rubber gasket. This part had a screw hole in the center for attachment. The final product was amazing but in my opinion not cost effective. Why are there no installers. Why are the distributors so flakey. I/ my peers can’t get any volume or discounts and have stuck to fiber dense drywall like “quiet rock†has anyone come accross this issue?
Malcolm
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Greetings Malcolm, Welcome to Breaktime.
This post to your question will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones eye that can help you with advice.
Cheers
I'll be following this thread too, because currently, I don't know of any low cost sound reduction methods.
the specialized products such as you mention are costly. The other methopds are labor and materials intensive.
The principles are to increase massing, to isolate areas and materials to hindewr transfer, and to include materials that will absorb sound.
massing includes concrete and doubling sheetrock thicknesses
isolation can be as simple as running strapping across studs and joists or party wall style framing
absorbtion materials include not only specialized ones, but the foams that help with insulation also.
then there is the conflict that arises between fire codes, shear/stress paneling designs, and sound proofing techniqus
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