Yes, you can soundproof your bedroom, but the effort to do it depends on several factors.
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Category Archives for Soundproofing
Speech Privacy For Professional Counsellors
There are many counseling service professionals (professional counselors, therapists) that need speech privacy in their offices (examination rooms):
Misleading Green Glue Information
Many people look for solutions to soundproofing problems online, hoping to be able to resolve their issues themselves without hiring an expert. Unfortunately, this is often difficult because much misleading information is published online by soundproofing product manufacturers, such as Green Glue. On the other hand, SilentFX provides good information.
Six Soundproofing Myths Promoted by a Celebrity Contractor
Mike Holmes is one of Canada’s most respected contractors and TV personalities. He is known for the slogan “Make it right.” I am a fan of his; he knows renovations and describes his approach well in his book. However, he is not a soundproofing contractor, yet, he promotes soundproofing myths.
Dubious Soundproofing Advice on You Tube
You Tube provides a huge source of advice videos on any topic, including soundproofing. The videos you can find are of varied quality, from dubious or ridiculous, to good. Often it is difficult to recognize the difference.
Are you renovating? Consider noise control!
If you are doing home renovation as a contractor, or having it done as a homeowner, you need at least to think about soundproofing and noise control. This aspect of home renovations is usually overlooked, but this is a mistake.
How much soundproofing do I need?
My clients frequently ask this simple question about soundproofing and STC rating. But the answer is not simple, and needs some explanation.
Botched Duplex Soundproofing
A client called me to help with a duplex soundproofing. When I visited the client, I have discovered a newly renovated duplex house that the client has converted from a single family to a two-story duplex, with apartments on first and second floor. The client had a contractor to build it as a two apartment renovation, expecting to get the soundproofing done to current building code requirements.
Why soundproofing measures are often disappointing?
There are many reasons why soundproofing fails to provide the expected relief from noise. Here are the two main reasons:
- Poor quality workmanship.
- Failure to recognize and treat flanking noise paths.
I will address in this article the issue of flanking noise paths in side-by-side residencies, such as in semi-detached houses or townhouses.
Improving Room Acoustics
Most public spaces, and many work locations and offices have very poor acoustics. Noises in the space just reverberate and appear to be much louder than the original source of the noise.
Here is an example recorded in a typical coffee shop with poor room acoustics:
