Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 8Feb 04, 2016 11:42 am We installed SoundScreen between our ground and 1st floor for this reason. 1st floor is all carpet (with 10mm underlay) and it's done a reasonable job. If I had my time again I also would have spec'd 2 layers of soundcheck plasterboard for the ceiling. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 9Feb 04, 2016 5:11 pm TashPaul has come up with the best advice if you are limited to a budget of $600. The reduction you'll get with that insulation would be about 7%. There's a few other existing threads on this same topic, but for realistic Sound Isolation you're going to need to move up several gears in terms of budget. Isolation, a more realistic term than SoundProofing, begins very much with Mass, then "air". The Theatre Room, as Matt1 has done, uses 2 layers of Plasterboard. That is a good beginning, but a lot more can be done. A "standard" many use is 2 layers of 16mm Fire Rated Plasterboard on each side of the walls. FR Plasterboard can be more cost effective than SoundCheck. You'd need the same on the ceiling. That's for starters, as you can get more by using staggered studs, double stud walls, resilient clips etc.But that's serious money, and a little less room. All things to consider. I think Bradford's website has examples of the various levels of isolation possible. Other Forums have dedicated Home Theatres sections worth checking out as well. Note also that this is only one of the aspects of a good Home Theatre, as the Acoustics is a completely different subject altogether. It can become a serious hobby/money drain, depending on what you want to achieve. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 10Feb 04, 2016 6:07 pm I also have the master bed above the theatre and have decided to use R3 sound screen batts in the ceiling and R2 in the walls and also 13mm sound stop plaster on walls and ceiling. I also added a solid core door to the theatre. Hopefully it will be enough to stop the wife from stomping on the floor Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 11Feb 15, 2016 3:20 pm [quote="tezzab"]TashPaul has come up with the best advice if you are limited to a budget of $600.
The reduction you'll get with that insulation would be about 7%. There's a few other existing threads on this same topic, but for realistic Sound Isolation you're going to need to move up several gears in terms of budget. Isolation, a more realistic term than SoundProofing, begins very much with Mass, then "air". The Theatre Room, as Matt1 has done, uses 2 layers of Plasterboard. That is a good beginning, but a lot more can be done. A "standard" many use is 2 layers of 16mm Fire Rated Plasterboard on each side of the walls. FR Plasterboard can be more cost effective than SoundCheck. You'd need the same on the ceiling. That's for starters, as you can get more by using staggered studs, double stud walls, resilient clips etc.But that's serious money, and a little less room. All things to consider. I think Bradford's website has examples of the various levels of isolation possible. Other Forums have dedicated Home Theatres sections worth checking out as well. Note also that this is only one of the aspects of a good Home Theatre, as the Acoustics is a completely different subject altogether. It can become a serious hobby/money drain, depending on what you want to achieve. Thanks for that, is there anyone I can contact in regards to using double stud walls, staggered studs, I just want it to be at least 70% of noise cut out. I don't want to spend massive bucks on it but I want it to a very reasonable job. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 12Feb 15, 2016 3:22 pm Matt1 We installed SoundScreen between our ground and 1st floor for this reason. 1st floor is all carpet (with 10mm underlay) and it's done a reasonable job. If I had my time again I also would have spec'd 2 layers of soundcheck plasterboard for the ceiling. So you reckon I should go with a spec 2 between floors and the theater room? My missus hears everything, so I don't want this to be a problem, I have a good sound system so I want to at least use it to most of its potential. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 13Feb 15, 2016 3:23 pm nigel01 I also have the master bed above the theatre and have decided to use R3 sound screen batts in the ceiling and R2 in the walls and also 13mm sound stop plaster on walls and ceiling. I also added a solid core door to the theatre. Hopefully it will be enough to stop the wife from stomping on the floor haha Have you moved into this house yet? how is that all going for you?? Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 14Feb 15, 2016 6:19 pm Rb30et87 Have you moved into this house yet? how is that all going for you?? Not yet. Roof just went on today. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 15Feb 15, 2016 10:33 pm Rb30et87 tezzab Thanks for that, is there anyone I can contact in regards to using double stud walls, staggered studs, I just want it to be at least 70% of noise cut out. I don't want to spend massive bucks on it but I want it to a very reasonable job. a couple of reads to give an idea of the complexity involved.. but the cost could be a killer.. http://www.gyprock.com.au/Documents/GYPROCK-503-Sound_Containment.pdf serious stuff http://www.gyprock.com.au/Documents/GYPROCK-512-Cinema_Wall-201306.pdf http://www.boral.com.au/brochures/ordering/PDF/Sounddes.pdf?pdfName=Sounddes.pdf Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 16Feb 18, 2016 3:05 pm Thanks Tezzab, is that something similar to just reducing the noise levels? I am now thinking it might be worth just full sound proofing the room properly. Do you know who I can get in touch with for that? Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 17Feb 18, 2016 10:09 pm Rb30et87 Thanks Tezzab, is that something similar to just reducing the noise levels? I am now thinking it might be worth just full sound proofing the room properly. Do you know who I can get in touch with for that? Similar, yep.. Without going techno on you, the old measure of STCs doesn't relate well to full frequency range music & movies. TL = Transmission Loss, and now the measure is Rw.. More complex everyday. Isolation is unfotunately only half the solution, as within the room itself Acoustics is the critical factor, and a lot more involved to get it right. No use having a "silent" room if it sounds r-s. Your $600 is going to explode, so you need to work out what your max spend could be. We don't know the size of the room, and that will affect what can be done. There's several oz forums that have HT sections, and US ones as well. I'm sorry, but a bit short on time to refresh those links, but think DTV may be one. I don't often use them, but remember some mention of local designers, but you're in the big bucks league doing that. If you do work out a budget figure, but don't want to publish it, just PM me. I have a contact who designs Recording Studios etc, but does HT as well. But he's likely to be a minimum of $2.5k, just so you have an idea of what you might be getting into. Showing part of your floor plan around the HT would help as well.. Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 18Feb 19, 2016 1:57 pm tezzab Rb30et87 Thanks Tezzab, is that something similar to just reducing the noise levels? I am now thinking it might be worth just full sound proofing the room properly. Do you know who I can get in touch with for that? Similar, yep.. Without going techno on you, the old measure of STCs doesn't relate well to full frequency range music & movies. TL = Transmission Loss, and now the measure is Rw.. More complex everyday. Isolation is unfotunately only half the solution, as within the room itself Acoustics is the critical factor, and a lot more involved to get it right. No use having a "silent" room if it sounds r-s. Your $600 is going to explode, so you need to work out what your max spend could be. We don't know the size of the room, and that will affect what can be done. There's several oz forums that have HT sections, and US ones as well. I'm sorry, but a bit short on time to refresh those links, but think DTV may be one. I don't often use them, but remember some mention of local designers, but you're in the big bucks league doing that. If you do work out a budget figure, but don't want to publish it, just PM me. I have a contact who designs Recording Studios etc, but does HT as well. But he's likely to be a minimum of $2.5k, just so you have an idea of what you might be getting into. Showing part of your floor plan around the HT would help as well.. Hey Tez, Yer I dont mind in sharing what I would want to spend, I think anywhere up to about 5K for the room will be good enough. even if its a little more, I just want something that is going to be really good and not have the worry of waking up the neighbors or missus. So yer would be interested in that contact thanks Re: Sound Proofing New Home Thoughts? 19Feb 19, 2016 10:27 pm [quote="Rb30et87"][quote="tezzab"][quote="Rb30et87"] Yer I dont mind in sharing what I would want to spend, I think anywhere up to about 5K for the room will be good enough. even if its a little more, I just want something that is going to be really good and not have the worry of waking up the neighbors or missus. /quote] Just assuming a modest room size, for a HT, of 4x5x2.7, and just for a beginning of the isolation, 2 layers of 16mm Fire Rated Plasterboard (better than Soundcheck), is about 160m2, at approx $15/m2 is around $2,500, material only. The double layer plasterboard is just a beginning, as you may want to include double studs for even better isolation, green glue etc. I'm not an estimator, but bank on doubling or more just to get reasonable isolation. That would be just the beginning, and as you're building with Henley, I'd imagine you'd need variations for them to install, and I'd imagine at a premium. It might be wise to ask H soon to get an idea of their costs. Do try and check the other HT sites and you may get a more realistic idea of what's involved. I'm not trying to put you off, but don't want to see you blowing the budget. I'm building a separate room, oversized and with 4 layers of wall sheet, and have seen my budget rise and rise, but know it'll be worth it. Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 7619 Scientists have used random matrix theory to demonstrate theoretically that the neutrino mass hierarchy can be explained mathematically. When a substance is fragmented… 21 20872 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 16551 |