Sound insulation for garage (temporary)

Parisien · 19 August 2006 at 8:58PM

My son is a heavy metal drummer...( I know you all feel you can sympathize with me!)...he and his mates practice in the house, but now want to use our garage.

Mindful of the needs of our neighbours, can any one recommend the correct material to successfully complete this...especially for the light ply wood cover on the garage door?

This is only a temporary measure as we wish to use the garage for its original use in 9 mths time.

Thanx!

FilthyLuka · 20 August 2006 at 1:23AM

do you like eggs?:rotfl:

glueing a few hundred boxes to your walls was all the ragine in the '70's

sound proofing materials tend to be on the expensive side

it might help if you used old mattresses to the walls to deaden the sound - the more 'soft' materials in there to absorb the sound the better - an old sofa, xmas decs?, suitcases/ etc anything to stop the sound bouncing off the hard walls/doors should help somewhat

Parisien · 20 August 2006 at 8:13AM

FL.........believe it or not...the mother/friends of the guys have been collecting hundreds of egg boxes for the last few months, but I just wanted to know if there are more efficient/better ways of getting the job dun!

flang · 20 August 2006 at 10:12AM

hmmmm it would seem the egg boxes really dont work

:(
http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/myths.htm

Parisien · 20 August 2006 at 11:39AM

Flang...thanx for that.......thats the egg boxes for re-cycling!!

Anyone else done this, or know of local products I can access?

malamala · 20 August 2006 at 11:51AM

Hi,

First you need to fill any holes in the garage. If air can get in and out of the building, so can sound. Things to look for are gaps underneath doors, around windows etc.

After that you can spend money on materials that can make it better.

Changing the light weight hollow door to a solid fire resistant door would improve a lot as long as no gap around the door.

HTH!

Parisien · 20 August 2006 at 2:51PM

Ok, so maybe I can be more specific, the difficulty will be the actual garage door itself, ie......the main up and over type door....its made of thin ply wood......recommended material to insulate that?

Poppycat · 20 August 2006 at 2:58PM

Theres some acoustic soultions here

http://www.soundreduction.co.uk/9.html

Parisien · 20 August 2006 at 3:04PM

Poppycat......................... we are getting closer!!

So anyone used this.......just how good is it?

Plus value for money....................or use more of a cheaper type item?

flang · 20 August 2006 at 3:43PM

thinking about it....
have you ever felt a cinema wall?
They have some sort of foam stuck to the wall which is covered in fabric.

albalad · 20 August 2006 at 7:03PM

Parisien wrote:

So anyone used this.......just how good is it?

i use a similar type of material , it is coustifoam with a lead inner - i would imagine for a residential use it could be prohibitavely expensive. the coustifoam without lead would not be sufficient for your needs , Imo

edit ; have just had another look at srs uk and the soundstop IS the one i was talking about

There is another thread here with a couple of alternatives

Sound insulation for garage (temporary)

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