soundproofing for building a temp room in our garage

naypo

Hello!

I posted a few months back and my husband and I were looking to convert our garage cheaply so that it will become our office / music studo!

We've decided on how to do the building work ourselves but need help with sound proofing and the best / cheapest place to buy sound proofing;

Our building plans:

• Partially raised floor using a 4" x 2" timber frame then insulated with the £5 B&Q rolls then chipboard on top
• Acoustic soundbloc plasterboard connected to a stud wall on the neighbours side as well as in front of the garage door
• Plastered walls on sides connected to our house
• Chipboard screwed to existing beams with insulation laid down on top for the ceiling!

The question I have is what is the cheapest and most effective way of soundproofing this room as it will have drums and bass, electric and keyboard and singing going on - the last thing I want to do is disturb the neighbours as they're all lovely people and we want to keep the peace, especially as we already have chirpy chickens !

Our thought was to use solid Rockwall (Dense Fibre matting?) in the stud walls - about 100mm thick which will capture normal noise levels. Then use a Soundproofing matt to put over the soundbloc plasterboard to block out the lower frequencies (this apparently removes up to 22db, if layered twice then 29db)

If anyone knows of a better solution and what could be a cheaper solution or even a cheap place to get these materials from please let me know as we're looking to buy these materials over this weekend and start work the following week!

thank you

27col

I don't know if these people would be any help. http://www.soundstop.co.uk/?gclid=CJyyqMmp5qACFQUulAod-ygLHA

ormus

rockwool do some great products, some of them esp for accoustic problems.

naypo

thanks guys

it's a toughy as everyone has different opinions on what we should do. I guess just go with our gut instinct and buy it all off ebay stores and hope for the best! (seems a lot cheaper then anywhere else we've seen!)

edgex

you need to get proper sound insulation materials, & fit them correctly


may be worth asking a local studio what they use, & who fitted it for them

ellay864

My OH has mates in the music business and reckons that an old way of soundproofing is to use egg trays between wall and some board. He's looking at getting a shed which he'll use as his studio and is now after some friendly chicken farmers!

olias

Whatever you do, do it well! We have a neighbour who's son played the drums and it ruined our lives - ok slight exaggeration, but really, it was awful. It got to the stage where we were going to have to get environmental health involved. Luckily they eventually found a practice room elsewhere.

As the drums cause the most noise, have you thought about buying drum pads (those rubber discs you put on the drums to deaden the sound).

The other option would be to spend the money you would have done on the conversion on hiring a regular room somewhere.

I know I might sound like a party pooper, but a domestic garage, no matter how well insulated, and especially with near neighbours, is never going to be ideal for band practice.

Olias