Soundproofing Insulation - Know THIS Before You Soundproof!
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Here are the facts about the different types of insulations you can place between your walls for better soundproofing. I will talk about the insulation that is made to soundproof a wall.
These insulations range from spray foam insulation to batt insulation but which one is best when wanting to soundproof a room in your home? That is what I will answer in this soundproofing insulation video.
I will also talk about how to install batt insulation. If you want to know all the details on how to install insulation in your walls and ceiling, click this link for a video tutorial! soundproofguide.com/best-soun...
Here are some of the products I talk about in this video. These links will lead you to either Amazon or Home Depot to give you the current pricing on all of these recommended soundproofing products.
1. Owens Corning Insulation
Amazon - amzn.to/2zSonf9
Home Depot - homedepot.sjv.io/qPxML
2. ROCKWOOL Safe 'n' Sound
Home Depot - homedepot.sjv.io/14Zgx
3. Johns Manville
Amazon - amzn.to/2BwMNLm
Home Depot - homedepot.sjv.io/XJ2rb
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I just discovered your channel and I just wanna say TYSM! I’m on a mission to soundproof my room and your videos are amazing!!
Awesome! Happy I could help!
Yes, great info and very well organized! Thanks.
I use old mattress box springs, filled with Rockwool, and they work AMAZINGLY. A square room with artificial Pergo floor, and all smooth walls. I use a full size and queen, then cover them in black fitted sheets and they look sleek. Very helpful for people who can’t modify the existing construction. Definitely not sound proof, but a HUGE help, especially when used in combo with ATS panels.
This would be considered 'acoustic treatment' to improve the sound of the room, not 'soundproofing' to prevent sound from leaving the room, right?
@@GregoryGuay yes and no: in a small enough room, killing all that extra noise will help immensely with noise reduction in general. Acoustic treatment would imply there are enhancements as well. This is just a giant audio dead-spot. Real sound proofing can sometimes require “floating” the room and other steps to isolate the room. I’m in a room a concrete floor now and these box springs are now on my ceiling and at the top of my walls behind me.
@@sauce_auxWould you make a UA-cam video showing your box springs and how they work?
Great video! What would you recommend for soundproofing a concrete ceiling in a condo building? We are having a wood ceiling installed overtop existing concrete so there will be a gap available for sound dampening. We are oceanfront and can get wind driven rain intrusion if we have a hurricane so something that will not get moldy if it gets wet is needed.
Great video. Super informative and useful. Thanks!
Have you checked out r-30 denim insulation batts? I wanted to ask if you've evaluated the this and it's soundproofing qualities vs. the options you provided in this video.
Any recommendations on type of drywall? I'm hearing impaired and we are looking at sounding proofing home. Based on your video, I think I'm going to look at Rockwool. We currently have blown-in and it's terrible. Had an appt for open cell today but, they couldn't do it due to our blown-in insulation. My goal is to have a nice quiet space to minimize sound disturbances as I wear hearing aids. Any recommendations would be great.
Love the video ! Thank you .
Yup , thanks . Going with rock wool for my project. 👍🏿✅!!!
You won’t be disappointed! 😊
I installed rockwool, and it never fails. Not only is it super sound deadening, it’s fire resistant. We redid a barn add a guest house on a property in Napa with Rockwool and when the fires went through the house burn down, but the barn and guesthouse burned so slowly that we were able to save them. How’s that for a testimonial? Here’s the downside. The soundproofing was so stunning and solid in the barn and the guest house, that you can’t hear any nature or people talking, approaching, or whatever. It’s so quiet that it kind of made my ears ring from the quiet. What that means is that you couldn’t hear anybody walking towards you which means it scared the hell out of you when they open the door. I’ve used rcokwool the city, and it works as good as it can. The only better soundproofing I have experienced is the click clips that you hang sheet rock from, and even though they work better, I think Rockwool sufficient. Just know that if you’re in a quiet area to begin with, you’re turning whatever room you’re insulating into an isolation tank.
One final note about foam. I suppose if you’re building a new house, foam is an option. If you use foam on a really old house, like a Victorian, the foam will eventually absorb moisture, and it will rot. There is no way to make a Victorian, Edwardian , or craftsman style house perfectly waterproof. They were designed and built to breathe. If you put Rockwool in the walls, any water absorption will be easily evaporated. With foam, the water won’t evaporate and you’ll start having a mold problem. For that reason, I never ever use foam. You may not notice this problem for the first 15, 20, 25 years. But the foam will eventually absorb water and you’ll have a huge restoration issue on your hands.
How about cork to avoid the molding and rotting possibility as a natural alternative?
Even rigid foam board exterior insulation?
Just saw your video, am familiar with the three most commonly used - foam, finder glass and rock wool. And of course every contractor has their opinion. So I’m building out basement below main floor house. Floor joists are 2x10, my plan is to use r30 fiber, resilient channel and 2 layers drywall with acoustic caulk between. Any better option you might recommend?
Hi, we have upstairs neighbors that can get pretty loud at weird times of the night we live in a old apartment with wood floors and carpet but very little padding. Was thinking about installing rockwool safe and sound in between the floors over our bedroom. What are your thoughts?
This was helpful, Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks for your video! But blow-in and spray foam are the only feasible way to do insulation into an existing wall without reinstall the wall...
Good content - very informative!
I have a Schizophrenic uncle talks really loudly i plan on building him a soundproof room so our family can have a good night sleep for once
But being in the thirdworld country my options are more different and limited and having done research ive been really confuse on what approach i should do
I plan to biuld the room in a room aproach building a concrete outer layer, im debating on putting acoustic foam on the wall facing inside, and the second wall i plan to use staggered arragement with
Thin ply wood facing outside and double drywall facing the inside of the room
Ive researched sound insulation foam and currently its pretty uncommon in my country, is it okay to not use it and have my option still have decent performance?? Please help!
Does the insulation need to be flush with whatever wall u put on top or can their be a gap between the wall and the insulation. Obviously more insulation is best but if their is gap between the insulation and exterior wall is that still effective vs just making sure the insulation is flush with the wall.
Thank You🌸
Would you say that having insulation in the walls can help to insulate from upstairs impact noises?
I need to soundproof a ceiling between second and first floor what will be my best options there is sheet rock on the ceiling right now
Do i need two layers of batt or one is enough .. my basement joist is 9" deep (below upper subfloor).. if need 2 layers, then both layers should be touching each other..? (Ontario, Canada)
What about cork boards for sound deadening?
Hello! I need help! I live on a 2nd floor unit in a condo, I constantly can hear loud foot steps from my upstairs neighbor (3rd floor). Please advise what's the best sound proofing that I can do? Thank you so much!
Pink batts an 2 sheets of acoustic gyprock ..👌
Does faced or unfaced fiberglass work better for sound reduction?
What’s best for a townhouse with NO insulation and neighbors on both sides with hard wood floors upstairs & down. I’m going CRAZY from all the noise & i can’t move for a year
Following, been looking for same answeres
From what I understand is you need separate unconnected barriers. Basically, you need to build a room within a room with the walls packed with the things this guy talked about in the video.
Also, there are double pane windows you can buy but if you don't need to look out of your windows you can build your own like i did with strong cardboard and foam. I made mine with reflective screens (like a sunshield in a car) to reduce A/C cost.
Pretty much make layers of dense material and air gaps.
I lived in a townhouse in a bad area so i feel your pain. Goodluck!
My dear I’ve been there try to move asap and buy a small unattached home it like leaving Hell for Heaven good luck ❤
Which is a better option for soundproof our shared walls on townhouse? Blow in insulation or resilient channel with 5/8inch quiet rock
why not do both?
Hey Soundproof. Great content-- keep it up!
I have a question. If you were to rank the following based on effectiveness, what would be the order?
Installing:
3 coats of soundproofing paint
A sound absorbing panel
A mass loaded vinyl
A resilient channel with a dry wall
A dry wall
4,5,3,1,2 for soundproofing. Hope that helps!
Have you heard of the ''Green glue'' insulation? Is it as efficient (or close to) as the rockwool safe and sound?
Use both
What type and thickness of plastic Barrier would you use over the insulation to help with the soundproofing
plastic sheeting will not contribute to sound reduction.
Hi! I'm doubting wheter to soundproof my wooden floor with celluslose or rockwool to not hear as much noise produced by my downstairs neighboors. It partains to a wooden floor, constructed in 1926. What would you recommend? Thank you!
Any luck? Very difficult to 'soundproof'a floor for bass frequencies.....unless you can go with 6-8" mass.
What about bat insulation with aerogel covering the studs? Expensive but the price is coming down for the stuff.
i want to ask. i want to build reherseal studio, with drum on it. what density rockwool i need? is it 60 kg/80kg/100kg ? trims
What do you think of the insulation made from recycled denim
I’ve never used it before. I know that one of the companies on this list makes insulation using recycled coffee bags but I’m not sure how those work either compared to the standard stuff. Hope someone reading this can shed some light on the subject. Great question!
question...I'm soundproofing my garage in the next few weeks. I was thinking of using Rockwool Safe N Sound for the bottom half of each wall incase any water happens to leak in near where the garage doors are staying( room will be framed in and garage door will remain on their tracks for outside looks. They'll be sealed with soundproof silicone seal and will have insulation between them and the studs/drywall)and doing the owens corning pink panther on the upper half of the walls to save some money.
Would this work or will there be a weird variance due to two different kinds of insulation. I need the room to be about 80% soundproofed since the neighbors aren't super close but close enough that the room needs to be built. Just wanted your opinions on whether this will work or not.
Ill be using Rockwood I believe in the drop ceiling between the existing ceiling and drywall ceiling inside the new room
I'm a drummer and will be doing rehearsals/teaching/recording in the room
Is mineral wool safe? Could the minerals' binder be perhaps carcinogenic?
Mineral wool insulation is generally considered safe and not classifiable as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. However, its fibers can be respiratory irritants, so protective measures during installation are recommended. Recent advancements include the use of formaldehyde-free binders by some manufacturers to reduce potential health risks.
Would adding two layers of gyp bd between joists against the subfloor be worth the labor? Then a resilient system below the joists
Huh?
Spray foam can hide plumbing, soffit or roof leaks for a long time. I'm not totally sold on this.
Do sound panels really work to sound proof a 12x10 room in a house? I'm looking at making my own panels..
It won’t help on soundproofing the room, the only thing sound panels will do is the make the sound in the room sound better with reduced echoes and reverberations.
@@soundproofguide thanks for the info. I really am trying to stop sound from leaking to the rest of the house. Might have to try one of these things here. 👌😅
What about Sonopan ?
What about cork?
My condo has drywall connected to the studs on both sides, without any clips, channels, or insulation. Would hiring a contractor to cut holes in the walls to install blown-in insulation help with noise traveling through the walls?
8:37 Is it really 8 PCF?
There is no mention at all about cotton or recycled denim insulation at all. Good bad or indifferent, something would be helpful. The only issue I have seen is that stores cannot seem to keep it in stock....whats going n with that stuff?
Great comment! I haven’t much worked with that stuff. I’ll look into it, do some research and add it to my upcoming video list! 😊
Nice comparison, but an 11 minute video and no mention of STC values or how insulation is just one part of the complete wall system?
sir...can we reduce the sound intensity about 150 decibels from outside for our room
He cute😍
The reviews for Safe n Sound product were not very good.
Okay, how can I stretch this into an 11 minute video, lol
imo safe and sound is not worth it over regular batt R19 or R13, it won't really make any difference because what really matter is the drywall and other stuff, safe and sound is way more expensive and not worth it in a project imo r19 will do just fine, with safe and sound just paying for the brand and advertising, maybe is slightly better than regular batt, who knows, no tests or studies showing that but sure is recommended by all these soundproofing channels and websites, cause lots of marketing
I'm first forever
wtf spray foam is easy .. boy tell you what - it ant easy - and the lev 1 hazmat suit i ware makes it worse .. NOT EASY .. (I'm a journeyman insulation installer ... from my experience of all the different insulations, i would say - cotton batts (recycled jeans ) do the best in soundproofing its also the highest R-value for sf - it's different - cant cut- it but it rips EZ chunk it in .. density is its key ..
the best soundproofing iv heard in a house was a hybrid system of 3ich closed-cell foam {CCF} , and a fiberglass bat "a little compressed" into the bay (3ich CCF + r13/19 in 2x6 framing.. )
That people are still using polyurethane insulation is just baffling. It makes no sense from an environmental point of view...