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Soundproof Construction Materials and Methods
Mon 18 Aug 2008 - 11:30
Soundproof Construction Materials and Methods
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Eric_Henry]Eric Henry
Once you have put in your soundproof construction, for example, you can boost its sound-deadening properties by finishing the walls with a coat of soundproof paint. Soundproof paint, used alone, will not be adequate to prevent unwanted noise from penetrating the walls of your room, but it will definitely help reduce that noise. Even better, it can help insulate your room against heat and cold.
Soundproof Doors Versus Door Seals
Every kind of soundproof construction will be more effective with the appropriate kinds of doors. But when you are planning your soundproof construction, keep in mind that soundproof doors are exceptionally heavy, and require that the frames form which they are hung to be reinforced. You can avoid the cost of a soundproof door with a reinforced frame simply by checking your local home improvement store for door seals. They won't complexly block sound from entering your rooms the way soundproof doors would, but they nonetheless will provide satisfactory results at a fraction of the cost.
Don't get carried away during the process of soundproof construction and decide that you have to rebuild your room from the ground up. If you both have the money and don't mind the inconvenience, a complete rehaul of a room during soundproof construction is fine, but no matter what you do, keep your room's existing windows. You can't soundproof your windows unless you they are already in place, because the soundproof windows are simply inserted on top of the existing ones, and will block as much as 95% of the sound trying to enter your home through its windows.
Soundproofing Your Ceilings
Having a multi story home will meant that your soundproofing construction should include the floors of its upper stories, because doing so is much quicker and less expensive than soundproofing its ceilings. You will, of course, eliminate more noise if you soundproof both, but doing the floors will probably be perfectly adequate.
You can tackle soundproof construction of a ceiling either by simply adding a layer of acoustical ceiling tiles, or by using resiliency bars, which will separate the new ceiling form the existing one and allow you to place your soundproofing materials between them. Both of these soundproof construction methods, however, will require you to work upside down and will reduce the height of the room in which they are used.
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construction to your home, including its walls, floors, ceilings, windows, and doors, will of course be extremely expensive and time consuming. But you can cut your costs by doing comparison shopping for the cheapest soundproofing materials, and the results will be worth your time and money!
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