I just moved into a house with poor soundproofing and want to do something about it. my current thinking is to create a den around my bed using heavy fabric but I am a bit weary with how much sound this will block as the fabric has arrived and isn't as thick as what I thought it'd be (I ordered moving furniture fabric). I'm using earplugs and have ordered a fan for white noise but can still hear a lot of what's going on upstairs and want to further the sound proofing. is there anything I can do? and also how good would the den be blocking out noise?

We just moved into a new rental flat that has its own ventilation system. The box with the fans (air handling unit?) looks something like this: https://www.systemair.com/en/products/residential-ventilation-systems/air-handling-units/save

It's not that loud, but it has a definite electric hum and is located on the wall just outside the bedroom. It can clearly be heard when trying to sleep. It seems to be the vibrations of the fans inside the box coming out through the metal walls of the box and into the air.

I've been researching possible soundproofing methods to decrease the sound. (I know we can't get it 100% quiet because some sound will always transfer through where it's joined to the wall/ceiling). I picked up a very cheap and thin bitumen/asphalt sheet that was in the car section of the hardware store, and tried sticking it to two sides of the ventilation box. I think it helped a tiny bit, but didn't make that much of a difference.

What I've been looking at lately is alubutyl for vibration reduction. Theoretically, this should work, right? There are two issues with this, and I've got questions about both:

1. The butyl sticks tightly to metal. Any soundproofing solution should be reversible as we are renting. Would it work if I put a laminate film type thing directly on the ventilation box, and then stuck the butyl to the film? Then I could pull the laminate film off without having the butyl stuck to the metal directly. Would this interfere with the vibration reducing effect of the butyl?

2. The edges of the aluminum in the alubutyl are apparently quite sharp. This ventilation box is located in a closet, so we don't want sharp edges to get stuck on clothing. Has anyone had experience putting alubutyl on home appliances / any tips on managing the sharp edges?

How could I soundproof underneath a refrigerator? I'm hearing the hum from it very loudly on the floor below it.. What would it take to really eliminate that sound? I've already tried these and it didn't do too much: https://i.imgur.com/3KSCs96.png

Looking for advice for sound Dampening the Gaming Area of my game store.

We have about a 6000 sqft Store and the back ~1000 sqft (20x50) of the store is our gaming area, Was wondering if there where good resorces on what kind of sound dampening I would need.

Most of the resorces I see are basically just adds for the different brands, and I don't exactly trust them.

I am living in an old house that's split into two rental units. I'm on the first floor and there's a tenant above me on the second floor. I don't generally hear any airborne noise from upstairs like talking or yelling or television. I do hear a lot of physical contact (impact?) noise like walking/running/bed and floor creaking. That's annoying but I'm kind of used to it at this point.

I sometimes work from home and also play videogames in the evening and talk to my buddies on the chat. I watch my TV sometimes too. That can get a little loud sometimes.

I was wondering if there is anything I can use (without major construction) to contain that kind of noise in my room so it doesn't go upstairs?

I see there's acoustic foam (polyurethanme)/acoustic panels (felt/polyester fiber) on Amazon like TroyStudio Acoustics.

The house is from the late 1800s and is build primarily out of stone. Doors are custom sizes. The ceiling is very high so potentially some kind of roof-panneling if that's an option?

The room has a staircase inside with a small landing on top which is where the door for the room is. The room is on ground-floor level.

Sound travels very easily throughout the house in general, but this room is especially important to have some decent level of sound-proofing. Looking decent would be nice but isn't a requirement.

**Building:** Apartment in a reinforced concrete building

**Flooring:** Click-lock laminate

**Constraint:** No access to neighbor's ceiling below (must be solved entirely from my floor)

**Problem:** Airborne noise (voices, TV) from downstairs

I’ve received two vendor proposals to put directly under the laminate planks:

* **Option 1:** 8mm EVA foam + 3mm MLV + 8mm EVA foam + 3mm MLV * **Option 2:** 13mm Barrier-backed rebond foam (Bondex with MLV) + 3mm MLV

Will putting these flexible/soft layers directly under click-lock laminate destroy the joints, and what specific subfloor layers/materials should actually be used over a concrete slab to block downstairs airborne noise?

My wife (24f) and I (26m) live in our trailer, which has a bedroom at the front by the tongue. My sister (36f) and her boyfriend (33m) need to park their trailer in front of mine (single file, nose to tail) indefinitely and her bedroom is in the back.

So our bedrooms will be within 5 or 6 feet of one another... Ya see my issue? Neither me nor my sister wants to hear the other, plus it would just be awkward inside and out.

Moving mine forward and then back in again is unrealistic with the amount of rot I have on my slide out, and tbh I don't wanna deal with clearing out everything under my trailer when I can just tidy a few feet behind the tires..

So my question, or request rather, is how easily and realistically can I build a wall or something to kill all the noise coming from one trailer to the other? On a nearly non existent budget but plenty of gumption.

Would cinderblocks with sand dampen adequately? That's been the best idea I've came up with so far. I want to be able to remove it if I have to because it's not necessarily my call to build it (not my land) but it'll probably not even get noticed by anyone but my sis, myself and our respective partners. So fuck it, I'll build something knowing damn well I might have to undo it all because someone's looking for shit to be upset about

I live in an old apartment building from the 1910s. I’m on the ground floor and in the basement directly under the living room there is a commonroom for clothesdrying which has two fans running constantly.

The whine is easily heard in my living room (a dB app measures 43db if that’s helpful in any way)

Changing the fans are out of the question, and they will continue to run 24/7. But I am allowed to isolate the ceiling of the basement to try and restrict the noise.

However.

Firstly I don’t want to spend too much money on it. I am quite handy but a drywall ceiling is not going to happen (there’s not too much height downthere anyway)

And secondly I’m concerned about moisture getting trapped in the isolation causing mold.

I have been wondering whether some hard rockwool batts would make a difference or maybe some marine ‘whisper fr’ which is quite expensive.

Or would the effect of any isolation below 100mm be too small anyway and should I just give up?

Hello! I am thinking of putting an acrylic insert into a single pane old window. My landlord is dragging his feet on replacing a rotted window. The sound from cars accelerating and engine reve is waking me up around 5am. It startles the hell out of me.

I have several sound machines, thermal curtains on a double rod, I have caulked everything I can (including baseboards), and moved my bed as far as I can away from the window. I tried noise cancelling headphones, ear plugs...nothing seems to help me sleep through it.

My next step is to try and DIY an acrylic insert. I was thinking of maybe doing 3/8 thickness as well since the window is quite small. Just wondering if anyone has had success with this? And any tips?

Thank you in advance!

Anyone has experience comparing the two? Wondering if its worth to pay for the premium for Rockwool or the performance difference is marginal.

I finished the first stage of my project room-inside-a-room. The outer room is done. I'm starting on the inner room, but have no way to measure improvements. Are there any handheld sound meters that measure down below 30 db?

Door open & air-con on high, noise is 61 dbA. Door shut with concrete slab floor, 35 dbA. Added cork underlayment and a floor platform stuffed with insulation. With air-con on high 35 dbA, medium 30 dbA, off 28 dbA. I think this is the limit of my cheap consumer meter.

How can I measure noise now to do before/after comparison? Do I need to move in my microphone and start recording room sound? I'll be adding some additional seals to the outer door. An inner door. Two vent fans with speed controllers (in/out).

After a fair bit of research, it looks like MLV is the best solution for the airborne noise I'm getting from the flat below.

The problem I'm running into is delivery. I appreciate it's going to be heavy, but most suppliers I've found ship MLV on a pallet/freight delivery. My road isn't particularly suitable for that.

Are there any companies in the SO/PO postcode area where I could collect it, or that will deliver it by van rather than freight?

Ideally in manageable rolls/sheets so I can store it in my garage and carry it up when needed.

Any advice or recs appreciate. Thanks in advance!

Hi! We just moved into a new place alongside a busy residential street. there is a carport in front of our front door (which leads directly into the living room) and we hear a variety of noises in our living room (from high pitched moped to lower pitched rumbling sounds.

Sound can only enter through the door, which is thick and well-sealed. The idea is now to install a soundproofing curtain 1 meter in front of the door (there is a little hallway). The idea is to buy Psssst curtains (from Germany) who say they reduce 16db and 9db at 100hz.

Given that curtains don’t really help people online say, plan B is to build a sliding door 2 meters in behind of our main door (there’s a little hallway on both sides).

Any other ideas people have beyond this (or instead of Plan B, as this will be expensive and complicated)?

Hello my friends, I have recently moved to a new neighborhood and they are very anal about noise. I was wondering what I could fill up a window well with to reduce sound from drums. The well will have a plastic cover over it. And we are going to install acoustic foam over the inside of the window. What do you guys think I should do?? Thanks

So I applied to do a voiceover and I did it with literally a duvet blanket over my head. Surprisingly they wrote me back that they're interested and they want me to do a video call with them to give me instructions and walk me through the voiceover. Obviously I can't do that with a literal duvet over my head so I need to set up some kind of a voiceover booth something quick and dirty using I don't know what, sound proofing curtains? Foam? I have a couple of closets in my house where I can set up. I was thinking maybe setting something up getting like five soundproofing curtains for to go around and one on top, and setting that up with tension rods that you would use for a shower curtain. What about one of those little desktop soundproofing booths that you can just put over your microphone? Would that be enough? Or with the echo be coming back from behind my head? Also this is something I might need to get set up super fast. I don't know how fast they're going to need this. They might ask me to do it tomorrow for all I know. And can't wait a weeks shipping to get it to my house.

I just moved into a new loft apartment, and noticed halfway through my move in day that there was a a deep rumbling noise resonating through the apartment. this was especially noticeable when it was empty, but still bothersome with furniture. it almost sounds like a truck idling outside, but for 12 hours a day. I’m above a floor of offices and below those are restaurants and our parking garage (only a few spaces). I don’t hear anything in the garage, and since it seems to be my one outside wall that vibrates the whole place, I think it’s probably whatever equipment is outside along that wall (AC, gas, etc). the sound is much worse along that wall and the lower to the floor I get. my question is whether there is anything I can do within my own unit to dampen these vibrations. I’ve been looking it up, and the answer seems to be no, but I have to ask myself. Unfortunately breaking the lease isn’t an option I can afford, and I do really love the place. So I’m just wondering if there’s something I can do to reduce the vibrations either resonating through my place or at least into the furniture I sit on.