Soundproofing or Acoustical Treatment. What Topics Interest YOU!?
The face of the soundproofing BLOG is about to change…
So, I was called into a meeting yesterday and informed that I am now to write one article for the blog each and every week. Up until this point, I have just been throwing together an article or two as I have had time, or if I saw multiple inquiries about soundproofing or acoustical treatment in the same week. I guess I was responding to the “demand” of information. Well, now I am going to look into my (exceptionally quiet) crystal ball and put information together that hopefully means something to someone. 
So, I don’t know if I have any followers or not (If I do, you impress me, you’re awesome and thank you!!) let me know what you want to know about or what you need help with.
I’ll do my best to answer your questions or discuss the topics of interest and I will strive to do what I can to answer your questions in the most logical and common-sense way that I can. The whole point of my blog writing is to take the complexity out of soundproofing and acoustical treatment by explaining things in ways that make sense to the masses.
Over the years of doing this (and it’s amazing that it’s already been years) I’ve gotten a fair amount of replies and comments from people that have appreciated my ramblings and gotten at least something out of it. So, to all those people, thank you VERY VERY much for taking the time to contact me.
For what it’s worth – this is me sitting in my messy office with my son on my lap. He’s not usually hanging out with me during the day – he was just too sick for daycare. I’m not vain or and clearly not all that good looking, I just want people out there to know I’m just some guy that knows a little about sound/acoustics sitting behind a couple of monitors.
-Ted
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I’m a follower! Your posts have honestly helped me understand the different problems in a very dumbed down, general way. Granted I do work for Acoustical Surfaces, and I may have been the one running the meeting yesterday, I still enjoy your ramblings.
Need help reducing the garage door noise coming thru the ducts. My daughter’s hvac supply is routed thru our attached garage, while it is foil wrapped in something already we can still hear the opening and closing of the motor. Her bedroom is on the second floor while the garage is in the basement!
[...] 74 asked in a previous post: Need help reducing the garage door noise coming thru the ducts. My daughter’s hvac supply [...]
I started a new blog post to answer that. Here is the link:
http://www.acousticalsurfaces.com/blog/soundproofing/garage-door-noise/
Great work Ted…
Hi
Been following some of your posts but didn’t see anything about this. My son partitioned off part of an area on the 2nd floor for himself- attaches 1/2 in plywood partitions to the floor and ceiling. He works out in there and listens to music (it’s his private space. Will putting wonderboard or some acoustical sound board or ??? directly onto the exterior of the plywood reduce sound coming from that room? It’s most the sound of music and fans that we hear.
thanks
therese
Therese,
Thanks for the post! There are a few things that you can do to the wall to help reduce the amount of sound that is leaving the space. The best way for me to help would be to have you take and send a pic of either side of the wall as well as the door so that I can make some site-specific recommendations, but without seeing the wall, I would basically adding mass and density to the wall as it exists. Additional layers of sheetrock (drywall), MDF board, anything that will make the wall (physically) heavier will help. I would also closely inspect the door and make that as air tight as you can. These two simiple things can make a big difference and are usually quite cost effective.
The only thing I would like to mention is that if there is a significant amount of low frequency (bass) in the music that he is listening to, it is going to be an up-hill battle. Also, if the area is connected to the rest of the house via heating/cooling duct work, that can also be a “path of least resistance” out of the room, so I would take a close look at that as well.
If you would like to send me a few quick photos of the situation, I would be happy to be a bit more specific. My E-mail is ted@stopnoise.com. Also, please feel free to call me if you would like to discuss it further!
Thank you!
-Ted
Good post, will look forward to reading more of your blogs!
Thanks!
Jason.