Category Archive: Residential
Noisy Neighbors: Reduce Noise in Apartment Buildings
Updated March 27, 2024 While the essence of community is cooperating and coexisting with neighbors, that can be difficult when they’re constantly making noise. Over half of all Americans are bothered by their neighbors’ noise issues multiple times per year, while over a third deal with such annoyances on a monthly basis.1 In apartment complexes […]
How to Reduce Echo in an Office
Large offices are ideal for providing businesses with ample meeting spaces and building a stronger sense of community among coworkers. Unfortunately, more space can also lead to more echo. Work in an office already comes with its own challenges to navigate. Added distractions, such as heightened noise and echo, can create big headaches for employees. […]
The Best Approach to Soundproofing a Basement Ceiling
Most of us like the sound of adding soundproofing to our interior spaces. It allows us to immerse ourselves in our music and movies without bothering others. It also works the other way around. When we are binging our favorite shows, few things are more annoying than neighborhood noise creeping in. Adding soundproofing materials and […]
Echo Eliminator™ Panels by Acoustical Surfaces
Echo Eliminator™ Panels by Acoustical Surfaces is the most cost-effective and high-performance acoustical absorbing material on the market. Also known as Bonded Acoustical Cotton (B.A.C.), this product is manufactured from recycled cotton, and has the perfect configuration for noise reduction and noise control applications. Echo Eliminator™ Panels are perfect for schools and other public venues […]
Sound Silencer (PEPP) By Acoustical Surfaces
For noise reduction that isn’t afraid of getting dirty, trust the Sound Silencer (PEPP) by Acoustical Surfaces. These durable acoustical wall and ceiling panels are made from Rigid Porous ARPRO Acoustical (PEPP) Planks. These non-fibrous panels provide noise control for large and loud spaces and are made without fiberglass. Sound Silencer (PEPP) is Class A […]
Quieting an Apartment
“I live in an apartment that occupies the half of the bottom floor of an owner occupied home. My bedroom is directly below my landlord’s and despite the six inches of concrete between our spaces, the ability for noise to travel from up to down is amazing […]
Child’s Bedroom Soundproofing
“We built an addition to our home and our master bedroom shares a wall with our youngest son’s bedroom. Unfortunately, any noise in our room is heard in his room. Talking, TV (even low volume), listening to radio – it is all heard in the next room which keeps him awake (or wakes him up) and provides us with no privacy. Do you have any solutions, short of ripping out the wall and replacing it, to put on the wall to stop the sound?” There are a few things to consider, but fixing the problem is not an impossible task. We receive a lot of inquiries from people who, of course, want an easy and simple solution that will not create a big mess. Occasionally this is a possibility, but to get the job done correctly, some construction is almost always involved. Let’s take this one step at a time […]
Quieting My Son’s Drum Room?
“We are considering some level of soundproofing for our son’s bedroom. He plays the drums, and our house is not large, so we would greatly benefit from something that would help block/absorb some of the sound. Can you help with this?” In order to block sound, one needs to do one of two things. First would be to build a room within a room so that the sheet rock of the drum room does not have any hard surface contact with the sheet rock on the adjacent rooms […]
The depth and dynamics of Acoustic Panels
The ability to perceive sound is a gift. Like all senses, it can produce immense pleasure and it can annoy you like crazy. There is a big difference between the volume produced by your favorite band in a classic venue and the volume produced by a house full of screaming family. It has less to […]
“Noise is the No. 1 Quality-of-Life Complaint in NYC” solutions from Acoustical Surfaces
An article came out earlier this year titled “Noise is No. 1 Quality-of-Life Complaint in NYC” by Verena Dobnik, and I wanted to contribute some basic solutions for noise reduction to mitigate some of the complaints listed in the article.