Soundproof a room..

[AKCrash 0]

So I recently moved in to this place and found myself among very, very quite roommates. Although they haven’t complained yet, I believe that I am being a little loud for them. How could I soundproof my room? Has anyone done that before?!!

-Amer

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

[galvar2439 0]

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So I recently moved in to this place and found myself among very, very quite roommates. Although they haven’t complained yet, I believe that I am being a little loud for them. How could I soundproof my room? Has anyone done that before?!!

-Amer

Just use your "safe" word more often, its cheaper. OH and make the knot tighter around her mouth. That is all

So i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend!

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[AKCrash 0]

You become suspecious when you use "safe" words.

"Make a knot tighter around her mouth" I didn't even think about the knot idea!! but I will keep that in mind

On another note, I want to soundprrof the room not to bother the roommates

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

[cocheese 0]

Might be cheaper to live alone than buy all that foam. Sorry. bonfire posters only know how to make noise.

[AKCrash 0]

Really?? is it that expensive?!

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" Franklin

[kschilk 0]

Cover the walls with egg carton bottoms (paper type works better than foam). It won't make it totally soundproof but what sound isn't absorbed, will be deflected mostly inward.

"T'was ever thus."

[DSE 3]

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Cover the walls with egg carton bottoms (paper type works better than foam). It won't make it totally soundproof but what sound isn't absorbed, will be deflected mostly inward.

This is a myth. Eggcrate only deflects, but does not absorb sound. Isolating noise/sound sources is the only way to effectively stop sound from traveling from one room to another.
STC of sheetrock is very high...at all but the highest frequencies. Pipe/drape is cheap, but silly-looking.

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/training/5155.html

http://www.vasst.com/article.aspx?id=89f15af5-8004-44fd-97a3-71f2c8418a6c&type=1
Whatever you do, DON'T put foam eggcrate on the wall. It's dangerous, and illegal in all 50 states.

[kschilk 0]

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This is a myth.

No, really...it's a hit. My neighbors noticed a huge difference....the cops don't come here much, anymore.

"T'was ever thus."

[siddacious 0]

My saxophone teacher lined her room with several layers of what seemed to be those dense blankets that movers use. Seemed to work well.

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[FlyingJ 0]

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Whatever you do, DON'T put foam eggcrate on the wall. It's dangerous, and illegal in all 50 states.

Is this based on fire regulations? As a music major in college I turned my storage room in the basement into a practice room by hanging foam egg crate on the walls and ceiling with heavy blankets on top of them. It worked amazingly well, but had no idea it was in fact breaking some laws.

Killing threads since 2004.

[DSE 3]

Egg crate foam is a federal issue, the eggcrates themselves (formed paper) are in most states, illegal also for fire. In a bedroom, that's one thing (I used to do the same). But in an apartment, and particularly in any commercial building, it's a fast way to be in serious trouble these days. The incident in Rhode Island brought about a new level of policing.

[shropshire 0]

Cheapest way .......

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Cheapest way .......

But that one doesn't go to 11