Thread: sound proofing

Make the whinner a nice bread box?

Here's something that is both cheap and quick to try.

A lot of sound rooms use egg cartons to deaded noise. You will need a lot of egg cartons (the cardboard ones) and paster the wall with them. It looks strange but sound enthuiasts have been doing it for a long time and it is pretty prooven!

18mm MDF and carpet underlay works well. not super cheap but effective.

Buy them all a set of earmuffs.

Just turn your stereo up flat chat, that way they carnt hear your machines.

Go to this site for useful ideas on sound absorbtion.
http://www.cedia.net/homeowners/acoustical2.php

Egg Cartons DO NOTHING to reduce noise transmission. They are reasonably effective in changing the acoustical properties inside the space (where are you when I need you Soundman?), but to stop noise transmission you need either isolated air gaps or density or both.

Packing the studs with foam, then three layers of gyprock will work quite well, but only if you treat the doors and ceiling to a similar level.

There's no point in eliminating the sound transmission from the walls if it's just going to go out through the ceiling.

Check out the Gyprock design guide http://www.gyprock.com.au/technical/...1DD2E909173%7D for info.

Why not just insulate and use a single layer of gyprock as a compromise, and it'd tidy up the shed nicely as well?

cheers,

P

A friend of mine used telephone books to soundproof a room his son was practicing drums in - it worked.

Cheers

would polystyrene foam like used in fruit boxes be ok as a dampening material in between the studs, i was thinking of creating a thick mass with foam and then gyprock. what about lead sheeting of some kind as well?

i know i won't soundproof the room , i just want to cut the noice down outside the building enough so it's not deafening like it is now , it's the thicknesser that is the problem...

Yep, foam will help, as will lead (but it might be a bit exy).

Have you thought about building a lid for the thicknesser??

It's crossed my mind a few times, using sink cutouts (35mm or so MDF), or even wrapping it insulation. Notwithstanding what I said above, it will cut down some of the noise, like adding a padded cover to an outboard motor.

It's surprising how much noise is reduced by sticking a cupboard round the router table, so it might work?

cheers,

P

yes , was thinking of trying to deal with noise by covering the thicknesser with soundproofing and a box, of coarse there would have to be some overhang inside the box on the inlet and outlet for the timber so it's completly sealed and the timber runs through a skirt of soundproofing .

Went through this a couple of years ago with a winger. But this guy complained to the council that I was running a small buissness , noise etc .
( He had previously complained about other neighbour , dog noise , running a backyard car repair , total b .. )
The small buissness was rubbish that section of council came and no problim
but the noise, Epa department of council were not happy
so I asked my lawyer , his advice was
Keep a record of time in the shed and time you use each machine, print out a simple spread sheet .
Keep your cool talk softly be polite, Ask for a written copy of complaint , under laws of natural justice you have to be given an exact copy of complaint so you can answer same. so ask for this before you start. then check against your log , try to tie them up to exact times not generalisations . talk about other noise in the area , how do you the noise that is complained about is your noise , what law or statute exactially are you contrivening. Write everything down times of visits etc, always ask for names make a point of getting exact spelling
and as long as your not doing anything before or after the hours set by the local council regarding noise your should be fine.
You can also talk about how stressed you are at work and you need this hobby to relax. Were you carrying out home maintaince or hobby work . are they saying that you arn't allowed to do maintaince .
Ask to see their boss act vicitomised , your the one being wronged.
And if all else fails tell them to deal with your legal representative for any more complaints but this will cost.

Hopefully however you can stop this before council become involved, if your neighbour is at all reasonable try a beer , etc . always better to get along if you can.




The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Russell

yes the winger went to the council and the ranger said he was old i was manufacturing furniture, (i do make my furnitture for a living actually) but only about 2 -3 tables a week, hardly a manufacture, anyway i told him i just do it as a hobby and he said that's fine , no worries, just stick to the hours ...but i make noice every day and sooner or later theres going to be another complaint. i would just rather be as quiet as possible to keep everyone a little happier , and besides, my other family members have to put up with the noise too, and it's not fair on them either...

i think building a box over the thicknesser would be better than trying to do the whole room , which can't really be done as i always need windows open.

la Huerta .
Thought about getting all your thicknesser jobs together so you only use it every 3rd or 4th day or when the winger goes out ,




The trouble with life is there's no background music.


Russell