Comments on: Soundproofing between floors http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/ Green Design/Build Firm Specializing in Passive House and Salvage Renovation Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gennaro Brooks-Church http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/comment-page-1/#comment-70951 Gennaro Brooks-Church Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:07:14 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407#comment-70951 Carpets help a little. Carpets help a little.

]]> By: Gennaro Brooks-Church http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/comment-page-1/#comment-70950 Gennaro Brooks-Church Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:06:53 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407#comment-70950 I suspect you have certain rights. I would call 311 and see what they say. I don't think he can just refuse to do anything about it. The best is if he can soundproof from below. But if that is not possible you can do it from above too. There are many things you can do and each one helps a bit. Do whatever you can. What do you have on the floor? If it is wood you can take it up as well as the subfloor. Fill the space between the joists with cellulose insulation. Put padding on the joists. Put the subfloor back. There are layers of soundproofing material you can put down. Each layer deadens certain aspects of the sound wave. Thick plastic, rubber, cotton padding, cork, fiberglass boars. Then you put the floor back on. You also need to seal the walls. You put more layers of sheet rock with green glue in between each layer. You could even do the ceiling with more layers of sheet rock since the sound will travel up and then back down. It is not cheap but maybe worth the good night sleep. I suspect you have certain rights. I would call 311 and see what they say. I don’t think he can just refuse to do anything about it. The best is if he can soundproof from below. But if that is not possible you can do it from above too.
There are many things you can do and each one helps a bit. Do whatever you can.
What do you have on the floor? If it is wood you can take it up as well as the subfloor.
Fill the space between the joists with cellulose insulation. Put padding on the joists. Put the subfloor back. There are layers of soundproofing material you can put down. Each layer deadens certain aspects of the sound wave. Thick plastic, rubber, cotton padding, cork, fiberglass boars. Then you put the floor back on. You also need to seal the walls. You put more layers of sheet rock with green glue in between each layer. You could even do the ceiling with more layers of sheet rock since the sound will travel up and then back down. It is not cheap but maybe worth the good night sleep.

]]> By: himalyanacoustics http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/comment-page-1/#comment-70948 himalyanacoustics Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:12:22 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407#comment-70948 Hi, I live on the 2nd floor of an apartment building, downstairs below me is a club/restaurant that blasts loud music, how do I block the noise that is coming through from the downstairs ceiling to my apartment? THe noise is loud and sometimes that is vibration too. The owner of the restaurant/club is not wiling to do anything about the noise. Should I put sheetrock on my floor to block the noise? What materials would I need and how would I do this? Hi, I live on the 2nd floor of an apartment building, downstairs below me is a club/restaurant that blasts loud music, how do I block the noise that is coming through from the downstairs ceiling to my apartment? THe noise is loud and sometimes that is vibration too. The owner of the restaurant/club is not wiling to do anything about the noise. Should I put sheetrock on my floor to block the noise? What materials would I need and how would I do this?

]]> By: Gennaro Brooks-Church http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/comment-page-1/#comment-34324 Gennaro Brooks-Church Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:48:08 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407#comment-34324 Hi, It works well. Cutting them is a pain. We found a jigsaw was the best for cutting. The blade needs to be sharp or else it smokes. Tires are not flat so you need to be extra careful in terms of leveling. The Green Glue Company sells some cool foam padding you put down over joists below the subfloor that works really well too. If you don't want to fork out the money for their stuff there is carpet underlayment that might work. Hi,
It works well. Cutting them is a pain. We found a jigsaw was the best for cutting. The blade needs to be sharp or else it smokes. Tires are not flat so you need to be extra careful in terms of leveling.

The Green Glue Company sells some cool foam padding you put down over joists below the subfloor that works really well too.

If you don’t want to fork out the money for their stuff there is carpet underlayment that might work.

]]> By: luke griffiths http://ecobrooklyn.com/soundproofing-floors/comment-page-1/#comment-34265 luke griffiths Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:04:08 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=407#comment-34265 Hey how has it worked out? am building a rehersal room in an art studio at the mo got lots of tires yesterday with the intention of building my studio on top of them, looks like cuttin them up first would be best,any pointers would be hugely appreciated All the best Luke Hey
how has it worked out? am building a rehersal room in an art studio at the mo got lots of tires yesterday with the intention of building my studio on top of them, looks like cuttin them up first would be best,any pointers would be hugely appreciated
All the best
Luke

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