Cinder Block Walls?? (1 Viewer)

[Rbaoo7]

Hello All. Ive spent a good deal of time reading and researching on the site and im very impressed with the content!

Now onto my situation; I have recently purchased my first home which came with an unfinished cinder-block wall, cement floor basement. I would like this to become my entertainment room, not only home theater. Knowing that it wont ever be exceptionally high-end, I would really prefer to not have to frame in and finish the walls. I will definitely ad thick padding and carpet. The ceiling is supended, and thankfully already done using black panels with plenty of space for approximately a foot of insulation above the ceiling.

Now, with thick carpeting, plenty of ceiling insulation and furniture will I do alright with the walls remaining cinder-block??? Thanks all for your opinions!

 

[chuckg]

unpainted cinder block is better than painted cinder block, but still fairly reflective, sound-wise. You may want to hang some tapestries, or make sure that some big stuffy chairs are blocking the worst of the sound reflections.

The unpainted block walls are probably less reflective than drywall - so putting in drywall would be worse.

 

[Rbaoo7]

Excellent! Thanks for the info!

 

[Robert_J]

You can also hang some sound absorption panels on the walls at the reflection points. Here's a link to one of hundreds of DIY panel sites - link.

-Robert

 

[JohnRice]

It is also extremely cheap to make some theater style "drapes" for the walls out of some inexpensive, heavy fabric. I used various dark colors of felt.