David Cotton
Auditioning
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2004
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This may sound like a strange idea but I thought I would run it past you guru's out there and see what you think.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, the theater room I will be building is not big enough for the room within a room idea, and though I had planned on putting insulation in my interior walls I know this will only help a small amount. Then I had an idea....
Other than true isolation, the next best way to reduce noise is mass, or if you will a dense material correct? I thought about double sheetrock, but that is a pain in the a@# to re-do doorways, plugs etc...
Well what if I were to remove the sheetrock in my furture theater room and brick in between the studs? Since my room is on the bottom floor I could create a "wall" of bricks that would be mortared in between the wall studs, floor to ceiling. If the bricks were trimmed to fit tightly I figure that their mass would help stop sound transmissions beyond the room both by them being dense and also absorbing any vibration that was imparted to the studs via the sheetrock once it was replaced.
I know this may not be the cheapest method, but will it work? Am I mad for even contemplating this?
Obviously all of my prewire, conduit etc would need to be pre-run and built around, but it is the concept that I am curious about, not the small details at the moment.
Let me know.
David
As I have mentioned in a previous post, the theater room I will be building is not big enough for the room within a room idea, and though I had planned on putting insulation in my interior walls I know this will only help a small amount. Then I had an idea....
Other than true isolation, the next best way to reduce noise is mass, or if you will a dense material correct? I thought about double sheetrock, but that is a pain in the a@# to re-do doorways, plugs etc...
Well what if I were to remove the sheetrock in my furture theater room and brick in between the studs? Since my room is on the bottom floor I could create a "wall" of bricks that would be mortared in between the wall studs, floor to ceiling. If the bricks were trimmed to fit tightly I figure that their mass would help stop sound transmissions beyond the room both by them being dense and also absorbing any vibration that was imparted to the studs via the sheetrock once it was replaced.
I know this may not be the cheapest method, but will it work? Am I mad for even contemplating this?
Obviously all of my prewire, conduit etc would need to be pre-run and built around, but it is the concept that I am curious about, not the small details at the moment.
Let me know.
David