Tony Loewen
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2003
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- 134
Hey guys, how's it going?
We finally started moving into our new house, a few weeks behind schedule, and my wife and I were watching a few movies yesterday where the theatre will be when all finished, and I found out that I will need to do lots of soundproofing. I like to experience the movie, not just watch and listen, and occasionally, other people in the house might want to sleep, although I'm not sure why So here's my situation. As it is, there are finished walls on the outside around the basement, where the theatre will be. These are, I believe, 2x6 walls, insulated and vapor-barriered over concrete. The ceiling is open joist right now. Main question, will I get alot of sound transmission through the walls to the rest of the house, or should I mainly concern myself with the ceiling? I don't really want to rip down the existing drywall and studs if it won't make a difference with sound getting to the rest of the house. Also, not wanting to go too too overboard budgetwise, what would be the best way to do the ceiling? This is corporate house that we can do mods to in the basements, but I would like to be able to take most of it with me when we move again, hopefully 15 -20 years down the road (moving sucks!!) My plan was to use a suspended ceiling with higher end dense tiles, and put batts of acoustical insulation on top of that. Would that be good for my situation, or would there be lots of bleed through? I don't really want to do resilient channel and drywall the roof, mostly because I hate overhead drywalling, and in an isolated community, getting contractors in costs a pretty penny, plus it's not very removable.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks alot in advance,
Tony
We finally started moving into our new house, a few weeks behind schedule, and my wife and I were watching a few movies yesterday where the theatre will be when all finished, and I found out that I will need to do lots of soundproofing. I like to experience the movie, not just watch and listen, and occasionally, other people in the house might want to sleep, although I'm not sure why So here's my situation. As it is, there are finished walls on the outside around the basement, where the theatre will be. These are, I believe, 2x6 walls, insulated and vapor-barriered over concrete. The ceiling is open joist right now. Main question, will I get alot of sound transmission through the walls to the rest of the house, or should I mainly concern myself with the ceiling? I don't really want to rip down the existing drywall and studs if it won't make a difference with sound getting to the rest of the house. Also, not wanting to go too too overboard budgetwise, what would be the best way to do the ceiling? This is corporate house that we can do mods to in the basements, but I would like to be able to take most of it with me when we move again, hopefully 15 -20 years down the road (moving sucks!!) My plan was to use a suspended ceiling with higher end dense tiles, and put batts of acoustical insulation on top of that. Would that be good for my situation, or would there be lots of bleed through? I don't really want to do resilient channel and drywall the roof, mostly because I hate overhead drywalling, and in an isolated community, getting contractors in costs a pretty penny, plus it's not very removable.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks alot in advance,
Tony