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Questions tagged [sound-deadening]

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Can Rockwool Insulation be compressed or squished to fit through a 4'' hole and then rexpanded?

I just put in recessed lighting and lost a lot of soundproofing in the room. There is some insulation in the ceiling, but since cutting the holes in the drywall, sound is leaking out like crazy (understandably). The lights are LED and rated to be up…
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How to attach a TV mount to a resilient channel wall?

How do I safely attach an articulating mount (tilt/pan) for a 75" LCD TV to a "sound deadening" wall that uses resilient channels? Thanks to this answer, I learned that the bizarre insides of my wall are so-called "sound deadening:" drywall,…
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Noise reduction from filling gaps in window and glass?

I have a problem with my window facing a major road that lets in noise. I can't add another glass or make major modifications to the window. I am trying to fix this by filling gaps in the window. There's a 9mm gap between glasses of the window and…
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Home Soundproofing Solutions - Existing Ceiling and Walls

I have done a lot of research and the results seem very varied so wanted some input from others as to what the best solution would be. Problem: In a flat with existing ceiling and walls. Some walls are brick from which sound does not come through.…
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Insulating and soundproofing a bedroom floor

I'm looking to insulate a first floor bedroom in my house (in Ireland). I currently have pine flooring (which makes an awful noise when we step on it) and looking underneath these I see that there's no insulation at all. I'm hopeful of tearing up…
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Would adding sound-dampening insulation to part of a wall help?

We have a square-shaped, corner room that we use as a piano room. The room has doorways into both adjacent interior spaces. One doorway has large French doors with a transom. The other is just open - no doors. We're remodeling by moving the French…
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How to create a permeable sound barrier?

I want to create a permeable (allowing things to pass through) sound barrier (noise barrier, soundwall, noise wall) for soundproofing purposes. It is for a room and specifically for the doorway/entrance (without a door). Type: Standard…
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Sound of toilet water flushed from high floors

I live in an apartment building. Time to time, sound like flushed water going down in pipes come from our bathroom, likely when higher floor neighbors just finished using their toilet. Is there a way to diagnose and fix this noise? Thanks!
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What is the most cost-effective way to reduce sound coming up my staircase?

We bought a two-story house with a fairly open-plan staircase. See below: My desk sits right by the top of the stairs, and a lot of sounds echo up the stairs from the kitchen. Since we are work-from-home, this means there's a lot of sounds going…
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Soundproofing around water softener

I'm trying to come up with options for soundproofing around our water softener (and the mechanicals that go alongside it - not including water heater). Currently when it goes through it's regen cycle, it makes a lot of noise that echoes through the…
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Do solid core doors reduce sound more than hollow-core doors?

I need to replace a bedroom door. I would like to find the option that is best at dampening noise. I'm trying to decide between an MDF door like Jeld-Wen Molded Composite MDF Interior Door Slab or a solid core door like Masonite solid core door. …
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How to reduce noise on a warm air duct?

My heatings system is based on 80mm inox tubes. The air is warmed at a central location and distributed through these ducts.t The issue is that the air pump is a bit noisy. This noise is transported through the tubes and heard in the rooms. Can I do…
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How should I stick acoustic foams on the walls?

I am a trained opera singer. I just moved into a single family house. I had a concern about the noise because the neighbors were not far away and I usually practice in the evening after work. Luckily, they cannot hear me from the inside, but they…
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Lessen noise from adjacent room

I have a housemate who tends to snore during the night. Since our rooms share a wall, I tend to hear it. We live in an apartment building made from concrete panels. I'd like to do some basic soundproofing so that it doesn't bother me (at least not…
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Soundproofing Home from Outside Noise

My neighborhood has become much noisier over time and I'm hoping to reduce the amount of outside noise coming in. I thought upgrading my old windows (original from the 80s which were clearly shot) to newer ones designed for reducing sound would…
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