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Posted June 5, 2008
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How to construct a super sound insulated music rehearsal space?
I am designing a new detached garage which will contain a music rehearsal space. It will be partially inside the garage and partially bumped out. The space needs to be very well sound insulated as the band that will be jamming inside of it is extremely loud, and does not want to disturb the neighbors!
Any recommendations for building materials and methods (preferably not super-expensive) are greatly appreciated, conventional or otherwise. Some methods I am already familiar with but do not know much about the effectiveness of include: staggering studs to create a space between the exterior and interior wall, double layers of drywall, resilient channels for drywall, and stuffing batt insulation in the walls and ceiling. I'm open to any material suggestions such as straw bale or concrete block as well. Thanks!
What you need is a combination of mass and air and separation. Build the outside walls of the garage out of concrete block. Inside, pour a concrete floor 4" away from the walls. On the edges of this, frame your stud walls. Fill them with r19 batts, and layer them with varying dimensions of different types of sheeting, 3/4 osb, 1/2 sheetrock, 5/8 osb, 5/8 sheetrock, whatever you can afford, until it totals about two inches. Do the same with the ceiling.
Forget the egg cartons, that is for Hee-Haw. If you are concerned about making a giant echo chamber, get some of the foam made by Sonex if you can afford it. If not, try to get playground rubber floor, and tack it to the walls in a staggered pattern, in varying thickness. Echos are cut by irregular ABSORBING surfaces. Even something as simple as a stack of firewood, carpet, or furniture will cut the echo.
Finish the floor with whatever you can get cheap, but wood is always more comfortable looking.
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