Apartment/Condo Party Wall

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On 5/9/05 2:48 PM, in article
1115664537.812123.281380@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com,
"bluemt@earthlink.net" <bluemt@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I know this has been covered and I've sorted though some old posts. I'm
> moving and would like to use an upstairs room for some music playback
> and home recording. Problem is, there is a neighbor's bedroom on the
> other side of the wall. I'd like to be able to listen at low volumes
> without bothering this person and receiving noise complaints.
>
> I have the opportunity to treat the wall before I move in. Any new
> thinking on sound barrier treatments for short money?

Not that will work.

You need mass
Building a second wall could work.
It would include a layer of any of the lead-sheet substitute materials under
the new sheetrock
>

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With shared wall dwellings more and more common it would be nice if
someone invented something that would create a decent sound barrier.

Maybe something like 5/8" rubber 4' X 8's that could be placed behind
sheetrock.

An entrepreneur could recycle used tires through a heated vessel and
pour off sheets of soundproofing rubber, maybe other materials could be
added that would enhance absorbtion further.

There is a huge opportunity there somewhere. Phase cancelling
technology in conjunction with materials perhaps.

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bluemt@earthlink.net wrote:

> I know this has been covered and I've sorted though some old posts. I'm
> moving and would like to use an upstairs room for some music playback
> and home recording. Problem is, there is a neighbor's bedroom on the
> other side of the wall. I'd like to be able to listen at low volumes
> without bothering this person and receiving noise complaints.
>
> I have the opportunity to treat the wall before I move in. Any new
> thinking on sound barrier treatments for short money?

What level in dB do you intend listening at ?

What's the type of wall construction between your residence and your
neighbour's.

What time of day do you intend to do this ?

Without that info it's hard to comment.


Graham

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Pooh Bear wrote:
> bluemt@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>> I know this has been covered and I've sorted though some old posts.
>> I'm moving and would like to use an upstairs room for some music
>> playback and home recording. Problem is, there is a neighbor's
>> bedroom on the other side of the wall. I'd like to be able to listen
>> at low volumes without bothering this person and receiving noise
>> complaints.
>>
>> I have the opportunity to treat the wall before I move in. Any new
>> thinking on sound barrier treatments for short money?
>
> What level in dB do you intend listening at ?
>
> What's the type of wall construction between your residence and your
> neighbour's.
>
> What time of day do you intend to do this ?
>
> Without that info it's hard to comment.
>
Not to mention: whether the room in question is in your condo, or the next
one. If the next condo, then there is by law 'some' extra construction in
the form of a fire wall. Most likely, it's at least a little more
dense--and thereby provides more isolation--than an ordinary room-to-room
wall within a particular dwelling.

jak

>
> Graham

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On May 9, 2005, bluemt@earthlink.net <bluemt@earthlink.net> commented:

> I'd like to be able to listen at low volumes
> without bothering this person and receiving noise complaints.
>--------------------------------snip----------------------------------<

My opinion is that any solution that's going to be really effective is going
to cost at the very least several thousand dollars, plus it's going to be
semi-permanent construction that you wouldn't want to do in a building you
don't actually own yourself.

My advice is that you're probably better off listening with a good set of
headphones. Either that, or work out an arrangement with your neighbors to
only listen to speakers at times they aren't in the building.

--MFW

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Mike Caffrey wrote:
> Get a pait of car tires and site your speakers on the car tires.

Interesting. I've always put floor speakers on large-city phonebooks to
get some buffering from the floor...