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Livingroom Echo Problem – Residential Acoustics Problems
“I have a Great room in my house that has a 12′ ceiling and as a result there is a lot of echo from the TV, stereo, or just conversation.” Residential acoustics are difficult because of the aesthetic that one needs to maintain […]
Duplex Wall Soundproofing
“I’m looking for the most cost-effective and easy to install sound blocking for a musical range of sound.” Ideally, I would suggest the RSIC-1 Clip system to float the sheet rock off of the wall. This is THE most acoustically efficient and cost effective way to increase the attenuation of a wall assembly […]
Soundproofing a Ceiling With RSIC-1 Clips
“I own a new construction steel-framed loft condo in Los Angeles, CA and I am experiencing a great deal of footfall noise from my neighbor above me. All the units have hardwood floors and when my neighbor walks on his floor it sounds like a bass drum every time his feet hit the floor.” As a foot hits the floor, the energy from the impact travels to the sub floor then to the joists and then to your sheet rock and comes out as an airborne sound. If this path is broken up and the sound has to pass across an air space, it looses energy as it makes the conversion, kind of like a bolt of electricity arcing across an air space […]
Check(er) it out! Echo Eliminator Used in Unique Pattern to Greatly Reduce Echo in School Gym
A school in Alabama reported a substantial echo problem in their gymnasium. Like most gyms, this room was not only very large, but consisted of nearly all hard surfaces. Panels were installed that were not only cost effective and acoustically absorbent, but he worked with them to create a very unique and great looking aesthetic […]
Public Corridor Echo Problem
“I am writing to find out your suggestions on how to reduce an echo problem that exists in a mall office public corridor. We are experiencing a big problem with echoes in the mall office public corridor. The office corridor is 138′ long by 8′ wide by 10′ tall. The flooring consist of quarry tile and the walls and ceiling are a drywall painted finish.” Most of the rooms that I am asked to help treat have much different dimensions – most are square or rectangular – much more so than this giant corridor. I would absolutely love to get some panels into the space to see how the number and placement of panels affects the acoustic of the room […]
Noisy Air Conditioner
Every spring, as soon as the weather starts to warm up we take more and more calls from people who are looking for the same thing – how to quiet a noisy air conditioning condenser. Especially in the early spring the noise from the condensers is troublesome because some people are running the AC while other people have their windows open. The constant drone of the machine can even be bothersome enough to drive neighbors to their breaking point
Livingroom Echo Problem
Residential acoustics are always a little bit tricky because of the aesthetic that a room needs to maintain. Taking the echo out of the room is easy, but making the panel installation look intentional is generally the catch […]
Soundproofing a Ceiling
Soundproofing a ceiling can be a little tricky, especially in an apartment. Typically speaking, when you are trying to block sound, you need to either increase the amount of mass between the two spaces or interrupt the hard surface to hard surface contact from one space to the other […]
Restaurant Noise Problem
“The restaurant is in Haines Alaska, so we have limited products available for sound suppression. At the lumber store we have 4 x 8 sheets of 1/2″ sound barrier – which I was going to make batons on the back and hang from eye-hooks in ceiling – with about 2.5″ between ceiling and sound board. Any other kind of advice? Should I be looking for a much better, more specific product – one that would come from the lower 48?” I don’t think that the sound barrier will do much good for you, you need to get some “soft” surfaces into the space to help […]
Quieting a Noisy Restaurant
Almost all restaurants, even fast food restaurants, are set up an furnished in relation to the menu. The surfaces that make up the interior of the restaurants do not only need to maintain a certain aesthetic, but they need to be cleanable to maintain a sanitary environment, it is very rare to very much see carpet and carpet pad in a restaurant. This is where the acoustical problems start […]
