Soundproofing a Workshop

 

Acoustic Challenge

A loud workshop in a basement or garage of a home can create unwanted machine noise or dust collection noise that needs to be contained to within the room.   Our sound insulatsion goal is to protect the rest of the house from the noise generated inside the noisy workshop.

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Soundproofing Treatment
 

Sound barrier products designed to isolate and contain the noise to produce a soundproof workshop are listed in our Product Bin.   The application of this material is featurd in the Walls and Ceilings section of this Appliations Guide.  Your sound proofing treatment options depend on how you intend to frame out and finish the room.   There are also absorption products designed to reduce the amount of exposure held to within the soundproof woodworking room. 

Acoustic Results

Sound barrier treatments for workshop noise can trigger 10-12 dB drops outside the Workshop.   These results for soundproofing a workshop are simulated in our Sound Chamber for your listening pleasure.   Results will vary per treatment based on coverage, leakage, installation, etc.   Sound pressures held to within the room can also drop 3-6 dB through the use of wall or ceiling absorption material.

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For sound isolation, protect the rest of your home by visiting our Walls and Ceiling sections of this Applications Guide.    There we discuss the use of dB-Bloc and a variety of other products designed to contain your noise to within your workshop.     Start by anchoring dB-Bloc to your exposed or finished common surfaces.    Then line with horizontal firring strips up the walls, or perpendicular to the ceiling joists, and finish off with a new layer of drywall.

Also consider building a simple frame around your stationary sound sources, machinery and dust collection systems.   We can cut a set of QBV blankets to hang from the frame and house the noise inside this new sound enclosure.    Also visit our Machine Mount section and discover isolation pads that you can rest your table saw and other sound sources on to combat structure borne transmission from bleeding out of your room.      NetLag is also a good raw material product that you can wrap exposed ductwork, pipes and dust collection chutes with to contain noise from airflow or liquid flow.