Sound proofing for floors?

build a soundproof room 'in' your room A small cubicle big enough to play

Nice idea however the solution has to be 'wife-friendly' as the room is actually our guest room and gets occasional use as a bedroom therefore has to look like a bedroom.

Matthew

Matthew said the following on 09/01/2006 11:53:

The first rule of sound-proofing is to make the space air tight, so make sure the door and windows are as well sealed as possible.

To reduce transmission through the floor, you need to acoustically isolate yourself (and your guitar) from the floor.

You should consider the following solutions in order of effectiveness and cost/effort: -

1. Put your guitar amp on the bed, not the floor.

1. Fit as expensive an underlay and as thick a carpet as you can afford.

2. Lift the floorboards and stick neoprene strips to the tops of all the joists.

Re-lay the floor with interlocking chipboard sheets.

Make sure that you drill clearance holes through the chipboard and then screw the boards down (don't nail them and don't over tighten the screws).

Make sure that the boards are not touching the walls/skirting board.

Fill the gaps between the boards and the walls/skirting board with a suitable sealant to make the gaps airtight.

Fit as expensive an underlay and as thick a carpet as you can afford.

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This kind of stuff helps a lot I find:

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Google for Reduc Strata - it's not absolutely soundproof, but makes a big difference.

A cheap solution might be to use headphones if appropriate.? Don

Only two things really work. NO AIRGAPS and sand filled panels.

Sure a layer of carpet cuts noise down a bit...but not really enough.

Gutars won't feed back properly with headphones - the amp is an integral part of the guitar.

Playing a leccy guitar through hedapones is like playing an acoustic guitar with no soundbox.

If you're running it to the sort of levels where feedback occurs, you're into *a lot* of money to sound isolate the room.