Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Audio Testing

Green Glue claims it takes 10 days or so for the soundproofing compound to work and then it gets better as time goes on. Well of course I wanted to test at at day 1. I cranked up the stereo closed the door and walked around. In the back I couldn't hear the stereo at all, but on the sides I could hear it faintly and in front of the door it was still pretty loud. A lot better, but I wasn't happy with it. The door is hollow and is made out of some really thin sheet metal. I decided I needed to make another door I can slide into place to help out. Here's some pictures of the door I made by using my last sheet of drywall and pieces of drywall I didn't need:

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The Sandwich:

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This turned out to work great! Also the same day I made that door, I noticed a neighbor down the street had carpet laying in her front yard. I went over and looked at it and it was in great shape. I asked her if I could haul it off and she was excited by my offer, she didn't know how she was going to get rid of it. I took it home and cut a piece of it and screwed it to the metal door and then laid a large piece of it on top of the existing carpet I got from the church. I had some extra scraps left, as you can see in these next pictures I hung those up as well:

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I tested with the stereo again and between the carpet and the makeshift door, it worked great! I could barely hear the stereo! Inside the shed you can't hear anything outside and has that creepy quiet feel like in a recording studio. The next day I hauled out the drum set to see how loud they were going to be and if I should expect the neighbors to be calling the police:

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I got my daughter to pound on them and even with the makeshift door not all the way in place (so I could get back in! Its heavy!) I could barely hear them outside! Yay!! I've been playing on them after work and ask my wife if she can hear them and she says no. It worked! I still have the two Green Glue sealant compounds left, I think I am going to use them around the frame of the metal door. I think the only thing left to do is make it more aesthetically pleasing, will probably paint it or hang posters up or something.

7 comments:

  1. I am glad you put that picture up of how you applied the Green Glue. With the excellent results you achieved you have proven that Green Glue Can be troweled on, unlike other sites that I have seen trying to push applicators for the application when using buckets of Green Glue. Thanks. You can find the Green Glue a bit cheaper here. http:www.tmsoundproofing.com

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  2. Oh really? I had no idea, you definitly don't need an applicator for the tubes.

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  3. Hi - So now that it has cured, what is your opinion on the Green Glue?

    Thanks for the photos!

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  4. What a nice post and what a way of describing something. All the doubts I had about Insonorizar local are cleared in no time. Congratulation and thanks for the post.

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    1. An interesting description on how to use green glue to create a soundproofed chamber. You can also use 2mm SBM5 sandwiched between two layers of high density acoustic plasterboard and this will have immediate benefits, gives better acoustic results than green glue and you reap the benefits with immediate effect.

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  6. Did you have to do anything special with that window AC unit to make sure things were still sound dampened?

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