From: "Sean Roberts" <krazydog@x?????xxxx.xxx
Date: Thu Jan 6, 2000 3:31 am
Subject: soundproofing the basement
Hellow everyone
I just joined the list,
please forgive me if this has been brought up
a zillion times as I'm sure it has! ;-)
I recently refinished a basement room for my personal project studio.
Well it's more of a songwriting hang out avec VS880.
(dimensions 12X17X6,4)
I'd like to do something about the sound transferring through the ceiling to
the upper level.
As it stands right now, the ceiling is very thin slats of wood (about 1/8")
butted up against
each other. (cracks galore)
Then empty space & hard wood floors above.
I'm thinking just stuffing Roxsull in the gaps & getting some type of decent
acoustic tile for the ceiling.
I'd like to keep it under $500 if possible, rather spend the dough on gear.
My main problem is the bass leakage to the top floor while my wife is
sleeping.
Also if I'm working on stuff while the kids are playing above it really
rattles down through.
If I could tame the ceiling transfer it would make a huge difference.
My house is pretty old & built very solid. The sound doesn't travel as bad
as the newer
homes! Also to my advantage is I don't have furnace ducks which are a
basement musicians
worst nightmare! <G>
Any comments would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks
Sean Roberts