sound proofing?

Question

my bedroom back up to the main bath, when my son comes in we can hear everything. How can I sound proof my room??

Answer 1

you might try getting some insulation into the areas behind the wall board, this will dampen the noise a lot. Also a hanging of a quilt or a blanket anything on the interior wall will muffle some of the noise too.

Should you opt to try the insulation, you drill or cut a 2 inch hole between each stud and pump loose fill insulation into the void, then patch the hole with plaster and patching. cut the hole up high near the ceiling to get the entire void filled.

Another method is to add another layer of wall board or Sheetrock to that wall and then trim it in to look like original.

Answer 2

The travelinggardener's advice is good, but be aware that there really is no practical, affordable method to sound "proof" a room in regular residential construction. The best you can do is attenuate (reduce) the sound.

An addition layer of sheetrock on either the bathroom wall or your bedroom wall will be most effective, especially if a sound baffle is installed between the sheetrock layers. Here is a half-way decent site for materials and info.

http://www.soundproofing.org

Answer 3

First, you need to understand how sound is transmitted through walls. Through wall STC (sound transmition Classification) happens through vibration and simply insulating will not stop this vibration. Your exposure will be your top and bottom wall plates and through the studs.
The only way to handle this is to isolate the vibration of sound. The easiest way to achieve this is to install resiliant metal channel horizontally on one side of the wall to the studs, (doesn't matter which side), and install another layer of drywall to the furring channe. Use a bead of acoustical sealant caulking, (available at your local home building store), along the old wall/ceiling and wall/floor connections.
Good luck.

Answer 4

figure out what the sound is coming from. Is it water noise, walking sounds, etc. Now figure out where it is the loudest. Do you hear it through the wall, under the door, through an air vent?

depending on the sounds and locations you can make specific changes to address each sound and each sound path.

Water noise from water pipes can be reduced by making sure the pipes done touch the floor joists. sound coming under a door can be reduced by adding weather striping to the bottom of the door. sound through air vents can be reducing by adding a section of insulated flexible duct work

Answer 5

there are vaious methods to dampen the sound use of eps laminates is one such thing other wise chemline has sound dampner coatings use that details on chemline.net

Answer 6

insulate and install a bigger fan