whats the best way to sound proof a room so you cannot hear any noise?

Question

say you were going to build a room in your house big enough to fit 4 pool tables in how would you sound proof it so none could hear the noise

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Answer 1

Rebuild the walls, floors, and ceilings.

In a typical room, the wall studs have drywall nailed to them on both sides. Sound goes into the drywall through the stud and out the drywall on the other side. To soundproof you rip off one side of the wall. Widen the base of the wall. Then you put in another row of studs that are offset towards you and don't go all the way to the other side. Insulate in between (there's also special soundproofing board to go under the new drywall). Nail new drywall to the the new studs. Breaking the mechanical connection between the two sides of the wall is effective.

You'll need to do something similar for the floors and ceiling.

Answer 2

At great expense. A truly soundproof room is a really complex construction job - especially if you have floors and/or ceilings to take into consideration - and to accomodate four pool tables I think you'd need an architect. Even constructing a small soundproof room when I was a psychology student was a darned expensive job. You finish up with walls several inches thick composed of many different layers and then it looks as if you've finished up by covering them with eggboxes.

If you've got that much money and you're still at the planning stage I'd consider constructing a separate building some way away from the main house.

Answer 3

Well it will still cost some money, but it can be done. You have to insulate. I would suggest layers of Styrofoam and fiberglass insulation. Check the fire rating on the Styrofoam, we don't want to get caught in a toxic inferno. If you have to insulate the floor it will get tricky and much more expensive you will need lots of plywood and cement board. Don't for get that your room will get smaller.

Answer 4

i have an idea about sound proofing a room i o not know whether it might be practical or not but read it you might find some thing of interest
look sound needs a medium to travel ;;;;;;if there is a vaccuum no sound will reach you;;;;;;;;;;;;;; if you give solid as a medium much sound will reach you ;;;;;;;; but if you provide air very little will reach you;;;;;;if you in someway minimize the air molecules very little will reach you;;;;;
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: therefore i will suggest you a
two layered structure having air particles between them if by some source you succeed in achieving a partial vaccumm you will get rid of loud sounds::::::::::::::::::::::::
obviously i couldn't explain the whole structure in all details but this idea might give you a food of thought::::::::::::::::::