How cheap is sound proofing?

Question

I'm interested in sound proofing a relatively small enclosure, but also making it well ventilated- would that be easy/cheap to do?

Answer 1

There's an urban legend that empty egg boxes make excellent soundproofing.

Dead cheap and tasty too!

Answer 2

Well there's no such thing as 100% sound proof. depending on the size of room and what you want to use it for here's a couple of easy and cheep thing you could do. as mention already, egg boxes work OK you do need a lot of them. hanging fabric on the walls, this can absorb the sound. ( if recording it can deaden the sound). Carpet, again work really well, but deadens the sound. In most recording studios they use a foam tile that has peaks in. i have seen people lining the walls with normal thin foam.
just some ideas, some I've tried, some not. remember what ever you do use, do the celling and windows and doors are always week point so be arefull of these, Also vents produce high frequence noises, another weak point.

good luck i hope it all goes well

Answer 3

My problem was both sound insulation and heat retention on a canal boat remodel job. Waterfront traffic is loud in transit
and parties rafting alongside often are rude well into early mornings. The water itself conducts cold through the hull so insulation must be excellent to conserve energy that would otherwise be expended in heating sysyems. The solution was purchase of former docking foam. Sea growth and its inroads upon outer foam was easily cut away with hand saw.
Slabs 8x36x72 inches were likewise created from float cores.
These were fitted as needed between ribs and under decking
with the extra floatation prospect a good safety feature. Oak
paneling was fitted over all foam. Internal lighting came from
skylights as vessel was former grain carrier. It was a blunt broad beam, rather deep hull, which allowed owner to shrink interior living space without pain. It was a rewarding summer job for me. Heard a few years later the liveaboard was up in
Alaskan waters near the State Capital. Wondered if solar powered interior venting system was handling foggy Alaska.
p.s. Beware of foam that contains such toxics as HCHO.

Answer 4

It's a lot harder to soundproof AND keep ventilated, because any hole in the enclosure allows a lot of sound to get out. The best soundproofing (to keep noise from getting out) is dense materials, like drywall or sand. Putting things like egg cartons on the inside is mostly to stop echoing on the inside of the enclosure.
Line the enclosure with drywall, then glue cheap acoustical lay-in ceiling tile to that.
When you say it has to ventilated...that sounds like it is something that produces heat, and needs "free air" around to to get rid of the heat. That makes it much harder to sound-proof. If it is a room that needs heating/cooling, and you have ducts that go into it, you can put bends in the duct, use insulated flexible duct, etc.
But a more detailed answer can't be given unless I know what needs to be "ventilated".

Answer 5

Cheap could be free if you know where to go. Years ago my friends and I sound proofed a room in my friends garage that we built to practice our music and record. I believe our total cost was around $ 60.00 and that was for the 2x4's we purchased to build the framing. What we did was go around to new housing developments and talk with the contractors that were building the houses and ask them for any materials that we needed like carpet, plywood and other miscellaneous items that would help out. When they build houses they always have scraps and if you ask they are happy to let you have them as it saves them from having to cart it off. Then the final touch was the egg cartons hanging on the wall. The big square cardboard type like they use in recording studios. Got those at the supermarket, for free as well. All you have to do is ask and you will spend less than you would imagine.

Answer 6

cheap collet a bunch of old egg cartons stapple them up inside the wall like insullation then ply wood or drywall over also use carpet on the walls is cheap and helps. You Can also look at composit sound board at a hardwere store it isn't really that expensive.Maybe Mom and Dad will spring for it to keep the noise down.LOL

Answer 7

Any rubber(the thicker the better) is a good sound proofing. Also Jute pad from a carpet store works good. And another option is there are some spray on foams which have some good sound proofing qualities.

Answer 8

Egg boxes filled with damping material such as batting which you can find in a curtaining material shop.

Get all your friends to collect egg boxes for you. Cut batting to fit the interior of the egg box. Staple boxes to plaster board boards or some other type of board fill egg boxes with batting staple closed and then decorate with white PVA.

closed and attach direct to the surface you want to sound proof or to ceiling board or some other such material and install

Answer 9

buy ear plugs they are cheap

Answer 10

This question has been answered many times before, Just look it up in the forum.
New question only, please.