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Questions tagged [sound-deadening]

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Can Rockwool Insulation be compressed or squished to fit through a 4'' hole and then rexpanded?

I just put in recessed lighting and lost a lot of soundproofing in the room. There is some insulation in the ceiling, but since cutting the holes in the drywall, sound is leaking out like crazy (understandably). The lights are LED and rated to be up…
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How to attach a TV mount to a resilient channel wall?

first SE post! MY QUESTION: How do I safely attach an articulating mount (tilt/pan) for a 75" LCD TV to a "sound deadening" wall that uses resilient channels? Thanks to the miracle of the StackExchange Home Improvement answer to someone else's…
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Would adding sound-dampening insulation to part of a wall help?

We have a square-shaped, corner room that we use as a piano room. The room has doorways into both adjacent interior spaces. One doorway has large French doors with a transom. The other is just open - no doors. We're remodeling by moving the French…
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Sound of toilet water flushed from high floors

I live in an apartment building. Time to time, sound like flushed water going down in pipes come from our bathroom, likely when higher floor neighbors just finished using their toilet. Is there a way to diagnose and fix this noise? Thanks!
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Soundproofing around water softener

I'm trying to come up with options for soundproofing around our water softener (and the mechanicals that go alongside it - not including water heater). Currently when it goes through it's regen cycle, it makes a lot of noise that echoes through the…
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Do solid core doors reduce sound more than hollow-core doors?

I need to replace a bedroom door. I would like to find the option that is best at dampening noise. I'm trying to decide between an MDF door like Jeld-Wen Molded Composite MDF Interior Door Slab or a solid core door like Masonite solid core door. …
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How to reduce noise on a warm air duct?

My heatings system is based on 80mm inox tubes. The air is warmed at a central location and distributed through these ducts.t The issue is that the air pump is a bit noisy. This noise is transported through the tubes and heard in the rooms. Can I do…
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How should I stick acoustic foams on the walls?

I am a trained opera singer. I just moved into a single family house. I had a concern about the noise because the neighbors were not far away and I usually practice in the evening after work. Luckily, they cannot hear me from the inside, but they…
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Lessen noise from adjacent room

I have a housemate who tends to snore during the night. Since our rooms share a wall, I tend to hear it. We live in an apartment building made from concrete panels. I'd like to do some basic soundproofing so that it doesn't bother me (at least not…
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How can I conveniently soundproof a bedroom window?

Does anyone have an inexpensive way to “soundproof” a bedroom window that doesn’t require lots of installation? I’ve read about different techniques like acoustic foam/panels/blankets, but some people say this doesn’t work. I have an ear injury that…
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How much better is modern soundproof drywall + resilient channel vs what they did in the 50s?

Background I have an existing bedroom with an interior wall that already has 1/2" drywall hung in front of another 1/2" of some kind of insulation panel (not asbestos, just cellulose according to my local lab, so wood/paper based). I'm assuming this…
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How to mount an attic gable fan to reduce vibration in the rest of the house?

How can I reduce noise and vibration that's transmitted from an an attic gable fan to the rest of the house? Currently, the fan is mounted via screws to studs on the gable. Even when the fan is running at its lowest speed, when the house is quiet I…
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How to create a permeable sound barrier?

I want to create a permeable (allowing things to pass through) sound barrier (noise barrier, soundwall, noise wall) for soundproofing purposes. It is for a room and specifically for the doorway/entrance (without a door). Type: Standard…
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How to stop dripping noise from A/C into drain?

My air conditioner is in a crawl space in the 2nd floor. The condenser tray has a PVC drip line that comes down through the wall and meets up with a bathroom sink's drain immediately below the crawl space. When the A/C runs there's a small flow of…
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What is the most cost-effective way to reduce sound coming up my staircase?

We bought a two-story house with a fairly open-plan staircase. See below: My desk sits right by the top of the stairs, and a lot of sounds echo up the stairs from the kitchen. Since we are work-from-home, this means there's a lot of sounds going…
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