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what about sound clips or resilient chanels. Are these cheaper and effective or can they be combined with the quietrock material?
7.1 theater room
60 fronts vp180 center 4 qs8's ep500 sub
3.0 tv room
m3's vp150 center
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Re: What is best way to soundproof a room and chea
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Since it is the basement I am talking about, do I need to put in a subfloor or can I just use carpet in the room. Will that keep the sub from shaking the house or do I need a floating floor as I have been reading about? The room within a room. I see that using a floating ceiling with I believe it is resilient chanel with two sheets of 5/8 drywall has a stc of 61. That should pretty much take care of any noise going upstairs wouldn't it?
7.1 theater room
60 fronts vp180 center 4 qs8's ep500 sub
3.0 tv room
m3's vp150 center
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You're not gonna charge me for tech support are you?
As long as my boss doesn't know I'm giving out free advice .
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In reply to:
what about sound clips or resilient chanels. Are these cheaper and effective or can they be combined with the quietrock material?
Resilient channel can actually get quite expensive. Yes they are effective but require careful installation practices in order to prevent short circuiting. They can be used in conjunction with Quietrock but I think you are starting to climb out of your original budget (which is not a bad thing since with every added feature you will increase the amount of sound isolation).
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In reply to:
Since it is the basement I am talking about, do I need to put in a subfloor or can I just use carpet in the room. Will that keep the sub from shaking the house or do I need a floating floor as I have been reading about? The room within a room. I see that using a floating ceiling with I believe it is resilient chanel with two sheets of 5/8 drywall has a stc of 61. That should pretty much take care of any noise going upstairs wouldn't it?
You don't "need" a subfloor unless you are concerned about moisture (use Delta-FL with plywood and your choice of hardwood, laminate or carpet). Simple heat loss (assuming no leakage) can be dealt with using a carpet with good quality backing. My father-in-law had this done in his brand new house. I'm too paranoid about moisture and mold problems so I would always recommend going with Delta-FL or Dri-Core.
The floating ceiling (properly sealed) will definitely take care of most of the noise going upstairs.
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