Sound proofing for a practice room

[M@xwell]

im converting my garage into a practice room for my band and was wondering about sound insulation. i cant spend loads on proper sound proofing and that, but any tips would be apprecciated. right now im thinking of putting a few inches of fibre glass inbetween the garage wall and some plasterboard.

he house nearest to the garage is about 3 metres away. how will that be for the neighbours?

[knowndebaser1]

egg crates might be able to cancel out some of the noise. if you have access to cement i would highly reccomend that. you can also use sound board(quarke)to absord alot the noise,which can be purchased at a local hardware store for like 20 dollars a sheet

[PremierManiac]

Egg cartons will do absolutely nothing to block sound. The only way you might get some results with your limited budget is to buy sheets of foam rubber and put them on the walls, but don't expect much without spending big bucks.

[Aus_rock_god]

egg crates might be able to cancel out some of the noise. if you have access to cement i would highly reccomend that. you can also use sound board(quarke)to absord alot the noise,which can be purchased at a local hardware store for like 20 dollars a sheet

There's always one idiot who says this.

For the 500th time: It don't work.

I reccomend you grab some second hand carpet and nail it to the walls. That works.

[shane_sow]

Right on the nail there mate :) Old carpet works nice. Egg cartons never have, and never will work.

[Merkaba]

ahhh....take it easy on em fellas! He's just watched too much t.v.!

I too say go with the old carpet. Most people love for you to take it off off of their hands if you can find someone redoing a home or something.

[Trigger_003]

Also, a lot of sound gets out through doors, windows, and any cracks that you may have due to them. So at least seal around them if that needs doing, and if possible, put a mattress or something similar (obviously you won't put a massive mattress against a tiny window or whatever, so use something that will do the same sort of job in those cases... some foam or a pillow or something).

[Moseph]

im converting my garage into a practice room for my band and was wondering about sound insulation. i cant spend loads on proper sound proofing and that, but any tips would be apprecciated. right now im thinking of putting a few inches of fibre glass inbetween the garage wall and some plasterboard.

he house nearest to the garage is about 3 metres away. how will that be for the neighbours?

I'd say, if you can afford it, try a plasterboard wall, followed by 6" of insulation, followed by another wall, followed by about 2" of air, followed by another wall, with an additional 6" of insulation ontop of the outermost wall of the garage. Sound loses a lot of energy when transferring between media, so this could really help.

[Moseph]

Right on the nail there mate :) Old carpet works nice. Egg cartons never have, and never will work.

They aren't completely worthless, however. Line them up on a plank, fill them with plaster or rubber molding and you've created soft-diffusion panels. Diffusion can help alleviate transmission out of the building, as well as help make the room sound more pleasant.