How to Soundproof a Multipurpose Room
Multipurpose rooms serve numerous roles in your school, church or office building. You can use these rooms for everything from playing an indoor soccer game to holding choir practice or hosting a potluck dinner. Multipurpose rooms hold many people, and they can become pretty loud depending on the activity. Sounds start bouncing off the walls, […]
How to Determine the STC Rating of a Wall
Table of Contents: What is STC Rating Factors to Calculate STC Rating STR Rating Calculation Soundproofing to Improve Your STC Rating After suffering through unwanted sounds and reverberation for quite some time, you finally decide to soundproof your room to minimize noise and echo production. You might have dealt with noisy neighbors, unwanted traffic sounds, […]
Which Neighborhoods in New York City Are the Quietest?
If you’re on your way to New York to begin a new chapter of your life or it’s time to move on to a new apartment in the city, choosing a neighborhood can be tricky. Unless you’re lucky enough to move next door to a library, you’ll likely experience noisy neighbors — New York City […]
How to Soundproof a Sunroom
Who wouldn’t want to spend hours in a sunny, enclosed area watching your favorite show, having conversations with loved ones or even working occasionally from home? Sunrooms offer a cozy, convenient space to relax and entertain. However, sunrooms are often not very efficient at absorbing sound. The reason sunrooms can get noisy is because they’re […]
Inexpensive Ways to Reduce Noise in Your Dorm
When it comes to college, there’s a time to study and a time to party. Unfortunately, your fellow students may be doing one while you need to be doing the other. You can’t request a soundproof dorm, but dorm soundproofing is something you may sorely need on those nights where you have a big test […]