Category: Home

Far too often the basement is a cold, damp wasted space. This is such a pity as it could be a wonderful spacious room for whatever purpose you desire. One reason the basement is often neglected is that it is a noisy place. Often there is no ceiling and you just have bare rafters. Not […]

Noise travels very easily between floors. Most floors are built on wooden joists with panels or floorboards placed across them and plasterboard nailed to the underside to create the ceiling. This means that vibrations can travel directly through the floorboards into the ceiling joists and through your ceiling. This isn’t great if you have a […]

Doors are often the weak link in any room when it comes to soundproofing and yet they are often overlooked in large scale soundproofing projects. Before your take on your walls, floors or ceilings the door is the first thing you should soundproof. This is because doors can be a big sound leak as noise […]

If you live above a noisy neighbour then the benefit of a soundproof floor is obvious but even ground floor rooms can benefit. This is because sound-insulated flooring not only deadens vibrations before they travel into walls and adjacent rooms but it also deadens sounds vibrations that travel into your room. Most floors are built […]

If you live in a busy city you will be well aware that the sounds of traffic, construction and people can be relentless regardless of the hour. If you live in a particularly noisy area it can seriously impact your quality of life, reducing the amount of sleep you get, making it hard to concentrate […]

Soundproofing your walls is crucial to effectively soundproof any room. Walls take up the most surface area in any room so there are plenty of opportunities for sound to leak through all over the place. Because of the size of your walls soundproofing them will have far more impact than soundproofing your doors or windows […]

Soundproof curtains can be a cheap, quick and effective soundproofing solution. By simply switching your existing curtains to curtains designed to dampen sound you can save considerable time and money. An effective pair of soundproofing curtains will be extra thick and well insulated to reduce sound transfer into your room. However before you get over […]