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Wanting to Sound Proof My Room

TrizzyMate

Hi, I'm new to forums so hopefully this is the right topic to put it in.

 

I'm currently seeking advice on how to sound proof my room using foam panels of some sort. I have no experience whatsoever when it comes to sound proofing. I'd like to keep my voice in my room and not let it exit out of my room. I play GTA FiveM Roleplay and sometimes it can get pretty loud, and I'm also looking to get into streaming soon and it would make life a lot easier if I could stop my voice from travelling outside my pc room. 

 

Any help with this is highly appreciated, I have provided some photos of my room from different angles.

 

I live in Australia, and I'd prefer to keep my budget under 200AUD.

 

Thank you!

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First of all hi and welcome to the Forum, second what is the end goal? 

Do you want to completely isolate the sound in your room or just want to reduce the echo or reverb in it. 

 

In my country that budget for that project is not much TBH so lets first start whit what you plan then we can see what we can recommend you.

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6 minutes ago, Kadzo said:

First of all hi and welcome to the Forum, second what is the end goal? 

Do you want to completely isolate the sound in your room or just want to reduce the echo or reverb in it. 

 

In my country that budget for that project is not much TBH so lets first start whit what you plan then we can see what we can recommend you.

Thanks! 

 

I'd like to be able to get close to completely isolating the sound in my room. My room is very close to the main kitchen and lounge area of the house so it transfers easy. I'd also like it to not be permanent since I do plan on moving out in the future. 

 

I think isolating the sound in my room would be ideal, but I'm not sure the steps or difficulty of doing that. 

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I am sorry to be a bearer of bad news but, sound proofing in that budget is impossible. 

Usually there a 2 options how you can sound proof (that means to stop all of the noise going out) would be to create a completely new walls inside and fill them with mineral wool, the issue there will be it is fixed in the walls and falls with your request to be removable.

 

Second option is to by or DIY sound panel from the same mineral wool, if i remember correctly in AUS you can by one professional panel for that budget and you will need like 20+.

By panels i mean something like this https://auralex.com/propanel-acoustical-panels-wall/ .

 

This is a removable solution that you can carry with you where ever you want after you move, and you will need as much as you can fit per wall to close to sound isolate it.

Also you will need same treatment for your doors, i presume that on the window side you don't care if somebody can hear you so you can ignore that part.

 

 

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This isn't possible and defiantly not possible with that budget.
To get this to work you need to basically rebuild the house. Sound proofing is only affective when designed into the building. Once the building is built there is very little you can do.

For that budget best thing you could do is buy a gag. Or just learn to be quieter.
 

5 hours ago, Kadzo said:

 

Those panels will do 100% nothing to sound leaving the room.

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4 minutes ago, Ahoy Hoy said:

Those panels will do 100% nothing to sound leaving the room.

It will kill the sound but it wont sound proof it.

 

Basically consider 10x the budget and then you might be in to DIY option otherwise...

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Okay, don't listen to either of the other responses, while they are technically correct in that you can't completely soundproof your room for that price there are absolutely things you can do to reduce sound leakage, first of all being controlling air gaps. Any space that air can get out of your room, seal it, whether thats weather stripping around doors or patching holes, idk but that's the path of least resistance and sound will flow right out.

Second thing you can do is hang some heavy blankets, like a few layers of moving blankets against the wall, no they don't do the best job but the value proposition is good compared to tearing out walls and re-insulating. Your third option is less reversible and is to install a second layer of plasterboard in your room (ideally with some sort of acoustic gel in between), combining that with the other two will significantly reduce the amount of sound leaking into the rest of your house. And as for cost, the first two should be well within your budget.

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Gyprock walls ? Concrete and masonry are much better for keeping noise contained to a room

 

There is better acoustic insulation that can be added to the cavity and boards with better acoustic qualities but even completely DIY that would blow your budget and not be able to come with you.

 

Also what sounds are you trying to reduce ?

 

May be worth considering headphones as alternative to speakers.

 

In addition to what sloth said, can try a draught stopper at the bottom of the door if it has a large gap in addition to seals/strips.

 

@The Flying Sloth heavy curtains on the window also not be a bad idea ?

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14 hours ago, The Flying Sloth said:

Okay, don't listen to either of the other responses, while they are technically correct in that you can't completely soundproof your room for that price there are absolutely things you can do to reduce sound leakage, first of all being controlling air gaps. Any space that air can get out of your room, seal it, whether thats weather stripping around doors or patching holes, idk but that's the path of least resistance and sound will flow right out.

Second thing you can do is hang some heavy blankets, like a few layers of moving blankets against the wall, no they don't do the best job but the value proposition is good compared to tearing out walls and re-insulating. Your third option is less reversible and is to install a second layer of plasterboard in your room (ideally with some sort of acoustic gel in between), combining that with the other two will significantly reduce the amount of sound leaking into the rest of your house. And as for cost, the first two should be well within your budget.

The problem is even those things which do help do not help by the amount to actually make a major difference if you have someone shouting laughing and generally being loud.

The best solution with bugger all budget is as thick and heavy blanket you can afford. Try searing for stage drape. and having that over the door. That will do the most as the door is most likely the biggest offender of sound leakage through gaps around seals and the door being weak.

But it doesn't fix the problem. Even with that its a bit quieter but not to the point that someone isn't going to clearly hear the noises within the house.



When I was being taught on sound reduction which included sound proofing the first thing which was said is its a million times cheaper and easier to reduce the source volume then it is to prevent that sound escaping a room.


The easiest solution to this problem is the person being louder learns to be quieter.

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