I started up a business 6 years back. Back then needed to do things as cheaply as possible, so I took the three car garage put up a wall (super basic wood frame, no fire blocks, with plain .5" drywall on both sides, (no insulation in bays), and a interior pre-hung hollow core door) and took over the two car part as my office. To help it from sounding like I was in the bathroom when talking to clients, I put in various carpet scraps and some small plants and potted trees. Overall it worked great for the last few years.
During this time, had a couple of kids and the wife wants to turn the 1 car part into a kids play room. The garage doors are an insulated roll-up, and it does a decent job at cutting down the outside noise. It is the kids playing in the next room (the 1 car part) that is too much. Typical 3 year old and 1 year old boys playing. In any case, i want to cut a 6" hole in the top of each bay in the wall to fill with blow in insulation to help with sound dampening. (i don't really need it for temperature as in the summer it stays about 80 degs, and in heart of winter about 70, So Cal weather). Is this a good idea to help with sound or is there a better, similar cost thing? I looked into these sound board things that "float" on these hangers/pegs attached to existing wall but overall they are too expensive, since i don't need to sound proof this room, just more than it is now.
For the hollow door, I was thinking of drilling a few small holes in the top and just put a couple of cans of expanding foam and a basic weather seal around the frame and a sweep on the bottom, as if it were an exterior door. Would this help increase the sound barrier at all or is that hopeless? Is there any other better solutions short of replacing the door?
Submitted March 30, 2016 at 09:35PM by tsaico http://ift.tt/231NxeB
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