Soundproofing idea's

[willcamper]

Hi All

Getting in grief from the other half and the neighbours due to noise from man cave.

What do you guys do to soundproof your workshops?

I'm not using massive machines etc, just a router, sander, drill (normal hand held tools).

I've seen some deadening material but costs a fortune.

 

Any help greatly appreciated (especially if its not gonna cost a fortune and keeps me out of the bad books)

[matelot]

Egg boxes on the inside? thick shrubs around your cave?

[Logrod]

It might be worth finding out from your other half which of the machines is causing an issue. I'd be surprised if it was the sander and the drill (unless you're using them at 1 am) but a router can be a real scream as loud/penetrating as a planer or a table saw - I try not to use mine out of daylight hours and I live in a detached house.

[willcamper]

I'll try it tomorrow and see which one annoys her the most.

Think it will be the router like you say as it does scream.

[Cae Ffynnon]

Play anything by Shampoo or Cher very loudly, no more complaints about the power tools.....

 

Or insulate the walls with celotex etc, if your roof is high enough hand up some blocks of polystyrene, it helps to "capture" sound.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

If you play very loud music it will mask the noise from the power tools.

[Woodworks]

The higher density rock-wool (R60) works very well but you need to leave it bare or with a mesh to cover. I did a large soundproofing job a few years back so will to find some links for you.

[Stubby]

If you play very loud music it will mask the noise from the power tools.

 

There you go !

[Woodworks]

There are two ways to approach it or a combination of the two.

 

One is containment where you you would use something like soundproof plasterboard mounted on resilient bars. You need to pay attention to details like door seals and ways sound can leak out. The other is absorption. As I mentioned in the first post R60 rockwool with a mesh cover like this Wire Mesh Fabrications | Acoustic Perforated Mesh

 

On the job I did we installed all the rockwool and it was amazing on its absorption but it all went wrong from there as the guy did not like the idea of the mesh due to dust and a potential fire hazard so we installed the resilient bar and sound block plasterboard over the top. It did the job and complied with the sound reduction requirements but it was so much better when the rockwool was exposed. You can get most of the materials through builders merchants except the mesh.

[billpierce]

buy sound cancelling ear defenders for everyone.

 

definately worth finding out which tool is the culprit! sound travels in wierd ways