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Soundproofing a Home Theater

In today's hurried world, most peopleAttaching the MLV directly to the studs
don't have the time or money to wasteor joists allows the vinyl to resonate
taking the entire family to the moviesor move with the sound. If the MLV is
(up to $50 to $60 per shot) so why notable to resonate, it will work to it's
build out a Home Theater in your garage,full potential and will give you the
basement, or spare bedroom? Thesound blocking required for a
construction and soundproofing of a Homewell-soundproofed theater. The MLV will
Theater is much the same as building abe stapled (industrial air drive
soundproof music studio in your home.stapler) or nailed (using roofing nails
The only major difference is that with awith the large plastic heads) to the
Home Theater, you are less concernedstuds or joists. If you are able to over
with sound coming into the Theater thanlap the seams that would be better,
you would be if you were doing recordinghowever, if that is not possible, you
or voice-overs. The most effectivewill want to butt the seams together
method for building your Home Theater istightly and caulk both the butted seams
to actually construct a room within aas well as the entire perimeter of the
room. Basically this means framing outnewly installed MLV. You want the MLV to
new walls within the existing room. Thisact as a soundproof membrane on your
is a lot simpler than it sounds. If youwalls and ceilings. Caulking and taping
possess tool skills and are better withthe seams is essential for to seal the
them than "Tim Taylor" on "Tool Time",MLV membrane. The caulked seams will
then you most likely are qualified toalso need to be taped with a quality MLV
undertake this project. You will want tosealer tape before installing the new
frame out new walls within the existingdrywall. I recommend installing 2 layers
room, this is pretty easy in a basementof ½" drywall for all of the walls as
situation, where at least 2 of the wallswell as the ceiling. Now if this becomes
are most likely poured concrete ortoo costly then a single layer of 5/8"
concrete block, and are generallyfire code drywall will be sufficient.
Earthen backed. They need noThis should complete the soundproofing
soundproofing whatsoever. By framing outportion of your home theater. Finally,
the room within a room, you are takingif you are installing 2 layers of
all of the negatives in the room thatdrywall to your home theater walls, it
were working against your soundproofingis highly recommended that you apply at
endeavor, and now making them moreleast 2 tubes of the Green Glue damping
friendly in the form of "dead aircompound to the second layer of drywall.
space". Dead air space (if it is sealed)Simply lay out the second layer of
is good soundproofer in itself, but youdrywall on saw horses and apply 2 tubes
will still need a little moreof the Green Glue to the back of the
soundproofing horsepower if you plan todrywall and then simply screw in your
watch Star Wars or The Matrix (crankednew layer of drywall to the existing
up) in your new Home Theater. Once thedrywall with the Green Glue sandwiched
new walls are framed out, it is time toin between. The Green Glue will dampen
soundproof. We have found that good battboth layers of drywall and will also
insulation such as Roxul AFB or Roxulstop the sound of the home theater from
Safe which are very effective whenflanking onto the walls. Once this is
placed in the stud or joist cavities. Ifcomplete, you with then need to
you are unable to find the Roxulacoustically treat the room to give it
products, then use a good quality rockthe look and the acoustical properties
wool or mineral wool to fill theof a real theater. We will discuss this
cavities. The next step would be toin our next article.
adhere a layer of American Mass LoadedMore articles from this pro: W.
Vinyl directly to the stud structure.



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