Soundproofing Magazine
Soundproofing advice and information for Drummers.
Issue#2 - Preparation
Preparation of the space before starting to build the soundproof room
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| Clear the Garage |
Stage 2 Part 1
Clear Out!
Clear out all the rubbish
that you've had lying around in the garage for years. The result is a garage
containing only the building materials for your soundproofing
project..
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| Lay the Damp Proof Membrane |
Stage 2 Part 2
Lay a Damp Proof Membrane DPM
Due to the fact that the
damp-proof course around my garage has been known to leak during heavy rain, I
wasn't going to take any risks with flooding in future. So even though I have
dug a soak-away around the outside of the garage, and treated the inner a...
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| Run The Electrical Wiring |
Stage2 Part 3
I was
fortunate enough to already have a 32 amp
fuse board in my garage. Since electrical power will be needed within the
practice room, I had to run all the necessary wiring from the fuse board to the
required locations in the room.
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| Apply Insulation To Outer Walls | Stage 2 Part 4
 The type of insulation used was slabs of
75mm Rockwool RWA45 (45 kgm-3).
These
were fixed to the wall by using short lengths of metal strapping to act as
washers. These were placed onto 100mm screws with a Rawlplug on the end. The
Rockwool slab was then offered up to the wall, a hole ...
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| Adjust The Ceiling Joists | Stage2 Part 5
In order to gain
more height in the practice room, we had to lift the existing joists. In
addition to this, the spacing of the existing ceiling
joists
was not convenient for the new ceiling
design, so new joist timbers were added at every roof joist.
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