Acoustic Treatment 101: Getting Your Room to Sound Great Otherwise, let’s continue…What Soundproofing DOES doWhen a room is perfectly soundproofed:outside noises stay outside, and don’t disturb your recordings. inside noises stay inside, and don’t disturb your neighbors....
If you’re not quite sure how you could benefit from soundproofing, we guarantee the reasons are endless. Whether you love them or hate them, the noise your neighbors decide to produce is beyond your power. From noisy parties to loud music, you may find yourself popping earplugs in your ...
I've moved into a new place and will set up a home cinema room. I want to make sure we don't disturb the neighbors and they are willing to let me do some measurements. Before I do this, I want to make sure I'm measuring the correct thing. My current plan is to genera...
After a brief stop at the house where Earl grew up -- strangers owned it, so the Woods family stood in the front yard and told a few stories, and this being rural Kansas, the neighbors didn't interrupt or ask for autographs -- everyone headed back to the airport. Seventy-seve...
Neighbors have reason to be nervous about ADUs: They can be a terrible inconvenience. Construction can drag on for months or years. Loud tenants can disrupt a quiet block. And an extra car isn’t going to make street parking easier to find. That’s why it’s a good ide...
Light tells your body it's time to wake up, so the darker your bedroom, the better. If an outdoor light shines into your room at night, purchase shades or curtains to block it out. Use a night light, if necessary, but keep it away from your immediate sleeping area. When traveling,...
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Glad to hear it has coincidentally worked out so far. Women neighbors tend to be more sypathetic and cooperative to making adjustments to unknowingly obtrusive outdoor lighting. Men, however, the tendency is to take offense for some odd reason, even if the neighborly request is polite, v...
While the best time to insulate and soundproof walls is during new construction, it is possible to add sound isolation to existing walls without tearing off the drywall. With proper insulation and mass, walls can definitely help block out noise. But this still isn’t enough. In fact, ...
Before jumping to reporting your neighbor, you may want to pause and think about the ramifications of making a formal complaint. Lee recommends “neighbors work minor complaints out on their own first before getting the landlord and police involved.” ...