Isolation Strip and its use within soundproofing

[@asencyel]

i havent come across a decoupling solution for brick inner walls on concrete floors, do you have any suggestions for this type pf application?

[@twentyone2183]

Can you do an advice video on flanking noise which is coming from below (ie in an existing older flat) please and how and where to rectify?! Appreciate your videos (and website)

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Twenty One 21 - Thats a great question. We'll add it to the list of videos we want to make in the future. We only get time to film a couple of videos every couple of months around actually running the buisness, and we do have a long list of ideas. But thats a great topic to talk about.

[@activmike]

I absolutely love all the education and products you share on soudproofing rooms. I own rental appartement building and when renovating I would like to improve at a certain point the soud beetween the appartements. I live in Quebec, Canada and wondering if you know where I can find some of your products? Thanks for your help!

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Michael Vautour, many thanks for your feedback. It's great to hear you've found the videos useful. Sorry to say, unfortunately we don't distribute our products outside of the UK.

[@activmike]

@@SoundproofingStore thanks for the response, I still love learning about soundproofing with your videos!

[@Zombieofkingdom]

Some great work. Do you guys do the installation work? If so I would like to buy it from you.

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Flywith Jet, As a company we provide the expertise and experience to put together solutions to people's sound problems, and we supply the specialist materials they need along with full technical support throughout the project. We don't provide an installation service ourselves. Installation is generally straightforward for a good DIYer or tradesperson.

[@Zombieofkingdom]

How much is it for one bedroom please. Could I get your company’s details. Thank You

[@SoundproofingStore]

@@Zombieofkingdom It depends on exactly what you need and the size of the room. The best thing to do is go to our website at www.soundproofingstore.co.uk and fill in one of the contact forms. One of our technical advisors will then get in touch and talk through the project with you and can then give you an idea of cost.

[@Zombieofkingdom]

Sure. Thank you .

[@mariel3469]

Great info for total replacement . Do u have products to add to existing wall or floors to reduce noise without total replacement .

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Mariel, we have lots of different solutions depending on the structure of the wall and floor and also depending on the type and level of noise you are trying to reduce. For walls, this might be a useful video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqaxdaaPgLGjp9E For timber floors, take a look at these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJDYgKRsi5ydla8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWq9mZx6h7mDmtU kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJDNd6yre61nq5o Please feel free to contact a member of the team on [phone] and they can discuss your noise issue in more detail and advise on the best solution.

[@asencyel]

hi there, as subscribed and learned mush from your video series i would like to ask for advice for retrofitting, im about to build a floating floor. my walls are built by mortar and hollow bricks having not quite a perfect geometry such as a drywall for the perimeter strips contact perfectly within the mm tolerances to the wall and the floating rigid assembly. should is bother with cutting drywall pieces to back the rigid skirting board edges with insulation rubber strips pressing against the wall? or perhaps wouls you use solid wood instead? hope i could ve explained the situation, cheers

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi, thank you for your question. To be honest i'm not entirely understanding the problem. I understand your walls aren't perfectly straight, but you shouldn't need to isolate the skirting boards from the wall, you only need to isolate the skirting board from the floor. Your floor layers shouldn't touch the wall, so you can just leave a 5mm gap and fill with acoustic sealant. To maintain the 5mm gap with a wall that isn't straight, you'll need to spend time scribing the edges of your floor layers to follow the line of the wall. I hope that helps.

[@asencyel]

precisely the answer i needed, thanks. for skirting board not to act as vibrational bridge between top floor and the wall it's best to sit it on the 5 mm insulated gap after acoustic caulk is cured. or perhaps apply a pe rubber antivirabtion tape of 5 mm thickness all along the perimeter extended 1-2 mm above the top surface and let skiring board sit on it. would be easier? would it be comparable against an acoustic caulk liner all around the perimeter for a 5 mm gap in terms of flaking noise decoupling?

[@wobblyrampack9655]

Query please about studd wall. You say the strip is 5I'm thick. Then you say leave approx 10mm between studs and floor, ceiling, returning walls. Wont that leave a 5mm gap? Thanks.

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi, thanks for the question. Slight misunderstanding. The 10mm gap is between the stud frame and the wall you are soundproofing (the wall you are building the stud frame in front of). This should be a minimum of 10mm, but the bigger the gap the better if you can afford to lose more space. The isolation strip goes around the perimeter, isolating the frame from the floor, ceiling and returning walls either side, there is no gap here, as the stud frame needs to be screwed into these surfaces, but the isolation strip just helps to dampen some sound energy / vibration that may transfer bewteen the frame and those surfaces.

[@JTamilio]

Cool stuff! Is there any data available on the total STC reduction if using the whole system vs just the de-coupled wall or vice versa?

[@SoundproofingStore]

HI Joseph - We don't have STC figures, this is more of an American way of testing sound reduction. But we have UK standardised test results for various build ups. Feel free to get in touch directly and we can provide test figures for various things.

[@almutlaqbm5362]

Hello where can i find this isolation strip ?

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi, thank you for the question. There are links in the description to the systems that we use in conjunction with the isolation strip. If you just want the isolation strip on it's own, here is the link soundproofingstore.uk/product/10m-isolation-strip-self-adhesive/

[@almutlaqbm5362]

@@SoundproofingStore Thank you

[@pokoloko1980]

Is it ok to screw floorboards to joists through the isolation strip?

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Janis Pokulis - In a perfect world a T&G board floating on top without being fixed down would be the best option from a sound point of view, but if you do need to fix down to minimise movement, then yes you can fix through the isolation strip into the joist. It will still reduce the solid contact and give an improvement.

[@pilakitdavas3953]

Hi, i need some advise, my neighbour electric kitchen chimney exaust pipe pointed towards my balcony. Whats the best way to max reduce its noise.

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi Pilakit Davas, please can you call us so we can discuss this in more detail with you [phone], or alternatively you can e-mail [e-mail] and send a picture of where the pipe protrudes in relation to your balcony, which would also be useful to see.

[@jason4573]

I live in a condo and I assume the neighbor’s bedroom is right next to my living room. And the wall seems to be very hollow as when I knock on the wall it doesn’t sound solid. I keep getting noise complaints at night when Im just talking with a friend or listening to music at normal volume. What is the best way to fix this without rebuilding the wall?

[@SoundproofingStore]

Hi thank you for your comment. It's very difficult to give advice without much more info about the structure of the building. It sounds like you're in the US, we're UK based so our construction techniques are slightly different. The best thing for you to do is contact a local soundproofing professional in your area who can talk you through. You certainly shouldn't need to rebuild the wall, but it will probably involve building a new stud wall in front.

[@jason4573]

@@SoundproofingStore Adding panels on the wall isnt going to help right? I heard those are just for reducing echoes and they dont block sound from going through the wall.

[@SoundproofingStore]

@@jason4573 Thats exactly right. People cover their walls in foam panels and such thinking it might be an easy and cheap way to solve the problem, but it isn't. They reduce echo within the room, they don't soundproof the room. Soundproofing is about adding a lot more mass to the wall, so addiing heavyy, dense layers, but adding those layers in a way that can dampen the energy and vibration of the sound travellign through the structure. There is much more info about the basics of soundproofing in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6jWqquJqs-egZI

[@Fight2BeFreeNeverGiveUp]

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