Soundproofing Southchurch

Soundproofer Southchurch Essex (SS1): If the level of noise is an issue in your property in Southchurch then it is time to consider putting in some soundproofing to make your studio, home office, lounge or bedroom a peaceful haven from the outside world. You could also be concerned about any noise from a family room or home cinema room seeping out and causing a disturbance to others. Whatever your needs are, soundproofing will offer you peace of mind and sanity.

Before we can discover strategies for eliminating sound pollution, we should understand precisely how sound travels.

Sound is able to move in a couple of ways:

1. By vibration of solid materials and objects.

2. Through the air by vibration of air molecules.

Sound also travels through water, but unless you are planning to soundproof a swimming pool or aquarium we will just focus on the isolation through materials and air.

SOUND THROUGH THE AIR

Any heating ducts, gaps around doors, ill fitted windows and even light fittings and electrical sockets can all be methods of transmission of sound outside or into a room. What we hear as sound is basically air molucules being vibrated and being picked up by our ear drum. No matter the source of the noise; music playing, heavy machinery, aeroplanes, kids playing or busy traffic, all sound is generated and transmitted in exactly the same manner.

Any openings in the room can be regarded as a leak and will need to be blocked.

SOUND TRAVELLING THROUGH STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS

We now appreciate that sound is merely the vibration of air being processed by the ear, but that vibration is also transferred to solid materials. The floors, ceilings and walls will all have an impact on how sound moves around a room, and may even transmit those vibrations to other rooms in a property. Even a solid concrete room, such as a cellar, can create a path of resonance which transmits sound waves, and even amplify them, to other parts of a dwelling.

However, how can these effects be stopped from causing a problem? The answer is obviously, soundproofing!

BASIC SOUNDPROOFING STEPS

If you've got bare floor surfaces or floorboards, think about laying a few rugs or cover with a carpet to help reduce any vibrations and sound reflections. Not only can such a simple and straightforward solution help to reduce your problem with noise, it can also brighten up the room. Curtains, particularly substantial blackout types, can also stifle any sounds from invading or escaping the area, economically and without the need for professional soundproofing.

Another cost-effective and do-it-yourself solution is to plug any holes around light fittings, windows, doors and electrical sockets. There are unique acoustic sealants available on the market that suppress the sound waves, and do not transfer them to surrounding materials. There could be a little difference in price when compared with a regular sealant, but the soundproofing capabilities are significantly better and will make a massive difference to a room.

For anybody redecorating a room or renovating a property, look at the soundproofing properties of adding a supplementary layer of plasterboard or soundboard, (also known as drywall, sheet rock or gyproc), whilst you're tackling the work. This is an efficient and economical soundproofing material because of its dense nature. It is excellent if you are putting in a studio, home office or movie room in your house in Southchurch. If you do decide to use plasterboard to aid your soundproofing exploits it is a good idea to bring in a specialist fitter in Southchurch, to achieve the maximum benefit from its installment.

Last but not least you should check out all doors in the room you're looking to soundproof. If you've got hollow doors fitted to rooms you'll discover that they can vibrate and will resonate any sound that they experience. Switching hollow core doors for solid core will significantly improve the soundproofing of a room with only a little more cost.

PROFESSIONAL SOUNDPROOFING SOLUTIONS SOUTHCHURCH

If your home is in a high sound pollution area, such as near an airport or next to busy roads, you'll have to be more aggressive in your attempts to increase the soundproofing qualities of your home. The best solution for resolving these issues is to call in a decent soundproofing and acoustic firm from your local area.

Be ready to answer the following four questions during an initial assessment of your specific soundproofing needs:

1. What sounds or noise are you looking to suppress? i.e. External issues like trains, noisy neighbours, road noise etc, or internal sounds from a music room or home cinema.
2. How large is the room that needs soundproofing?
3. What space needs to be soundproofed? i.e. Is it a plasterboard partition room, a brick walled room, an attic conversion or a concrete lined basement.
4. What is the main area where the noise creates the biggest issues? i.e. Is it emanating down from overhead, through windows, from the walls or up through the flooring, or is it a mixture of all these factors.

A specialist soundproofing installation company in Southchurch will consider all these aspects to provide solutions to your sound problems for various budgets. They'll provide you with different methods to soundproof each of the problem areas within your room.

PROFESSIONAL SOUNDPROOFING OF WALLS, FLOORS and CEILINGS

There are 2 key areas that need to be addressed to soundproof any space:

1. Minimise sound amplifying and reverberation.
2. Sound absorption needs to be increased.

This will require a site survey to see exactly what areas need improving from the present condition.

Conclusions from the survey will probably include the addition of materials of different densities and masses to help maximise the soundproofing characteristics of the room. The addition of acoustic rubbers and foams of different mass and density will help to absorb sounds and reduce transmission and reflection sources.

Any noticeable voids in the area might need some form of deadening material to be placed between them to reduce noise resonation. If you envision these spaces like a drum or wooden cajon then you'll see that by leaving floor or ceiling joist spaces and wall cavities open, you're creating a noise amplifying area.

Combined layers of differing mass and density materials do a better job of absorbing sound than a single soundproofing material layer of one kind. This is because the various frequencies are absorbed differently by different materials, therefore a range of layers, densities and shapes within your soundproofing panels are required.

All soundproofing providers in Southchurch need to follow the legislation for residential properties set down in Part E of the Building Regulations. These regulations have the aim of protecting neighbours and other residents in the immediate area from the impacts of noise pollution.

The Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) and the Institute of Acoustics (IOA) are recognised trade organisations who provide training, qualifications and are representative of the very best in companies and contractors who provide soundproofing solutions. Any Southchurch company bearing IOA or ANC accreditation will have been appraised to ensure they offer the highest quality, standards and reliability of workmanship within the industry.

Soundproofing Foam Southchurch

I was intrigued to discover recently that one of the most popular soundproofing search phrases typed into Google was "soundproofing foam", and for local searches "acoustic foam Southchurch" and "soundproofing foam Southchurch". That's really quite interesting, because it illustrates that Southchurch home and business owners are under the impression that acoustic foam is a suitable product for reducing their noise problems.

The last thing I want to do is ruin anyone's day, but if you are convinced that the din from your noisy neighbours in Southchurch can be reduced with this kind of product, you're wide of the mark.

Often sold in tile or sheet form, this "egg box" shaped foam that you often see on sale is not really designed for stopping the transmission of noise, but was actually created for use in music studios and comparable situations, to enhance the sound clarity in a room, and help to reduce echoing and resonation. It's not the right material stopping noise from moving around your house, or preventing sound from penetrating the wall of a neighbouring building. As opposed to blocking it, acoustic foam allows sound to pass through it, because it is actually porous.

It may be that you actually have a music room in your property in Southchurch, in which case this foam product may be useful for you.

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