QuietRock featured on Holmes on Homes

This is a great video "Wall of Sound" that features real world and real people before and after. It also has an overview of QuitRock installation. The video features a couple living in adjoining homes who can here their neighbors conversations and more.

Holmes on Homes is a television series made in Canada and hosted by general contractor Mike Holmes. He works with homeowners that are in need of help. He usually comes in after another contractor has botched the job. You can catch Mike on HGTV.

Products featured in this video:

QuietRock for soundproofing the wall.

Sealtight Puddy Pad for sealing the electrical boxes

and looks like they might have also used Roxul for the insulation.

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Promo for soundproofing story on KFMB

I came across this video promotion of a series of news segments on soundproofing. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the soundproofing stories that it is promoting. Enjoy!

"Today's Chicago Woman" writes "Sound Advice To Soundproof Your Home"

TCW writes about soundproofing your home. Some of the tips brought up in this article are the use of mass, acoustic drywall and dropped ceilings. The products mentioned in this article are:

QuietRock
Green Glue
RSIC (Resilient Sound Isolation Clips)
MLV
Solid Core Doors
Acoustic Door Seals
& Soundproof Windows

"Do you need help to make your home quieter? Whether you live in a single-family home, high-rise building or anything in between, there are distracting noises from outside, neighbors or other family members.

There are a number of things you can do to soundproof your home. The concept of soundproofing is to stop the flow of sound by placing something between the source (for example, a loud stereo) and the target (your ears). Here's some advice from experts in the soundproofing business."

Read more: Today's Chicago Woman

"House & Home" writes "Condo Living: Soundproofing"

I came across the article on "House & Home", not too informative but I always like to point my readers to any new articles that discuss soundproofing. One product is mentioned in this article which is db-Bloc.

"Sound transmission between units is one of the biggest complaints among condo dwellers today. Moving from a single-family home, many condo owners aren’t used to sharing common walls with their neighbors. 

Although some noise in shared living spaces is normal, if you can clearly hear your neighbors’ conversations, you have a noise problem, said Eric Wolfram, lead acoustical engineer for Riedel & Associates, an acoustical consulting firm in downtown Milwaukee.

Wolfram explained that the state building code only requires condos to meet an STC (sound transmission class) of 45, which means that normal conversation levels between units will be muffled, not inaudible. In other parts of the country, building codes now require condos to meet an STC of 50, while luxury developments might aspire to an STC of 60 or higher.

“We get calls from a lot of disappointed people,” Wolfram said. “They often aren’t aware of the issue before they buy.”"


You can read the full article here at House & Home

Green Glue Brings Soundproofing Functionality to Aesthetic Design

Green Glue Tubes

(openPR) - Recent UL recognition underscores the Noiseproofing Compound’s reputation as a high-performance and safe building material

Granville, NY – March 15, 2011 – Architects and builders looking to specify both the safest and most effective materials in their designs and construction have a compelling new choice in soundproofing. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) has announced the company’s innovative Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound – already one of the most environmentally friendly soundproofing products available – has been recognized for use by independent testing authorities including Underwriters Laboratory and American Society for Testing and Materials.

Over the past months, the Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound has undergone and passed multiple performance tests for Fire Resistance, Surface Burning Characteristics, Mold Resistance, and VOC Emission. Independent testing results validated the Green Glue Noiseproofing Compound as being in compliance with UL 263 and UL 723 tests. In addition the Green Glue Noiseproofing Sealant received a Class A rating to UL Standard 723 when testing surface burning characteristics. The independent test results provide specifiers of Green Glue products with the necessary fire safety information required when designing a new building.

Italian Lingerie Company Recycles Used Bras into Soundproof Insulation

What do bras have to do with soundproofing? In Italy they love women's bra, so much that they are collecting and giving $4 towards the purchase of a new one. The Italian intimates company Intimissimi plans to to recycle all those bras and turn them into soundproof building insulation. What type of insulation, you ask? Well they will be made into soundproof construction panels.

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