Classification of sounds
It should be noted that silence is not only a moral, but also a physiological need of a person. In the event that the sound level exceeds 40 dB, the person already feels discomfort.
If the noise level is equal to or exceeds the 85 dB mark, then it becomes dangerous for human health!
In general, all sounds can be divided into two main types:
- Air. Such noise includes sounds from the work of electrical appliances, passing near your transport housing, as well as music and the voice of a person.
- Percussion. This type can be attributed to the drowning of people, as well as the sound of falling objects.
The only way out if you are prevented from resting normally is the soundproofing of the frame house. And it is necessary to produce it not only for walls, but for floors and ceilings, if, of course, you have a house on several floors.
Materials for noise suppression in the house
The modern building materials market offers a huge number of products to suppress noise from outside the house. The most popular for soundproofing is polyethylene, which is pre-foamed. It is usually used only by secured homeowners, as the prices for such material "bite".But, this product is not harmful to human health, as well as the absence of allergic reactions in the household, even with direct contact with the material.
If we talk about the most cost-effective sound-insulating materials, then we can include:
- Striped sound-proof gasket;
- Sound absorbing track;
- Sound-absorbing plates from mineral wool or fiberglass;
- Various sealants;
- Vibrating suspension;
- Vibro-damping material in rolls.
Noise Isolation of
Walls When you understand the materials used, can you determine how to make soundproof walls at home? First you need to check all surfaces for cracks, holes and other defects. All of them are carefully sealed. As already noted, one of the above materials can be used as a sound absorber. In addition, you will need a drywall and metal profile.
Please note that in no case can the profile be fixed to the walls, because noise will pass through them!
Fastening must be made to the ceiling and the floor, pre-laying under them rubber gaskets. Plus, between the profile and the wall, you need to leave a gap of a few millimeters in order to later fill it with sound-absorbing material.
After that, mineral wool or other material is carefully laid between the profiles, which will play the role of a squelch. To do everything qualitatively, you need to make sure that the stowage is as tight as possible and does not leave any voids, through which the sound will perfectly get inside the house and reduce your efforts to zero. When this item is passed, you can safely proceed to installation of drywall and its further refinement.
Protection of the ceiling and the floor against unnecessary sounds
If you have a residential second floor in your house, then you should take care of the sound-suppressing properties of the ceiling. This process is not as simple as working with walls. To make this work as effectively as possible, you can use vibration isolating suspensions from Vibrofix , which has proven itself in the market of soundproof materials.
Speaking about the sound insulation of the floor, in most cases, resort to a "floating" screed. In other words, under it is laid a layer of mineral basalt wool or other dense material, and then the floor is poured. This is as follows:
- First the entire floor must be cleaned of debris, and also eliminate all irregularities by their concreting.
- Further along the entire perimeter of the surface is glued a strip of rubber, the thickness of which should not exceed more than half a centimeter the height of the proposed screed.
- After this, beacons are exposed, along which the screed will stretch. As them, any improvised material can be used: from unnecessary brusks to screwing the screws into the floor surface. The main thing is that all lighthouses are strictly level.
- Then the soundproofing material is densely packed, on top of which is laid reinforcing mesh of metal.
- The floor is poured. The only condition is that the solution does not protrude beyond the surface of the lighthouses, which, as noted earlier, are exposed horizontally.
- The final stage is the finishing of the floor. As a good additional sound-proof material for finishing, you can choose floor plug .