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cliftyhanger

posted on 6/3/13 at 08:11 AM Reply With Quote
noise reduction for garage

My new garage (brick walls, flat roof) is nearly finished. just the door to fit, maybe partition off the end etc.
trouble is, it is all hard surfaces, even the flat roof is not felt but fibreglass. And a fair size (3.6x8.3m, just inside the no plans/regs limit)
So I am after any ideas for noise reduction. I guess to help I could put rockwool slabs on the ceiling and overboard, but that wouldn't help inside. Save up loads of card eggboxes?? anything else?? Carpeting the ceoiling was a thought, but a lot of grinding/welding will be happening, so really it wants to be fire resistant (is rockwool fire safe?) And did I mention cheap?

Any ideas chaps and chappesses?
Cheers
Clive

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v8kid

posted on 6/3/13 at 08:22 AM Reply With Quote
Tricky!

How about rubber flooring that kills two birds with one stone.

Corners cause resonance in acoustics IIRC so stick shelves in the corners to break up standing waves.

Irregular shaped ceiling would help - how about putting some hanginfg storage up the center.

Apart from that I'm stumped.

Cheers!





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ashg

posted on 6/3/13 at 08:24 AM Reply With Quote
ear defenders. much cheaper, so much so that you can afford to buy them for all your neighbours too





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Daddylonglegs

posted on 6/3/13 at 08:30 AM Reply With Quote
3.6x8.3m? - Never mind all that, just give me the garage and your worries will go away!





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MakeEverything

posted on 6/3/13 at 08:40 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
3.6x8.3m? - Never mind all that, just give me the garage and your worries will go away!


Thats not a garage, its an aircraft hanger!





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matt_gsxr

posted on 6/3/13 at 09:44 AM Reply With Quote
What noise are you trying to decrease?

The noise getting out (annoying the neighbours), the noise getting in (annoying neighbours), or are you trying to deaden the noise to you inside that you are making inside?

For the last I suggest earplugs and/or eardefenders as being the most effective and cost effective.

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cliftyhanger

posted on 6/3/13 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
It isn't taht big. Honest. It is a good sized single garage. Honest.

I want to reduce the echo type hoises. Guess it is totally empty, but I hope to keep it very clear, at least the main section (I intend to brick-built a partition, giving 6m or so for the car, and the rest "workshop". It will be used for spraying, welding etc etc etc as well as mechanical work.

Main priority is to stop the neighbours suffering too much, and me not going mad from the noise. Maybe a blanket or similar hung up on the walls may help, and easily taken down. Just a thought.

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