Sound Solution

[lindy rig]

Our house was built in 1955. It seems like the walls are paper thin and you can hear noises throughout the house. I would like to damper some of the noise so I don't have to sleep with earplugs as often.

Ways to blow insulation into existing interior walls? Get better doors?

Any other ideas?

[pureinsanity]

Our house was built in 1955. It seems like the walls are paper thin and you can hear noises throughout the house. I would like to damper some of the noise so I don't have to sleep with earplugs as often.

Ways to blow insulation into existing interior walls? Get better doors?

Any other ideas?

Cut holes and fill up... or remodel and replace walls and insulate before re-sheetrocking

[blarkey]

My house is also built in 1955 and we had the walls filled when we sided still here alot through the walls tho

Our house was built in 1955. It seems like the walls are paper thin and you can hear noises throughout the house. I would like to damper some of the noise so I don't have to sleep with earplugs as often.

Ways to blow insulation into existing interior walls? Get better doors?

Any other ideas?

[PurpleFloyd]

Do you have carpet or wood floors?

[lindy rig]

We have wood floors, which I like because they are easier to clean with pets.

Our bedroom doors also seem really cheap and thin, wonder if I could drill a small hole in the top and fill them with something....

[FishLocker]

A mechanical door seal for the bottom of your door will block your open hole that allows the sounds of the entire house to enter. If it is inside walls you are concerned about, you can get cellulose or shreaded fiberglass blown in...they drill a 2 or 3 inch hole at the bottom and one at the top that they put a mesh filter over the top hole to reduce blow by and fill it up from the bottom. There is also a product called remodelers rock and it is a super dense 1/4 inch sheet rock you can add to your existing interior walls to add more density, but you will need electrical box extensions for your light switches and outlets...and of course tape, mud, sand, paint...having a company blow your interior walls is faster and you only have to patch the holes between studs, and they usually leave the plugs they cut out for an easy patch.

Good luck on your project.

[pureinsanity]

My thoughts if you are adding surface to the interior walls, such as fish locker is stating you could do. Uou might as well remove whats there insulate all exterior walls from the interior and add sheet rock since you would have to tape sand and paint anyway.

[FishLocker]

My thoughts if you are adding surface to the interior walls, such as fish locker is stating you could do. Uou might as well remove whats there insulate all exterior walls from the interior and add sheet rock since you would have to tape sand and paint anyway.

Yikes ... I have demo'd lots of rock, and it is a mess in every nook and cranny in your entire house and many cases getting your ducts cleaned after you are done too. And if it is not a corner bedroom, you have 3 interior walls to demo and replace instead of 2. If your noise is from the outside, then I would have to say, start with triple pane sound deadening windows in the bedroom, and see where that gets you.

Don't want to throw a wet blanket on anyones input , especially a neighbor like PureInsanity ...but just so you know BEFORE you start, that is a HUGE and MESSY job .

[FishLocker]

Hey, PureInsanity, I am trying to send you a PM and you are full. The river will be fishable pretty soon....

[LightningBG]

Lindy, what is the source of the sound? Interior (dogs, kids, appliances, tv)? or exterior (neighbors, traffic, etc)?

[lindy rig]

They are interior sounds..... and you hit all the reasons!

[PurpleFloyd]

The wood floors are a big part of the problem because they reflect the sound while a carpeted floor would dampen sound. Area rugs can certainly help as would fabric curtains and things like that. You could start to replace doors with solid ones and things like that but you have a house that is going to conduct sound fairly well. Our last one was very similar with wood floors through the whole house except the bath and kitchen which were vinyl and you could hear a pin drop in any room.

[311Hemi]

Maybe you need a sound machine.....you could borrow Sofi's!!!