For the majority of people who find they have a need for soundproofing, this discovery usually comes after construction of the walls are already complete. Since the most effective noise deadening material has always been applied to the studs under drywall, the only option for postconstruction noise abatement was to remove the drywall, change out electric sockets, and make other changes that require demolition and construction of new walls in order to properly install soundproofing within the wall.
It should be noted that soundproofing is impossible to achieve outside a total vacuum; therefore, only percentages of noise reduction are possible. This reduction is measured in decibels (dB). 10 dB represents a 50-percent reduction or increase in sound to the human ear. In addition the frequency ranges of the noise or sound is where we should be concerned with; i.e. speech, TV, etc.
Until the release of Acoustiblok-Wallcove
r, there was no simple do-it-yourself (DIY) noise deadening solution that could be applied on top of an existing wall. Previous methods required adding an additional wall not touching the original with noise barrier material sandwiched in between. Acoustiblok-Wallcove
r allows anyone to easily add Acoustiblok® sound deadening fabric to the existing wall without the need to add a second layer of drywall construction. While Acoustiblok-Wallcove
r is more of an initial investment than the standard Acoustiblok material, it is far less expensive and takes up far less floor space then additional walls and drywall methods.
For the majority of people who find they have a need for soundproofing, this discovery usually comes after construction of the walls are already complete. Since the most effective noise deadening material has always been applied to the studs under drywall, the only option for postconstruction noise abatement was to remove the drywall, change out electric sockets, and make other changes that require demolition and construction of new walls in order to properly install soundproofing within the wall.
It should be noted that soundproofing is impossible to achieve outside a total vacuum; therefore, only percentages of noise reduction are possible. This reduction is measured in decibels (dB). 10 dB represents a 50-percent reduction or increase in sound to the human ear. In addition the frequency ranges of the noise or sound is where we should be concerned with; i.e. speech, TV, etc.
Until the release of Acoustiblok-Wallcover, there was no simple do-it-yourself (DIY) noise deadening solution that could be applied on top of an existing wall. Previous methods required adding an additional wall not touching the original with noise barrier material sandwiched in between. Acoustiblok-Wallcover allows anyone to easily add Acoustiblok® sound deadening fabric to the existing wall without the need to add a second layer of drywall construction. While Acoustiblok-Wallcover is more of an initial investment than the standard Acoustiblok material, it is far less expensive and takes up far less floor space then additional walls and drywall methods.
