Soundproofing a Shared apartment wall

If you have some spare change go to Musician's Friend (google them) and look up studio foam.

"Egg carton" style foam. But get flame-resistant for obvious reasons!

To really do this you need to tear into the wall, fill it with foam, and rehanging wall board. The project will take you several hours and the sanding will be messy, but as long as you have access to a pickup, a few tools, and a dumpster, it is really not difficult.

With heavy, floor-to-ceiling length drapes on top.

Shutterfly wrote:

"Egg carton" style foam. But get flame-resistant for obvious reasons!

The best thing to do is to add another layer of drywall to the existing drywall. This will insulate by adding density and mass to the wall. Try using 5/8" thick although it is heavy and more difficult to work with.

Good luck

Hey guys, great responses! I appreciate the help so far. Just wondering what you guys think about this sound foam I found on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Cascade-Pyramid-Design-Panel-Brown/dp/B000PPU384/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1251684257&sr=1-6 ..... Let me know if you think that would work if I covered the wall with it. It seems pretty affordable but I wasn't sure if this product is meant to make my room sound better or if it'll block sound out. Thanks for the help.

Rat Poison your housemates Budweiser. He won't taste the difference.

I think you're going to be very disappointed if you order that and find that it is one 2'x2' panel.

Sack up and invest some time in doing it right. Drywall is easy, you'll have learned something useful, and as long as you aren't a complete hack you'll be able to get your deposit back.

I think its 24x24? and for that price I can afford more then one of them it'd still be affordable.

Stuff dead body parts in between the walls. If you need dead bodys to harvest for parts, let me know.

It is:

Dimensions: 24" x 24" x 2"

24" = 2'

24 inches = 2 feet

So, 2 feet x 2 feet and 2 inches deep.

8 foot by 16 foot wall=900bucks

You can get some Tylenol PM for less than $10. "PM" not "Nitetime." Beware of crazy dreams.

r u following me?

Max Bethune-aka-Duc de Sully wrote:

r u following me?

No, he's your next door (wall) neighbor. He hears through your shared wall.

Freekin Algorenet got some good stuff

http://www.hytechsales.com/prod150.html

Acousti-Coat #150

Sound Reduction Paint Coating

Acousti-Coat is a heavy bodied, water based flat latex paint formulated with hollow ceramic microspheres, sound absorbing fillers and resins.

Acousti-Coat is for use on interior surfaces including ceilings and walls, plaster, primed metal and wood.

The combination of a high loading of the Ceramic Microspheres with their vacuum centers and the absorbent pigment fillers reduces sound transmission and reflection by 30%. Echo within the room is reduced dramatically.

This product is an easy to apply surface coating and an inexpensive solution for reducing sound transmission.

Acousti-Coat is the ideal paint for interior ceilings, the very high concentration of insulating ceramics and other pigments adds a high reflective heat barrier to the painted surface. The small texture also helps in hiding surface defects such as drywall joints, dings and dents.

Acousti-Coat can be tinted to light pastel colors at your local paint store.

Benefits:

Excellent insulating and sound dampening characteristics.

Fast drying

Dampens ringing and tinning noise in metal structures

Environmentally friendly

Soap and Water Cleanup

Able to be painted over

Non toxic

Application: Apply by Brush, Roller or Spray with hopper spray gun

NOTE: Acousti-Coat is far more effective then using our insulating additive in your own paint as it contains not only Hy-Tech Insulating ceramics but additional sound deadening pigments in a special sound reducing resin. See Acousti-Coat FAQ's

Application Instructions:

Areas to be covered must be thoroughly cleaned and dried before applying Acousti-Coat

Manual Applicators

For best results apply two thin layers, allowing to dry between coats.

Roller Applicators: At least a 3/4" nap and up to a 1-3/4" nap is recommended.

Coverage: Appx 100-150 sq feet per gallon

Available in 1 Gal, 5 Gal, and 55 Gal drums

$31.75 Per Gal...5 Gallon $158.75

UR neighbor wrote:

Max Bethune-aka-Duc de Sully wrote:

r u following me?

No, he's your next door (wall) neighbor. He hears through your shared wall.

my nextwall neighbor is a policeperson not a he.