Help sound proofing my garage

[GL Respect Due]

Dimensions are roughly 22 x 15 x 8.5.

Garage door is an automatic type, sheet metal style on tracks. If you were to draw a peice of paper and put a square on the paper, the entry door would be in the bottom of the square, centered in the middle. To your left would be the wall nearest the walk way to my front door (Sound leakage there is very minimal as my house is made of brick). Dead ahead is obviously the garage, and to the right is a wall thats shared with the neighbors garage (duplex style).

What i'm hoping to accomplish is to spend as a little as possible and get maxium sound leakage. My three biggest concerns are, 1. Helping to eliminate a good amount of the rattle/reverbation the garage door is causing (I laid some industrial carpet down over the concrete floor to help eliminate some of the reflections), 2. Eliminating as much sound leakage out the garage into the driveway as possible, and 3. Eliminate as much bass/noise as possible leaking through the right wall that would in turn leak into my neighbors garage.

The garage "studio" is only being setup as a spot to get my ideas out. So i'm not overly concerned with the mix quality of the room. I'd like to take some of that (mix quality concerns) into consideration, but the most important thing is sound proofing.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out. Again, the more cost effective the better!

[zkaudio]

dude... if you have a common wall with your neighbor.. nothign short of a mid to high 5 figure budget is going to keep drums, bass, or loud guitar out... You can help the situation, but realistically, you are looking at some seriuos work.

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by GL Respect Due

3. Eliminate as much bass/noise as possible leaking through the right wall that would in turn leak into my neighbors garage.

yeah, especially this part.

You can put a lot of time, effort and money in this direction and get virtually no results unless you have a really good idea what you're after.

Plus, it can take a good amount of square footage to reduce the part of the drums and bass that's causing the annoyance.

[tINY]

You're gonna have to build some walls inside the garage walls. Build a room inside your garage with 2x6 plates and offset studs, then hang double drywall in the outside and single on the inside.

Or, you could make the walls out of cinder block....



-tINY

[GL Respect Due]

As I suspected, it's not even worth my time. I suppose i'll convert my office room into the studio space, and move the office into the garage! Appreciate the info guys.

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by tINY

You're gonna have to build some walls inside the garage walls. Build a room inside your garage with 2x6 plates and offset studs, then hang double drywall in the outside and single on the inside.

Or, you could make the walls out of cinder block....

I agree; and even with all this effort, you'd be surprised by what still escapes. As I understand the idea is to actually contain the sound and that requires materials that can't act as transmitters of vibration. If you've got a slab, you've got a head start as you could build up cinderblock walls (otherwise known as "California Chainlink Fence") and fill them with concrete.

[Nerdyrocker]

Check out Acoustical Solutions.

www.acousticalsolutions.com

Tell them Caleb sent you. I used to work there. They are really knowledgeable and can help you get your room treated.

(This is not a plug by any means. I do not work there anymore, nor do I get paid by them anymore. It is just a really good company and I like to send people there because I know they will be treated right.)

Good luck.

[orange]

there was a giant thread by a guy called Paul Woodlock over at another forum (do a search). Details his 2 or 3 year mission to convert his garage to a studio....floating floor etc etc. A good read. Proves it is possible if you spend enough time and money.

si

[stevep]

HI GL Respect Due,

You might want to checkout Johnsayers site , Lots of info.....

But what the others have already said is right.

Isolation is so hard to achieve and we never really do get there.

Hope you can figure something out,




steve