Re: Soundproof Curtain

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" I've been looking at all kinds of soundproofing products and ran across this:

http://www.gltproducts.com/products/soundproof_curtain_soundproofing_curtains/22\

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It's a mass loaded vinyl product, and it may or may not help as much as a second

layer of drywall. And even if it did, this still wouldnt be good enough for

someone with misophonia. This product has a bad habit of only showing it's

soundproofing testing done on the product itself, not in a wall assembly. This

is important because added layers of matterial are not cumulative; that is, one

layer of drywall by itself may have an stc of 28, but added to a wall that

already has a layer of drywall on both sides, the rating will only increase by a

few points because the layers vibrate together as one solid mass. The Green

glue company are the only ones I've seen so far who've had independent testing

done of mass loaded vinyl in a wall assembly:

http://www.greengluecompany.com/greenGlue-vs-MLV.php

" Of course you will have to do the individual research from this point to check

on price and so on to see if this would fit your needs, etc...I might have other

sites I can post...thought this might help in an apt situation since it could be

portable...I personally have not used this product but found it interesting.

Hope this could help someone out.... "

The apartment situation just flat out @#$%ing sucks. Period. Honestly, there's

little you can do besides blare heavy bass music into your ears. One thing you

can do though, is put box fans in every corner, and also build a box to sleep

in. Literally, build a soundproof box around your bed with a small vent hole

complete with a small fan (which also helps make white noise). I'd thought

about it myself, but only later ever heard of someone actually doing it in a

dorm room in college with success. He used a large cardboard box made to hold a

deepfreeze and lined it with soundproofing. Of course, a more professional box

could look more like a slightly smaller version of those old-fasioned bed

set-ups with the curtain around it, the assembly in this case modified for

soundproofing. This would be a rare situation in which I would actually

advocate the use of a mass loaded curtain. The assembly should be as air-tight

as feasable when closed (save the vent), and it should be lined on the inside

and outside with a layer of soft foam. The underside of the bed should have a

curtain covering it as well, and the bed legs should be setting on

anti-vibration pads. One final thought, if the fan is blowing air in, and the

assembly is air tight, it will pressurize the interior, adding resistence to the

walls against oncoming noise.