Noise bleed between rooms sharing a common wall is a problem in millions of homes, because normal construction techniques seldom treat common walls with soundproofing materials. This article explains the noise bleed prevention methods of density and disconnection, and how you can use them in your own home.
Density noise bleed control uses soundproofing materials to seal an existing shared wall, and disconnection noise bleed control employs the construction of a new wall in front of the shared wall to create a dead space which can collapse the sound waves entering from the adjoining room. (more…)