AudioSeal™ Sound Barrier

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• More comments from satisfied customers. The sound barrier was installed yesterday and I put my boom box in the room, cranked it up, ran upstairs and could not hear a thing!!! Awesome. The sheet rock went up last night on the ceiling and I found that my singing sounds quite nice in the room! Maybe I should turn it into a recording studio. Thanks for your help. Cindy Lewis

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• We have two grinding booths, we use air grinders to clean off metal bars and noise is almost in the 100 dBA. What I am trying to do is reduce the noise inside of the booths for the operator.

  Jay Conley - Cascade Corporation

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• May i lay the MLV over a plywood subfloor and install nail down oak flooring over the MLV and still achieve the same reduced sound transmission? A local vendor in town who sells the product said that it was not a problem.

  scot ryan - DCP

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• Scot - Yes, you can use the Mass Loaded Vinyl on the floor and still pull the expected STC value. Also, if you're looking to reduce impact noise such as footfall and still pull the same type of STC value you can also consider the IsoStep floor underlayment product

  Eric Peters - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

  11 Positive

• Renovating our condo; can this rolled product be used on concrete floor under pad with carpet as well as under the drywall?

  Helen - NA:single family residence-side by side condo

  5 Positive

• Helen - Yes, you can use the mass loaded vinyl under a pad under carpet as well as behind the drywall.

  Perhaps a better choice for the floor, however, might be our IsoStep Floor Underlayment (http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/33~iso-step-floor-underlayment). This product has a slight advantage over the mass loaded vinyl because it acts both as a sound barrier (as does the mass loaded vinyl) AND reduces noise from foot fall.

  As I said though, the mass loaded vinyl will work on the floor to reduce sound transmission into or out of the room/ condo.

  Eric Peters - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

  3 Positive

• I am looking to install the sound barrier to the wall that is being shared with next door neighbor. Is this the right product to purchase and if not can you suggest another product? And also subsequent to installation of the barrier can I install the wallpaper over the barrier? Thanks.

  Sun -

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• Sun - The AudioSeal Sound Barrier will work on your wall to block noise from neighbors, but you cannot apply wallpaper directly to it.  If you want to use the vinyl sound barrier AND wall paper, you will need to use the barrier inside the wall.

  Another option is to use QuietGlue Pro (http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/31~quietglue-pro).  This product is applied to the back of drywall, then that drywall is applied on top of the existing drywall.  QuietGlue dampens the sound very effectively.  After you apply the new drywall, you can add wall paper to it.

  Eric Peters - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

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• I was wondering if this stuff would work on the ceiling of my condo. I live in an older building and my upstairs neighbor is a ridiculously loud stomper. I can seriously hear every stupid step he takes. Any thoughts about whether this or some other product would be best?

  David -

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• David,

  The only two ways to eliminate Footfall sound is to create a floating floor upstairs or a floating ceiling downstairs. In much the same way the two kids with the tin cups and a string between them can hear each other talking across the street, the mechanical connection between your neighbor's floor surface directly to the sheet rock of your ceiling is conducting the foot stomping noise.

  The only way to keep the kids from hearing each other is to cut the string. The only way to keep the sound of your neighbor's foot steps being heard by you is to "cut the string" between his floor and your ceiling.

  Floating floor could be accomplished by taking up his floor, laying down Iso-step on his subfloor, and then replacing the floor. Link for Iso-step: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/33~iso-step-floor-underlayment

  The Floating floor option would be the most effective because it arrests the sound before it has a chance to make it into the building structure in the first place.

  A floating ceiling would be accomplished by screwing Alpha Resilient Isolation clips through your existing ceiling, into the joists, installing hat track, and screwing in a new layer of Sheet rock. I'd recommend actually two layers of sheet rock with a Damping Compound between them called Quiet Glue. Link for iso clips: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/602~resiliant-isolation-clip and the installation guide that explains this system better, basically if you just scroll down and look at the pictures it will make perfect sense: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/alpharesilient-isolation-clips-installation-guide/display_lightbox/prod_725 Link for the Quiet glue is here: http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/31~quietglue-pro

  Floating your ceiling would be an install for a Sheet rock Contractor in your area and lower your ceiling approximately 4".

  Matt Boughan - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

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• Could i install your product under nailed down hardwood floors?

  John Di Joseph - JS Cornell & son

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  John,

  Yes, AudioSeal Sound Barrier can be installed beneath the nailed down hardwood floor. However, a layer will need to be put down over the barrier so when the hardwood floor is nailed down the nails do not penetrate it.

  I will say that the best product to use for a floor underlayment is our IsoStep Floor Underlayment. This IsoStep is for airborne & impact isolation such as footfall. You will still need to put a sub floor down, but this product would likely better meet your needs. The AudioSeal Barrier is typically just for blocking airborne noise, not footfall. Please use the provided URL to view more information on IsoStep Floor Underlayment:

  http://acousticalsolutions.com/33~iso-step-floor-underlayment

  Blake Hall - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

  1 Positive

• Can't tell from the item description, but is it possible to apply this material to the EXterior of the drywall? ...And then maybe paint it? If this is indeed possible, is it recommended? I notice that all the emphasized applications revolve around installing it within the space between the drywall.

  Russell B -

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• Russell,

  It is unrecommeded to install AudioSeal Sound Barrier in such a way that it is exposed because it is not fire rated and could cause a safety hazard. What you could do is install the barrier over your existing drywall and then add an additional layer of drywall over the barrer.

  You could also consider absorber/barrier combination blankets (http://acousticalsolutions.com/589~audioseal-absorber-barrier-combination-blankets) or barrier panels (http://acousticalsolutions.com/567~alphasorb-barrier-fabric-wrapped-wall-panels) to block noise, but they are not paintable and may not acheive the look you are going for.

  I hope this was helpful and feel free to call with any additional questions: 1-800-782-5742

  Aimee Sanford - Acoustical Solutions, Inc.

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