Sound proofing

As much as I wanted to have top notch sound proofing for this room, I was not willing to pay $1000's of dollars to do so, but I wanted to do something. Anything that allowed me to watch movies loud enough without waking the kids at the back of the house was worth it.

This was the last chance I had to do this. The plasterers were coming in the next day to put up the gyprock sheets. It was kind of a last minute decision - I rushed around all day checking out my options and came that night to install the "soundproofing batts" purchased.

The front wall - garage side

Looking from the garage side.

Taken 12th July 2004

Looking through the double sliders

Note I even did the tiny gap in the beam above the doorway. While I examined every possible aspect it was just not going to work adding sound proof batts to the cavity sliding door structure.

Taken 12th July 2004

The front wall - HT side

The cables are all locked in now. The masking tape you can see was to prevent the batts from falling out, and will not prevent future cabling attempts or removal.

Taken 12th July 2004

The right rear corner

I'm not sure how acoustic normal batts are, but considering there is brickwork between the batts and the outside wall, I wasn't about to replace them.

Taken 12th July 2004

The left rear corner

I don't think I could be any more thorough :P

Taken 12th July 2004