TIPS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HEAVY REMODELING For Contractors

SECRETS REVEALED THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW…

Carefully analyze your noise situation, before closing up walls and floors.

Consider using real sound control windows where needed.

Use low-cost special building techniques now to minimize the requirements for expensive soundproofing material later.

If you’re on a budget, at least use tape and inexpensive resilient channel for some kind of sound control. (Something is better than nothing). If real results are what you need, use soundclips and MLV barrier.

Some building materials are better than others for sound control. We carry the full line of Pinta Acoustics Products such as Illbruck PROSPEC Decibel Drop Viscoelastic Dampening Compound, the “Architects Choice”.

Lead lined drywall is available from us! Or we’ll show you how to make your own!

Give some thought to the attic and outside noise reduction.

Planning to use plants and trees for a sound fence? Don’t. It won’t work.

Take a walking tour of soundproofing a house!

A special note about having a home office.

Some words about putting in wood or tile floors! (You must have some resilience to the floor or the people underneath will hate you!)

What you need to know about insulation, such as cellulose and other types of “Blow-In’s” (Rock wool is the only common product we know of that has appreciable soundproofing qualities).

New! Cotton fiber insulation provides thermal and sound insulation and it’s a “Green” product!!

If you are a Homeowner:

Often, homeowners think about their basement remodel or
the extra space coming with their home addition, and
they overlook the companion projects that usually ride
shotgun with these improvements. So don’t just think
new windows or fixing the roof, but consider the other
areas of improvement that are likely to go hand-in-hand
with any home project, like sound control and air purification for the add-on, etc.

Books of knowledge that belong on any Builders bookshelf!

Working to Architectural Construction Specification ? Call us! We can help.