Soundproof a room
Other questions that we often receive are: How can a room be soundproofed? o How much does it cost to soundproof a wall?...on many occasions we will try to report on these aspects but naturally we will also seek to provide information regarding the two great options that currently exist when it comes to insulating a space and conditioning it acoustically.
Soundproofing a room: In which cases is it advisable to carry out a fixed work and in which others to use a soundproof booth?

Although the buildings where we live already have acoustic and thermal insulation in each room or specific place, on many occasions this insulation can be insufficient.

When external noises come to bother us in our daily tasks, it is important to plan some acoustic treatment to improve our day to day life inside our home. To do this, there are many ways to improve our insulation and our acoustics, treating the walls of the room and adding insulating materials that block sound.

We will not go into this article to detail the possible options of materials and ways to acoustically isolate and treat a room, but we will go into the points that make a difference with respect to the use of a soundproof booth.

Firstly, we must differentiate between acoustically isolating a space, and on the other hand, acoustically conditioning said place.

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To understand these concepts, a good example is to imagine a fish tank: we have an enclosure which must keep water inside, which must not leave said enclosure, nor will external water enter through its walls. On the other hand, we will also have many other elements that will condition the water in the fish tank, its temperature, cleanliness, color, etc.

Therefore, acoustic insulation would be all the intervening materials that fulfill a function of not letting sound enter (or leave) through them.

Instead, acoustic conditioning will be achieved using materials that modify the interior sound, managing to control internal vibrations, rebounds between walls, reflections and ecos (environment seco or bright).

As an important fact, the insulating materials are opposite in their characteristics to those of conditioning:

Insulating materials are very heavy and dense materials, such as concrete, wood, drywall or plaster. The best insulator that we have in the world is lead, as it is a malleable and very dense material.

Materials for acoustic conditioning are much more flexible, not very dense and highly porous, such as mineral wool, acoustic foam, textile fibers, etc.

Once we have identified the two types of sound control we are looking for, we can ask ourselves: In which cases is it advisable to carry out a fixed work and in which others to use a soundproof booth?

To answer this question we will analyze the characteristics that differentiate one option from the other, and later we will give you our opinion on in which cases and why one option or another is preferable.

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fixed work

Carrying out acoustic insulation and conditioning work in our room will imply carrying out an acoustic study of the space, and thus obtain the spectrum of frequencies which we want to control.
It is important to know all the frequencies, but especially the most serious and impact (structural noise) and to what extent they are being received. Of course, it may also be the case that we are the ones who generate the sound and what we are really looking for is that said noise does not reach the ears of our neighbors, so knowing what frequencies are emitted and to what extent will help a lot to plan the project. .
As we mentioned before, the materials to insulate a room will have characteristics such as solidity, density, generally heavy and will take up space. Commonly in the walls of our house we will use plasterboard plates, placed in metallic structures and leaving air chambers where we will place insulating materials inside. We can also make wooden structures.

In the ceilings and floors we must pay more attention due to the fact that it is necessary to create extra space, lowering the total height of the room in the case of the ceilings or having to raise the wooden floor and add new materials in the case of the floor. , also reducing the overall height available.
There are cases in which it will only be necessary to work on one or two walls, and not on the ceilings and floors. Everything will depend on the requirements of the insulation sought.
A great advantage of fixed work is that the work carried out will be in keeping with the general appearance of the home or room and will take up as little space as possible. On the contrary, the work carried out is specific to that room and is fixed, usually has a high cost due to the characteristics of the materials and labor, and implies having many days to carry it out and finish the project.



Soundproof cabin

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In the case of a soundproof booth, we must partially meet the same criteria for both insulation and conditioning: that is, we must also know the insulation data (decibels and frequencies) and of course prepare a conditioning study for the room. The difference in this case is that a cabin will give maximum results by providing other features that may be interesting in several specific cases.

A cabin will come prepared to insulate to the maximum of its potential, and has the characteristic that it is closed, so it works in the same way on walls as it does on floors and ceilings. As they are products created and assembled specifically for this purpose (they are not different elements that a builder must combine) we can find out the decibels they reduce in their technical sheet, so we already have information on insulation.

As for the conditioning, the booths are already built with an ideal conditioning for many uses, and can be easily modified by placing different elements such as bass traps, acoustic panels, diffusers, etc.
They will reduce more available space in your room, since there must be air chambers between the cabin and the walls, but they will also adapt perfectly to doors, windows, corridors, and different elements.

The visual aspect will vary enormously, since they do not blend with the style of your home, but have their own particular design both externally and internally.
A great advantage they have is portability, since you can install it in your room but later disassemble it and install it in any other place if you want to move. These materials travel with you wherever you go. They are also easily expandable or reducible, turning an initial model into a superior or inferior one, being able to adapt to each space. Another important factor is that all the parts (door, windows, ventilation systems, cable glands, etc.) can be located in any position in the cabin. As a last feature, thanks to the characteristics of portability and adaptation, the existing second-hand market for soundproof booths, since they have practically no wear over the years, being a very important point the high recovery capacity of the investment made initially.



Conclusion

If you need to isolate the typical noise from neighbors, external noise from the street or vehicles and the purpose is to maintain a more pleasant space in your home, being able to carry out daily activities at home and achieve a better quality of life, naturally a fixed work is a good idea , since it will be practical, imperceptible and you will make the most of the space. Especially in owned homes.

On the other hand, if what you are looking for is to develop a specific or professional leisure activity, which implies having high insulation and acoustic treatment already included, and it is interesting to be able to transport, modify, and even recover the investment made in a future, especially in rental housing, a soundproof booth is a practical and quick solution to have, since you can have it operational in a very short time.



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