Soundproofing Secret That Actually Works

part1, hi I'm Jeff from home renovation DIY and today we are gonna be sharing. this secret how to, soundproof between floors now the thing about it is today more. and more the trend is people staying, at home to work and what you're gonna. find is when you try to stay home and work, life is going to be. very inconvenient there are so many challenges when you're trying to keep a, place quiet. now you might have bought a house or renovated your room and you've got an. office, now but the reality is that in residential construction there is no building code. with residential units unless you, have a shared wall with. another unit like a row house or you have an apartment in your, basement or. a nanny suite then those walls have to be separated or that ceiling has to. be, separated now in the world of soundproofing there really are three classifications of people. I think I have, real serious needs one of them is they want to have. a theater room and if that's the, case then traditionally you've put a soundproof and. create a cocoon around that whole room and that's very, involved the second one is. people that are working shift work and you need to do is, you can sleep through the daytime and not. get, rid of all those distractions that come along with living in the neighborhood people. going to school and, the traffic of the street noise the third one is people. that are trying to work at home, now if you're working at home and you're. got an office it's either upstairs or downstairs you will, have no soundproof room between. the floors in between the walls so in this video we're going to, talk about. the traditional ways to soundproof for that specific situation and anybody else if you were. entertaining, and your kids are upstairs maybe you've. got a game room upstairs and you. want to create that, soundproof area we're gonna talk about all the tips and. tricks in the trade today traditional and, then the secret that's gonna blow your mind save you a ton, of money. and you can do it yourself let's get started so today's world we have brand. new, construction and it seems like materials are getting lighter and lighter and the buildings. are being made faster, and faster the truth is the. when it comes to building a new house there are no rules to follow. with keeping things quiet from room to room unless you're building a. new house you have to follow the rules of 5 of the building code your, new house builder has no rules you're if you, are building a house and you want to keep things quiet. there is a lot of work to be done to keep the sound transfer that goes from one room to the next both. in the floors from up and down, and through the walls and that sounds like it's going to take a lot, of time and a lot. of material homes used to be built like this one, it's in 1880 now the. floor above me that is one inch of solid wood tongue and groove, floor board. okay this bad boy it transfers a really small amount of noise from upstairs in. conversation, but it really has a problem with impact noise now one of the benefits. of an old house, with the room to door sound transfer is you have wooden. lath and then three coats of plaster, on both sides of the wall it is. a lot to go through and it eats up a lot, of sound and it's gonna take a long time to get rid of it so in the end of this, video I'm gonna go. back in a trip in time let's talk about new houses versus old, houses because. if you've ever been in an, old house maybe 1800s or early 1900s back in. the, days of lathand plaster you will notice that there is, a significant difference. in terms of, sound transfer you will have to do a lot more work to keep your house soundproof in the traditional approaches to. soundproof. you're not gonna be able to do it in the way that you're doing it today because you're renov're into. a room. no matter how much money you're investing in a new. house you are going to have to find that, you're going have a lot less money to invest in a. room. renovating your room to be and you are gonna have to. have a little bit of money to go out and buy a. house to make it soundproof. So. today we're talking about the secret. how to. keep a room and. office quiet. you can. save a ton of money in the. room and the. office. You're gonna love this so. today I'm going to share. with you a secret that’s going to absolutely revolutionize. your life