Hello,
I am at the very early stages of my home theater design/build and definately a newbie when it comes to this stuff.
This is my wife and my second house. In our last house we had a theater in the basement, but there was no sound isolation/absorbtion done. The thing I didn't like about it was, the sound could be heard throughout the house which i expected. The one thing I didn't think would happen was the amount of noise that would occure from vibrations in my ducting in the ceiling. This drove me crazy.
My first question is, what are some good common practicies for making sure that the ducting does not vibrate and rattle as it did int my last home? I have seen insulating, caulking, taping, etc done in some of the threads here. Should i tape the duct joints with some duct tape and then get some bats of unfaced r11 insulation and wrap it around the ducting? Or?
Second, If i were to fully insulate the walls and the ceiling in the theater would i notice much benefit if I don't build the room within a room, Green Glue and all of the other techniques? I want to isolate the sound as much as possible, and want to do those things that give me the most bang for my buck. (Master bedroom will be right above the HT. )
Finally, the room has a large opening on the one side where my door would go. We would like to be able to open this room up when entertaining so had thought about french doors or something of the sort. Is there a better door one could get that allows for a 6 foot opening?
If it would be easier I can provide some pictures if needed?
Looking for a small indoor project this weekend since it is going to be a high of -10 on Saturday. Yuk.
Love these forums and thanks for the assistance.
I am at the very early stages of my home theater design/build and definately a newbie when it comes to this stuff.
This is my wife and my second house. In our last house we had a theater in the basement, but there was no sound isolation/absorbtion done. The thing I didn't like about it was, the sound could be heard throughout the house which i expected. The one thing I didn't think would happen was the amount of noise that would occure from vibrations in my ducting in the ceiling. This drove me crazy.
My first question is, what are some good common practicies for making sure that the ducting does not vibrate and rattle as it did int my last home? I have seen insulating, caulking, taping, etc done in some of the threads here. Should i tape the duct joints with some duct tape and then get some bats of unfaced r11 insulation and wrap it around the ducting? Or?
Second, If i were to fully insulate the walls and the ceiling in the theater would i notice much benefit if I don't build the room within a room, Green Glue and all of the other techniques? I want to isolate the sound as much as possible, and want to do those things that give me the most bang for my buck. (Master bedroom will be right above the HT. )
Finally, the room has a large opening on the one side where my door would go. We would like to be able to open this room up when entertaining so had thought about french doors or something of the sort. Is there a better door one could get that allows for a 6 foot opening?
If it would be easier I can provide some pictures if needed?
Looking for a small indoor project this weekend since it is going to be a high of -10 on Saturday. Yuk.
Love these forums and thanks for the assistance.