Do You Want a Theatre-Quality Sound Room?

The Best Approach to Turn Your House into a Sound Room Is with Spray Foam Insulation

Whatever the location of people’s homes, there is lots of noise pollution—cars radios with loud bass, rumbling vehicles, trains, low-flying aircraft, and helicopters. Furthermore, there are intrusive neighbors, lawnmowers, blowers, and trimmers. These noises are an unnoticed irritant that can intrude into the space.

Applying spray foam insulation to your ceilings, walls, and flooring is an energy-efficient method to reduce standard noise frequency.

Insulation made of spray foam is a fantastic way to make your home more peaceful because it is a barrier to sound waves from the outside. They also aid in reducing noises from showers as well as toilets that flush.

Adding spray foam to your home is similar to turning it into a high-end theatre sound room. It is an excellent remedy for stress. A peaceful home also benefits your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

The ideal spray foam spots are the wall of the main suite or nurseries, bathrooms, powder rooms, family rooms, playrooms, and home theaters. They can also get used as guest bedrooms, media rooms, laundry rooms, and plumbing walls.

Insulate the ceiling. Or the floor that is above the basement. It also adds soundproofing.

Spray foam has the advantage over more conventional insulation materials like fiberglass in that it expands as it dries to close cracks and holes through which sound waves enter a house. It makes your home more peaceful and silent. Spray foam insulation kits are readily available, which increases their potential value and practicality. You can even install it yourself.

It’s an air seal that reduces air gaps where sound propagates. Spray foam is also efficient in controlling mid-range frequencies, including the most popular sounds, human voices, and stereo music.

Two Types of Spray Foam Insulation

Two kinds of insulation get made from spray foam: open and closed cells.

Closed-cell polyurethane foam is highly dense. When sprayed, it expands at least three times or five times its initial dispensing capacity, resulting in an R-value as high as 7.0.

Its strengths include its durability (making the structure of your house solid), a higher R-value, and better resistance to leaks from the air and water vapor. The ability to resist air leaks and moisture makes the structure perfect for damp, windy, and water-prone areas, particularly coastal regions.

Closed-cell spray foam is a flood-resistant insulation material.

Open-cell polyurethane foam is more flexible, like the cushion of a foam pillow. It’s less dense than closed-cell foam, and when spraying, it expands up 10-fold its initial size. That allows the filling of the nooks and crevices of the wall cavity. It is a great sound and air insulator.

For better soundproofing, it is essential to consider what density they will get from the polyurethane open-cell foam they buy. The higher density enhances the sound-deafening capabilities of the open-cell foam spray that gets installed.

Open-cell has a lower R-value of the two foams, isn’t as structurally strong as closed-cell foam, and does not block moisture as closed-cell insulation. Although both types of foam offer acoustic insulation against the sound, open-cell foam is slightly better at soundproofing. Also, it is less expensive than closed-cell foam.

How to Soundproof Your Home

Are you looking to improve the soundproofing of your home to make your home more relaxing?

Be sure to inquire about the other beautiful advantages that spray foam insulation can provide

• It lowers energy consumption, which can save you money
• Eliminates hot and cold spots around your home
• Improves the quality of indoor air
• Keeps pests and other critters away from nesting and living within your home

Call us at 613 Spray Foam at (613) 319-8422 or email us at info@613sprayfoam.ca. We’ll gladly explain how you can make your home soundproof and save money.