I have a carpentry book at home and it shows how to build a soundproof wall. It shows two separate two by four walls, with separate top and bottom plates. The walls have a space of one inch between them, so the top and bottom plates are separate and not touching each other. The studs are on 16 inch centers on each wall, but their placement is alternated from one wall to the other. There are Styro foam sheets placed on the studs before screwing on the dry wall.They insulated both walls internally with fiberglass panels that are friction fit between all studs, with a few nails to keep them in place. These insulation panels are not paper backed and are pressed in place, so as to maintain the air gap between the two walls.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:06 AM To: Blind Handyman List Subject: [BlindHandyMan] More on studs. That is more-space-on, not moron, studs. When I build the wall between the finished room and the shop area, if you remember, I am off-setting the studs so that the two wall surfaces are not tied together except at the header and footer. I was just wondering if there is any reason why I shouldn't turn the studs 90 degrees. That would give a wider surface to mount the wall cladding to, and I would think that the structural rigidity will mainly come from the footer and header connection, not so much from the studs. This would also make it easier to install insulation because the interlaced studs wouldn't overlap as much. Just checking sanity here. Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
