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Don't green glue, waste of money (^it's sort of snake oil)
Just a non-hardening caulking, if you can stuff a backing rod in the gap first and then just fill that hole with as much caulking as needed.
There is also round foam to fill gaps, which doesn’t have a sticky, adhesive side. They are meant to be used with caulk so you use less, but you can use it to fill the gap. The door foam has an adhesive to stick on the door jamb. You not want it to stick because you are renting.
https://www.amazon.com/Frost-King-Caulk-Saver-Diameter/dp/B01NGU3ZG5/
These foam tubes come in different diameters.
Definitely seal your door cracks with weather stripping. It makes a pretty significant different for noise that leaks in and out of the halls and can be taken off at any time without leaving any trace. I used this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742H2XBR?psc=1&ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_product\_details
I use the brown noise skill with my Alexa Echo Dot speakers (I have two speakers, placed on opposite sides of my bedroom.) All you have to say is “Alexa, start brown noise” and it goes for 10 hours.
https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Apps-LLC-Sleep-Sounds/dp/B0713Z5TJG/
Would it affect the soundproofing if I ppace something like this on top of it?https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0954PPPCG/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_ESH9RHYGFSP3FZ89SACX?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QQRWDWS/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_AN05VC05V14T1DAB4R9Z Would it lower the volume going out as it's more layers? I'm asking to put that as cosmetics on top of the panel to make it look better
if you compare to this product
Noico 80 mil (2 mm) 36 sqft (3.4 sqm) car Sound deadening mat, Butyl Automotive Sound Deadener, Audio Noise Insulation and dampening https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00URUIKAK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_W567EW6YBG4JYRV7EQKS
you can see the second one is 2mm thick and 0.7lbs/square foot.
You can probably get by with using one of the iPhone sound level meter apps. They'll be good enough to at least give you an octave band frequency of the fan whine (which I'll estimate is is around 2kHz).
As for a box, just about anything will do if you have enough air ventilation and have it lined with some basic absorptive material (fiberglass or cheap acoustic panel rolls). Also I'd recommend to have a bend in the air inlet so there's no line of sight into the box, meaning any noise traveling out will have to bounce off of the absorptive surface.
if money isn't a factor, you can probably hang some MLV sheets up, and maybe cover them with a fabric tapestry so it's not too ugly.
for a bit more cost you can find MLV sheets that are colored and come with gromets or velcro so you can hang them.
additionally seal any air gaps in doors and windows with neoprene weatherstripping.
this would probably be the most effective and least handy-requiring thing to do, but at a cost.
Definitely helpful. But as walls are already up. I was looking at this product: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07GP7KLZ9/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_T1PSWXH7M13S6A3849S4
Do you think this could work as a substitute option?
Doesnt matter how many diff things I do, its the vibrations. My floor, walls, bed, and even when im sitting using my PC at my desk, the computer desk vibrates. The only thing I can do is use base heavy music. Ill leave it on few minutes and then feel bad for neighbors downstairs and turn it off.
I bought these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HMSZ4MV/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_R00QTP4EQE6YFNE6MWZK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
As for the concern about the nails/screws pulling through the carpet, you could try something like these.
I've used similar fasteners for attaching foam insulation board on a sunroom.
I'd recommend closed-cell foam. Foam exercise mat or something like this . Also have you tried foam ear plugs for sleeping?
>What’s your fitness goal and/or time constraints?
I can play beat saber for up to 2 and a half hours if I sacrifice my ability to walk for the next day or 2
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>I don’t know the answer about soundproofing but treadmills in general are a fairly inefficient way to get fit in terms of the actual benefit vs the physical, financial, and time costs.
Ah, that gives some context to that response. My bad - this isn't a work out thing, it's a VR treadmill. It's so that I can walk/run inside a virtual world for entertainment purposes rather than being an exercise / fitness goal.
The finance constraints are negligible. I'm saving up for one of these damned things whether it's the $1300 katwalk or $10,000 omni! There's also the expenses already invested on the VR equipment and computer that can run it. I'm all in on this goal!
I looked at this on amazon, but I have too many questions. Is there a dedicated nation wide business chain I could use instead of amazon? Is there a separate person I need to call to install it? is it ok to layer it on top of the existing floor to cause less problems when I move out of this apartment? Is that item I linked even good for what I'm trying to do?
I'm not exactly running and jumping all over, but if there's a material that would enable me to do so and really let loose in VR, I'd like to hear about it. The crab man in gorn isn't going to rip his own head off, y'know?
When it comes to sound coming from outside (road noise, etc), the best thing I ever did was upgrade my street-facing windows to double-paned argon-gas injected windows. If you still have single-paned windows, investing in soundproofing windows will give you a lot of bang for the buck. But this only makes sense if you're a homeowner.
If you mean noise from adjacent rooms in your house (like roommates), though, your options are a lot more limited unfortunately. There are ways to soundproof a door but it's very expensive and labor-intensive -- you can get solid-core acoustically-rated doors that weigh a lot (like 300lbs), or you can try adding a sheet of plywood to one side to just increase its density. You can add rubber to the door perimeter or weatherstripping to fill in all the gaps, and get a door sweep for the bottom part. Look for options like this: https://www.amazon.com/Audimute-Soundproofing-Acoustic-Door-Seal/dp/B07H4PY1XN
If you're trying to reduce noise coming from a hallway outside your door, another thing that helps is to put a thick rug there, and maybe some acoustical panels or something in the corners or the walls so that there's less echo and sound carry, and the rug should reduce vibration to an extent. A thick rug on any floors above your room (in your own house) would help muffle steps to an extent, unless it's a neighbor in which case your only choice is often to move. :/
And one of the most effective things you can do is to run a white-noise machine by your bed when you sleep, or use noise-canceling headphones when you're in your room.
Soundproofing all the way down to silence is by far not exactly cheap or easy, though.
The tiles bought were these ones: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BUNSFOI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_5BQRAMFW425QQWKZ4S74
There aren’t enough to cover the whole wall but from what you said putting them on the area where are walls are across one another would be the best place to put them up
Yes, it does. In my experience that shouldn't be a dealbreaker, because any enclosed space needs to have proper ventilation (whether or not you have soundproofing in place). I made a soundbarrier for my door that completely seals it off, so I needed to inspect the vents in my room to see if I was getting steady air movement. As long as the furnace fan was blowing, my room was at the same temp as the rest of the house. But when it wasn't, it would heat up in there. So I added laptop fans in front of the vents to maintain some constant airflow.