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How to “dress” a room to mitigate noise
Wall to wall carpets have rapidly disappeared from modern interiors, but drapes and wall hangings are very much alive.
Last week John Bleasby wrote about mitigating noisy floors – from footsteps – in this post-carpet era… Here is one response….
Hi John:
The open concept of today’s buildings have made the environment very lively with competing sound reflections. How a room is “dressed” can help with acoustic damping. For example, the use of drapes and wall hangings will help to absorb some of the unwanted refections.
Bill Philip
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HI,
I am not a contractor. I would like your opinion or discussion from the community contractors. I have a room with a long outer wall in my house for the living room/dining room. when the house was built the code for insulation and vapour barrier was not the same a today. The vapour barrier in the wall right now is thinner than ceran wrap. I read on the internet that there is a paint/primer that acts as a vapour barrier. is this any good and will it save me from taking down the wall and re-insulating it ?