JLC ??JULY 1991
Retrofit
Sound
Control
To block sound,
you don't need
materials with
superpower —
just the right
combinations of
conventional
components
by Jerry Germer Your client wants you to soundproof his end bedroom
so that he can use it as a home office. His teenage son
is prone to blasting U2 over his boom box from the
adjacent bedroom. Even when "turned down," enough
sound penetrates the office room to make concentration
tough. Can you solve the problem without permanently
shutting down the power to the son's bedroom
or rebuilding the house?
Noise control in multi-family housing has always tested
the mettle of builders and designers. Today, changes in
families and lifestyles are making sound control a problem
in