Sound insulation of the ceiling with your own hands

Today, residents of high-rise buildings often face the problem of a high level of noise emanating from neighbors. Coming to his apartment, a person wants to relax, stay in silence and coziness. However, if the apartment is located on top of the noise, then the house ceases to be quiet and calm. Because of this, you can get a whole bunch of neuroses from which a person does not sleep well, he has a bad mood, nervous breakdowns occur, and depression begins.

To effectively solve this problem, you need a soundproof ceiling in the apartment.

Production of acoustic suspended ceiling

This design will help reduce noise in the apartment, the more it is quite simple to install. Many manufacturers of conventional tiled hanging panels produce acoustic ceilings for the best absorption of sound. Work on the installation of the suspended structure can be done independently, you will get a wonderful soundproofing of the ceiling. Moreover, it does not take much time, and everything will pass without dust and noise. According to theory, a special construction of hangers and rails is attached to the surface of the original ceiling. After that, noise-absorbing material is placed in the resulting cells , which differs by fire safety, does not absorb moisture from the air, reduces the effects of echo in the apartment and perfectly absorbs noise.

Sound insulation of the ceiling from plasterboard

To reduce noise, you can make a structure from gypsum board, which is attached to the ceiling with a metal frame. In the free space formed between the plasterboard and the ceiling, sound absorbing materials are laid .

Sound insulation of the ceiling with your own hands will require the preparation and availability of such construction tools and materials as level, plasterboard, metal frame, special fasteners for the installation of a false ceiling. Also need pencils, tape measure, sealant, metal scissors, mineral and fiberglass.

Sound insulation works begin with a cosmetic repair of the ceiling, on which all cracks, cracks, corners and joints are closed. To do this, use an acrylic sealant. These defects must be repaired, as they are additional sources of noise entering the room.

After eliminating all the shortcomings, you can proceed with the installation of the profile. To do this, apply a line that indicates where the fixation of the original metal profile will be located , it is drawn at a distance of 20 cm from the ceiling. Fastening of a profile is made by means of dowels, the distance between them is about half a meter.

Sound insulation of the ceiling provides for applying on the surface of the markings for fixing the main bearing guides, the distance between which should be a meter of 25 centimeters. Then, according to the planned lines with a periodicity of 40 cm, suspensions are fixed. Bearing guides are installed in the frame with the help of self-tapping screws, and cross-members are fastened in steps of 0.6 meters. The necessary size of the guides is cut with metal scissors. Starting the installation of gypsum board, it is necessary to fill all the cavities with soundproof materials.

At the final stage, the sheets of plasterboard are fastened to the metal frame. The gypsum board is attached with self-tapping screws in 0.2 meter increments. Between the sheets it is best to leave a small gap of 2 millimeters. After that, the ceiling is leveled by applying a putty and prepared for painting.

A good option of soundproofing will be a floating floor made of polyethylene foam, fiberglass or a technical plug that neighbors can do during repairs. But for this they will have to agree.