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Re: Compressor sound

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Subject: Re: Compressor sound
From: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:50:16 -0500
When I was in the conference room building business, for sound
absorbtion/cancelling we used have foam rubber panels whose surface was made up
of rows of alternating cones and depressions. It looked very much like the kind
of foam rubber that is used to ship circuit boards (hard to describe - lots of
bumps and dimples that broke up the sound waves). If you could find a packaging
supply place, that might be an inexpensive source of sheet material to line the
closet walls. As far as ventilation, I suggest a louvered opening at the bottom
of the door, about 2 square feet, and an exhaust fan vent to the outside or the
attic. If you climate allows it, you could have your intake directly from the
outside.

An extra layer of sheet rock will also help to keep the sound down also, as
suggested. Also something under the compressor feet to absorb the sound and
vibrations would be a big help.

Mike

Tony Clark wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Landaiche
>
> >Well, I am really trying to eliminate the noise from the compressor without
> >building a room outside of the garage. So I'm open to suggestions. Those
> who
> >do build an outside closet must provide some ventilation. Are there any
> >guidelines for that? Can the ventilation in an in-garage closet be sound
> >baffled in some way. What do you shop-talkers think?
>
> On the dampening of sound,  I once asked my friend in the field of audilogy
> about materials to use for such purposes . . .  He corrected my ideas which
> were somewhat confused  with heat insulation and reminded me that it's
> density that dampens sound . . lead sheet is good!  I'm interested in
> something dense, fireproof and cheap . . .Maybe some of this "cement board"
> that's used to back plaster and tile would be good.
>
> Tony
> (Asphalted felt is fantastic but burns like crazy)

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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
(msloane@att.net)
<http://home.att.net/~msloane>



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