Before & After Insulating My Garage - Sound Proofing Results. Plus Insulating The Internal Walls
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- In this video I compare the sound levels before and after adding insulation to my garage. I added an insulated ceiling, build a stud wall in front of the roller garage door, and in this video I also frame and insulate the internal walls in an attempt at sound proofing treatment to stop noise coming in from the nearby busy road and limit the sound of my machines for the sake of my neighbours. Plus it should be more thermally efficient - keeping the warm air inside in the winter months and the cool air inside in the summer months.
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Worth every penny, the extra warmth will be nice as well, especially if/when you've got a small future wood worker in there during winter!
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I did follow you since your first workshop building, and I am really happy that everything is working so well for you. It shows that hard work, passion and talent can go places. A real inspiration!! Wish you, Rhea and lazy kitty good continuation.
Great progress on the sound proofing. By my old ears a much improvement. Congrats on your much bigger space, I and many others so enjoy your work! Thanks for sharing ;)
That clock ticking is really loud😂
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Fantastic results from all of your hard work! It's definitely paid off!
Hello Keith good luck with the future videos and the workshop and I can’t wait to see you and all your new project what’s going out and I can’t wait to see The finish workshop and have a nice weekend ok from Harrison 🍺🍫👍😃
That is such an improvement. Not only in the noise reduction but the whole look and feel of your workshop. Great work as always, nicely detailed description of what you've done too. You deserve it. Only jealous as I have to work outside still. All the best with the mitre station. Cant wait to see it and maybe get some ideas for my own one.
As always great video Keith keep up the amazing work the workshop is taking shape now
Well done Keith, it’s coming together really nicely
Well done Keith, enjoying the updates, cheers !
You are making great progress. I'm looking forward to the rest of the videos.
Huge difference. Great job.
For the money and time you have spent doing this, i think the benifits are absolutely brilliant. Job well done keith👍👍👍
Wow! What a difference Keith. I think that will help keep you warm this winter as well.
Impressive results !!!👍👍👍👍You did a huge amount of great job Keith. Well done buddy..well done. 👏👏👏👊
Well done Kieth, it's thanks for the video, it's starting to take shape, looking forward to the mitre station and dust collection system.
Very impressive. Good job. Great start.
Brilliant job Keith - great improvement! And all that recycling/upcycling as well.
Well done Keith. im very proud of you as one of your subscribers. You have done very well.
Brilliant mate, the sound quality is great.
Sam and Becks approve.
what a huge difference that it worked out so well
Quite an improvement and worth the expense and effort...looking forward to your new projects..
big up becks and sam. great to hear they made it!
With all respect Keith, great job. Have nice Weekend , rgds, Robert.
That was a very interesting piece. The work you have done has already made a big difference.
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Can't wait to see the miter station build! Keep em coming.
Great update Keith! Thank you for sharing the video with us.👌👍😎JP
I like your before and after comparisons. Not surprised that insulating the block walls did not reduce the noise level much. Heavy materials like concrete attenuate sound very well. Still worth insulating block walls for temperature.
Congratulations on the progress in your new shop.
Great job , can't wait to see more
That is a massive difference!! I'm in a rented apartment but it's encouraging to know how easy it can be to make such a big difference (provided you're willing to lose about 3 or 4 inches on all sides in terms of room space. Considering the improvement, I'd say it's well worth it.
Wow! what a difference! Great job mate!
That old door though, see if you can get something more solid and secure, even if it's only a facebook freebie door. Uncle Kev will make it fit ;)
amazing difference, good job 👍👍
Nice work, really good improvement ^^
Looking good Keith
Cracking job
Great video very informative , you should be well proud of your work to date, noise levels have really reduced im sure when you have more time and finance to finish off the walls the workshop will be a great place to work in
Works great. A job well done!
Big difference 👍🏼
Great video. All that work paid off. Much better sound. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Good work..great video as usual
Thanks for another great video.
Looks great. good result with the noise
Thanks Adam
Great work Man
Good job on the insulation!
For heating you might want to look into an infr-red heating panel. They are very effective in making you feel warm without you having to heat the entire space to then feel a bit warmer. My granddad has one in his workshop and it’s great!
Also looking forward to seeing what projects you‘ll do next!
Very cool!!! I bet it makes it easier to hear yourself think also 😁
I hope you get it done before it gets too cold
Nice one Keith there's defo a difference in the sound there, so well worth the spend on it.
If you stick with the next 3 videos due out, i'm looking forward to seeing them plus your version of a Mitre Saw Station, i have seen loads and got plenty of ideas as well off TH-cam, so i'm hoping yours is a new idea. Thanks.
Barry (Wirral, ENG)
Thats a good improvement. Its the same stuff as I used
Thanks a million for sharing.
I insulated my garage this year - just the walls, concrete floor and the metal door so far - and it has made a huge difference to the temperature in there. I've still got the roof to do, but rigid insulation, aka Kingspan, is really expensive, so I've been waiting to get a deal on some more insulation to do the flat metal roof.
When I say the temperature changed, I am of course talking about the heat in the summer from the concrete walls and metal roof. Yes, if it gets really hot in the summer, you can be assured that it will be baltic in the winter!
Fortunately, I was able to get my hands on some rigid insulation for upstands. Hey, it's not Kingspan, but it was free and will be perfect to finish the roof insulation before fitting plasterboard and a couple of 600 by 600 LED lights - £15 each from Ebay.
Once again, thanks for sharing your experience with the garage insulation project.
This was very well done 👍
Waaaaayyyy better. Great Job. I live in Phoenix AZ, we commonly get to 110 degrees (44 celcius) outside, after i insulated my metal garage door with styrofoam, the temp dropped by 12 degrees Fahrenheit. We work in the garage everyday.
Man that's way better. Nice one
That's a great result you have actually reduced the perceived noise more than your decibel readings indicate as decibel is a measure of energy I believe that every 10 decibel reduction is equal to half the perceived noise which is what matters for your neighbors and videos
Still can't get over how huge the shop is compared to the old one! You must be ecstatic to have the space :)
I'm thrilled 😮
WOW - That's made such a difference.. it's amazing - That's such a noisy clock you have :-)
Result, Keith! Interesting too... I'm planning to use 100mm Rockwool in the walls and have 50mm PIR in the floor and the same in the ceiling of the new workshop I'm building. The difference is that I'm primarily concerned keeping noise inside and preserving my neighbours' goodwill. The thermal side of things is obviously important too...! I, too, am going to be turning my attention to dust extraction and air cleaning in due course. Really helpful for me that I'm able to follow your progress with your new workshop. Thanks!! Best aye.
Cheers Alasdair 👍
You've done a bloody brilliant job, mate. 👍🏼
You look so small in that shop space compared to your other sardine tin.
Its got to be a good feeling to have made that move.
Really enjoyed watching this series Keith and I'm glad its payed off - definitely a lot better audio quality now!
Also a big congratulations to Becks + Sam - I know you didn't want to go into it in the video, but it really is amazing what they've done! :)
Cheers Jacob 😂
Gettin there Keith !!!.
Wow, big difference
Lovely stuff.
Don't forget some security upgrades though. Them windows and doors could use it, window bars etc.
Nicely done Keith, I was looking forward to the comparison, nice job 😁👍. A noble effort to stop the spiders... but nothing will ever stop them if they want to get in 🙁. Your better off just letting them in.. then letting Dylan finnish them off 😂🤣. Keep up the great progress 😁👍.
Great work mate...;-)
"And stop the spiders getting in too." My first thought when you cut the bottom off the door frame! I love woodworking but it seems to go hand in hand with these little (errm, huge!) beasties! 😳
Even spiders have to live somewhere. I have a "Huner" spider that lives behind my monitor and pops out every now and then. He is a good specimen and is about 50mm across. I have to keep my Tarantulas downstairs as they would be after him if they were ever to see him, another good thing about spiders is that they keep the flys down.
Spiders are the best!! I love this time of year when they come indoors. Tarantulas are beautiful, my favourite spiders are the peacock jumpers 🤗
@@paganwiccacat Peacock jumpers tend to worry some people, I am odd because I love all spiders, my mum would never let us hurt a spider and I think that rubbed off on me. I think a spiders web is beautiful and the strength of the web is fantastic considering what it is made from and the size of the spider that made it.
Very nice! Now you need to insulate that clock ;)
You should have placed the plastic on the inside of the frames and used some other vapour permeable material on the inside facing the stone wall. As you have done now the warm damp air inside will go through the walls and isolation and then it will condensate against the plastic that you put on the inside. Have been thinking about putting up isolation in my own workshop where I have stone walls and the above advice is what was given to me on a builders forum here in Sweden where I live.
It's a good point, permeable breather membrane housewrap would have been a better choice given time and money.
Exactly what I was going to say. He has made a significant error.
Awwww I miss the plant pot. Can he make a guest appearance again soon pretty please lol. 💚💚. Anyway I think you have made a fab job in there. The road noise seems vastly reduced from a roar to a whisper when watching from my pc. 👍👍👍👍🌱
Good video Keith ,a little internal porch should stop the noise from the back door in the future.
👍👍👍👍 The heating Bill should be better in the long run !
using "hen house" metal net to hold the rockwool works good. also always only one humidity barrier.. if you add this plastic and there is a barrier in place you are going to have a bad time with mold
I’ve seen thin metal wire chris crossing the square with insulation to hold it in place. They use this for floors with that fiber insulation you’re using. That’ll last forever no sagging.
The paint looks SO much better, even without plastering. But I do feel a touch bad about Becks and Sam getting covered! ;-) Maybe a screen door added outside the man door will give you that air gap for blocking sound? Just a wild guess.
Possibly aware of them and just wanted to use what you had - but frame fixings are a plug and screw designed to be hammered in for attaching wood to masonry.
Keith, i have found that if i use a wet sponge and a scraper i can remove saw blade burns. Try it, you may like it..
Interesting vid keith! Thanks for sharing! On a side note, I can hear a clock ticking somewhere in the garage now with all the insulation ;-)
But can you hear a pin dropping? 😁
That's quite impressive considering the relatively small budget.
Will make it a much nicer space to work - quieter, warmer and brighter. Hopefully you might get lucky and find a perfect fitting UPVC door on gumtree or somewhere. If you really want to go the whole hog, you could also add shutters to the windows.
My only comment is that you might want to add some sound absorption materials if possible as the sound was a bit echoey - perhaps some nice frilly curtains!
Sounds really good. Well done. Perhaps a heavyweight curtain in front of the side door would reduce the noise?
and help with insulating as well.
Also if it was a red velvet one you could
Start all your vids from behind it and come through like it was the first act of a play! Just a thought 🧐
Your facial expressions lately have been fantastic
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Great job! I can see your problem however. By having to split the 2x3's you were unable to have the wall next to the block wall be more free standing. I totally get the budget issues. None of us are rich. Unfortunately when you secured your frame by screwing into the exterior block wall, you created a vehicle for the sound to travel on, from the outside block wall, through the screws and to the inside of your plaster board/plywood wall, bringing the outside sound into your room. One solution: Using those "clips" with the rubber, to secure the studs to the block wall. Have a good one!! Carl
Great job!
.... hummmm..... where is Dylan?
Thxs
Cheers 🍻
Cheers. Some new footage of him on my Instagram. And he might be in next week's vid too
Is Dylan coping ok with the obviously heavy road traffic at your new location?
Great to see your renovation uploads. Very enjoyable.
Cheers.
Yeah he's loving life
You put 3/8" PB on an external stud ? Brilliant
No. It's not external
Great results with the sound levels. I’m no expert but I thought DPM on what is effectively the cold side of an insulated panel was a bit of a no no. The warm moist air from the workshop will not be able to pass through and might condense on the inner face of the DPM, trapping moisture against the timber. Perhaps not a big deal with the workshop extraction.
Cheers this is the first constructive comment about vapour that I've been able to actually understand! You are probably right. Will see how it goes
@@RagnBoneBrown The vapour barrier should ideally go just under the boards to allow any moisture that gets trapped in the insulation to escape out through the exterior wall. You may get some damp and mould problems in the insulation the way you have it. To do it the way you have it, the membrane used has to be breathable type to let trapped moisture out. If I were you I would leave it a year and then take one of the boards off to check if there are any condensation problems.
Given that it is not only a shop but also a studio space, have you considered using Acoustic Quieting material to dampen the harsher ranges of sounds?
You seem to have isolated the space from external noise, at least as far as videomaking goes, so well done. However that piece to camera in the insulated space sounded very 'bright', or 'toppy', which is a bit harsh on the vocals and the power tools sound will be very sharp. Hope that's useful and not taken as criticism. There's always post-production lol.
Hi Keith, while I was watching your insulation your work shop, why you used plaster board for your ceiling why not other materials such as plywood or obs sheet,mdf
What's the effect of the sound proofing on the outside? I have a double garage that I am converting into a workshop but currently can only run table saw etc during the day. Would happily put the effort into the proofing if it means I can run the tools in the evening.
You may not think the wall insulation reduces sounds, but they do. The insulation also has the added benefit of needing less energy or fuel to heat the space in the coming months. It's a cost benefit situation. You did enough for now to make sure you can film in the space, move on to the next project like you said. Plus, I think you have bought up all the used materials locally.😂 Still worth the money you spent and will spend. I think right now the biggest area of sound penetration are the windows, but you don't have the budget for that.
Result! Would have been good to have heard a before and after recording of how loud your power tools were/are from the outside. Though I suspect your neighbours will be happy!
To be honest I don't really have any issues with that as the road noise drowns out any sound my machines would make! Lucky in that respect. Also people don't really use their front gardens, so even in the summer it won't be an issue as everyone will be using their back gardens 👍
@@RagnBoneBrown Good to know. So glad to have found your videos you have rekindled an old hobby of mine and I have made 4 items from reclaimed wood so far. So thank you!
Sounds like you are striking a good balance between budget and improvement. Out of curiosity, is there a different mic you could use that would further help decrease background noise?
I could get a lav mic but it creates extra hassle and the shotgun mic connected to the camera does a good enough job imo
Keith, I have a lot of metal ducting going spare for dust extraction should you need it mostly 100mm galvanised
Wow that sounds amazing. Are you in Norfolk?
@@RagnBoneBrown I'm in Suffolk literally just over the border. I was going to turn my small shed into a workshop but we're probably looking to move soon so will need to get rid of it.
With all the insulation you are doing remember to think about ventilation too. Condensation and general damp can become a real problem otherwise.
Dehumidifier would be a better bet, keep the warmth in and just pull out the moisture.
Obviously a great result. But my research into sound reduction would suggest a better result if the 'panel' walls were mounted via resilient fixings rather than bolting to the brick - eg rubber isolation pads.
Also sound will escape from every little gap...
i believe i’m right in thinking that the noise will still come through doors and windows even when double glazed, although from experience, going from single to double glazed does make a big difference in both sound and keeping heat in during winter.
i’m presuming the door is single glazed? if so, you’ll probably find a cheap or even a free double glazed door on marketplace as I have :)
Yeah I think double glazed makes a big difference. The door and the windows are all single glazed but strangely the windows don't seem to let in as much noise as the door. I'd like to replace the door and the windows some day, but the house is more important :-)
Awesome audio results - how has the thermal efficiency been affected?
No idea, no way of testing that
@@RagnBoneBrown An easy low-tech way would be to measure indoor and outdoor temperature difference over time. You'd need to do it before and after insulation, and to make the data useful, you'd need to use artificial heat to get the room temperature up to X degrees C in both tests, and see how long it takes to drop to outside temperature. From there (if you were keen!) you could calculate R or U values, but just knowing that it takes e.g. 2x or 3x as long to lose a given amount of heat energy, is a useful metric. Even just a subjective "it's much warmer!" would be cool :-)
I think it would be good if you linked or wrote the description of the materials used in the decryption box, I know you mention it in the video but it would be helpful :)
And a cost breakdown!
Hi Keith. I thought you were going to leave an air gap between the frame and the wall but it looks like you’ve screwed the frame direct to wall with no gap? If that’s the case then you didn’t need anything to stop the insulation falling out?
Sorry if I’ve totally misunderstood this!
Will be an amazing workshop when you’re finished!
The frame was secured to the pillars leaving an air gap at the back
Some difference in the sound Keith. You should think about making a new door rather than buying one. That would be a fantastic video. Most videos like that get massive views
Nice idea 👍
Hi keath did you fill the softs as I know this is always an area that let's noise in
Ventilation to the roof is important so the soffits need to let air flow through
@@RagnBoneBrown yes i agree but you can get a snorkel