[0:00] so I'm sitting in a room right now that

[0:01] I should have sound proved quite a while

[0:04] ago my home office where life got in the

[0:06] way and I never got around of doing it

[0:09] yet but in the meantime I've had a lot

[0:11] of people asking questions on cheapest

[0:13] way to sound Brew for room because you

[0:15] go online and you see a lot of videos

[0:17] how to sample from for 20 bucks well

[0:19] I've done a video talking about that

[0:22] video link right there and the thing is

[0:24] if you go watch those videos you'll be

[0:27] quite disappointed because if you follow

[0:28] those types of advice how to sound

[0:30] perform for twenty dollars how to sound

[0:31] perform for fifty dollars it usually

[0:33] doesn't work you'll go ahead buy the

[0:36] products they recommend and you'll be

[0:38] just looked online and tried to find

[0:40] alternative products that I've

[0:42] recommended in the past that the prices

[0:45] has gone up so much because one thing

[0:48] that I've also learned if you buy a

[0:50] product that has the word acoustic on it

[0:52] like acoustic sealant that's just a way

[0:55] for them to raise the price the sad

[0:58] truth is if you go around online and try

[1:01] to find some products that are for

[1:03] Acoustics acoustic sealant for example

[1:06] because it gives them more reasons to

[1:08] think that the product is a lot more

[1:11] than what it actually is so I did find

[1:13] some products that are comparable to

[1:15] products that I used to recommend at a

[1:17] fraction of the price and I'll have

[1:18] Links of all these products in the

[1:21] description below first thing that you

[1:23] need to do is where is the sound coming

[1:25] from the reality is most of the noise

[1:27] coming into a room is either coming in

[1:29] from a door or a window so if you go

[1:32] ahead and soundproof a wall you might be

[1:34] quite disappointed because you could

[1:36] have just soundproofed the door and also

[1:38] using the word soundproof can also be

[1:40] misleading because really what we're

[1:43] trying to achieve is Sound Reduction so

[1:46] let's start with where most of the noise

[1:48] is probably coming in which is the door

[1:50] and these things will not be used to

[1:53] soundproof the door because a lot of

[1:55] people online is saying just take These

[1:57] acoustic foam thingies here and it will

[2:01] sound proof the door what this is is for

[2:03] sound deadening not soundproofing if you

[2:06] stick these all over your door you will

[2:08] be quite disappointed and these aren't

[2:09] exactly cheap anymore if you want about

[2:12] 24 of these you'll pay around 50 we'll

[2:14] talk about these a little bit later in

[2:16] the video but don't use these to sound

[2:18] proof the best way to do it is to seal

[2:21] all the cracks look at the door turn off

[2:23] the lights in the room that you're in

[2:25] close the door turn the lights on in the

[2:27] opposite room and is there a lot of

[2:30] light bleeding through around the door

[2:32] under the bottom of the door if there's

[2:35] a lot of light bleeding through there's

[2:37] noise bleeding through they say and who

[2:39] is they I have no idea the experts

[2:42] perhaps they say that only a crack will

[2:45] let about 50 percent of the noise back

[2:48] into the room now

[2:50] if that's true how about we just seal

[2:52] that Gap with acoustical caulking now it

[2:56] has that word in front of it acoustical

[2:58] so price just went up we have to find an

[3:01] alternative that works the same way the

[3:03] difference between acoustical sealant

[3:06] acoustical Caulking and regular caulking

[3:08] is that the biggest difference is it it

[3:11] will not dry and crack over time regular

[3:14] caulking will dry and as the house

[3:17] shifts as you get very angry and you

[3:20] slam doors that caulking will crack and

[3:24] will let noise back in you wouldn't

[3:26] think it would just there was little

[3:27] hairline cracks but it does now what I

[3:30] recommend instead of acoustical sealant

[3:32] is called Red Devil caulking it's 779 at

[3:37] recording of this video on Amazon and

[3:39] this stuff is guaranteed not to shrink

[3:42] not to crack so where do you put it well

[3:44] on your screen this is exactly where you

[3:46] put it around where the door meets that

[3:49] small case thing you have to seal that

[3:52] Gap what you should do first is take

[3:54] some small nails and make sure that it

[3:56] is properly affixed to the wall after

[3:58] that's done make sure that the area is

[3:59] clean and dry and then add your caulking

[4:02] let that dry after that's done you want

[4:04] to create a better seal when you close

[4:07] the door because a lot of the time if

[4:09] you close the door does the door wobble

[4:11] a bit if it wobbles noise is coming

[4:14] through you want to stop that wobble how

[4:16] do you do that you can use weather

[4:18] stripping weather stripping is cheap you

[4:21] can get weather stripping for under ten

[4:23] dollars however you can go a step

[4:25] further and add something called a door

[4:28] seal kit and it's around fifty dollars

[4:30] and at recording of this video it's on

[4:33] sale for I believe 45 dollars video

[4:36] right there I install it I test it and

[4:40] it works pretty well it works better

[4:42] than a weather strip but it's five times

[4:45] more expensive and it's more work to

[4:47] install now after that's done you still

[4:50] will have one Gap at the bottom of the

[4:52] door that lets a lot of noise in now

[4:54] there is an issue here because if you

[4:57] you don't want to restrict too much

[4:58] airflow there is something that you can

[5:01] do just to see if it does restrict

[5:03] airflow just add a blanket at the bottom

[5:05] of the door now if you want a more

[5:07] permanent solution you can add a bottom

[5:10] door sweep now the door sweep that I

[5:12] recommend is under ten dollars and it's

[5:14] a U-shaped door sweep these u-shaped

[5:16] door sweeps I find works very well you

[5:18] order it it comes in one size and you

[5:21] just cut it to the width of your door

[5:23] and you'll notice a lot of Sound

[5:25] Reduction now after you've added your

[5:27] bottom door sweep your door seal kit or

[5:30] your weather stripping and your cousco

[5:32] caulking no not a cool school caulking

[5:34] you're a red devil caulking your room

[5:37] will be a lot more soundproof than it

[5:39] was the amount of noise coming in will

[5:41] have been reduced will it cost you more

[5:43] than twenty dollars it actually doesn't

[5:45] have to if you just go with the caulking

[5:48] and the weather strip and then threw a

[5:51] blanket on the floor to stop the noise

[5:53] from bleeding in yeah you can soundproof

[5:55] the door for under 20 works a lot better

[5:57] than sticking these on the wall I can

[5:59] tell you that now after all that's done

[6:00] you can still go a step further and add

[6:02] something in front of the door to make

[6:04] it more soundproof to block some noise

[6:07] and also make the room sound better no

[6:09] it's not these it's a moving blanket or

[6:12] two moving blankets moving blankets are

[6:15] thicker they're heavier than regular

[6:17] blankets they're better than

[6:20] just using some curtains and they'll

[6:23] block noise and they'll make the room

[6:26] sound better how you hang the curtains

[6:28] also is is by using velcro what you do

[6:30] you just staple the velcro or you can

[6:33] actually sew it onto the moving blanket

[6:35] industrial velcro works a lot better

[6:38] because blankets are quite heavy you

[6:40] might be wondering well these blankets

[6:42] how much do they cost while moving

[6:44] blankets don't cost that much you can

[6:46] get two moving while you can get one

[6:47] moving blanket for 17 bucks but let's

[6:49] forget about that let's get two moving

[6:51] blankets for twenty dollars that's a lot

[6:53] cheaper than acoustic foam and you can

[6:56] actually use it for different things

[6:57] also the moving blankets will not only

[7:00] block some noise coming in through the

[7:02] door but will also make the room sound

[7:04] better it'll do what these things are

[7:07] meant to do you add those plush material

[7:10] on a flat hard surface it will absorb

[7:14] some sound waves it's not going to

[7:16] absorb enough sound waves to actually

[7:18] block a lot of the noise but it will

[7:20] make a little bit of a difference and it

[7:22] will not break the bank which is good

[7:25] and you can use it for other things

[7:26] that's it with the door let's move on if

[7:29] you're having troubles with the window

[7:31] the window is a little bit uh more of a

[7:34] challenge because to add stuff on the

[7:37] window to make it a lot more sound proof

[7:39] will cost you a lot of money changing

[7:42] the windows to really thin single pane

[7:44] windows to double or triple pane windows

[7:47] that's quite costly there are ways to

[7:49] reduce the amount of noise coming

[7:51] through the window by using the caulking

[7:53] that I was talking about in the door you

[7:55] can use that around the window frame

[7:57] around the window where the window meets

[7:59] the frame and those cracks will bleed

[8:02] noise in not a whole lot of noise but if

[8:05] you already have the caulking bring it

[8:07] over to the window also after that's

[8:09] done you can use the moving blankets

[8:11] block the window with removing blankets

[8:13] use the double sided velcro and that

[8:17] will work but you can also use blackout

[8:21] curtains now blackout curtains sound

[8:23] deadening curtains it's it's it's more

[8:26] yes it's more sound deadening curtains

[8:28] than sound proofing curtains but they

[8:30] will stop a little bit of the noise from

[8:32] coming in the thing is is try if you can

[8:35] just buy a single panel one single panel

[8:39] because one wide single panel will work

[8:43] better than two panels because you'll

[8:46] avoid getting that slice right in the

[8:48] middle making noise bleed into the room

[8:51] if you do that you will reduce a little

[8:53] bit of the noise coming in from outside

[8:55] it's not going to be huge I can't I'm

[8:57] not going to lie to you and tell you

[8:59] that you're going to reduce the Noise by

[9:01] 50 or 25 percent what it's going to do

[9:04] it's going to deaden especially road

[9:07] noise if you're dealing with a lot of

[9:09] road noise that those high pitched noise

[9:12] are going to be deaden a little bit now

[9:15] by deadening that noise it'll make the

[9:17] noise a lot less annoying but it might

[9:19] just be enough to make the room home

[9:20] peaceful enough for you so now the walls

[9:24] while the walls is a little bit more

[9:26] tricky because I am not going to sit

[9:29] here and tell you to add these on the

[9:32] wall adding Mass on the wall is what's

[9:34] going to soundproof your wall it's that

[9:37] simple you have to add Mass you have to

[9:39] add mass less sound waves are able to go

[9:42] through if you can do it yourself adding

[9:44] the drywall on the wall that has the

[9:47] most noise coming through then you will

[9:49] be a lot happier than adding some

[9:52] acoustic foam that I threw somewheres or

[9:54] some acoustic panels if you have to hire

[9:56] somebody it'll be more expensive now you

[9:59] can Elevate the amount of soundproofing

[10:01] by adding some Mass loaded vinyl a sheet

[10:04] of it in between the two layers of

[10:07] drywall now Mass loaded vinyl is a very

[10:09] dense very heavy but thin rubber that

[10:13] acts as a sound proofer and also as a

[10:16] sound deadener so it's not only going to

[10:18] block sound it's all also going to

[10:21] absorb noise or help absorb some of the

[10:24] noise the thing is with mass loaded

[10:26] vinyl it is quite expensive so so it's

[10:28] not the cheapest way to soundproof a

[10:30] wall it will cost you around 100 or more

[10:33] for the mass loaded vinyl because the

[10:36] more you need the more it's going to

[10:37] cost the thing is if you buy in bulk

[10:40] it's going to be cheaper however it

[10:43] comes in a roll the roll will just be

[10:45] bigger now Mass loaded vinyl will weigh

[10:48] about one pound to two pounds per square

[10:51] foot now keep that in mind now let's

[10:54] take a step back if you aren't willing

[10:56] to add some drywall if you can't afford

[10:58] or is unwilling to add some Mass loaded

[11:01] vinyl what else can you do to the wall

[11:03] to make it more soundproof electrical

[11:06] outlets now you would think that there's

[11:10] no noise coming through the Electoral

[11:11] Outlets let's just pretend here that you

[11:13] have a wall between rooms that is

[11:16] uninsulated no insulation in the walls

[11:18] because most walls between rooms are

[11:20] uninsulated and now most electrical

[11:22] outlets will be back to back a lot of

[11:25] them not all of them if you go right to

[11:28] the electrical outlet and you start

[11:30] talking and you have somebody else on

[11:32] the other side of the room at the

[11:33] electrical outlet and they can they have

[11:35] their ear right to it they'll hear you

[11:37] quite clearly because there's a hole in

[11:40] the wall and yes there is an electrical

[11:42] box but that electrical box is full of

[11:43] holes as well now the best product to

[11:45] use to soundproof electrical boxes of

[11:49] that type are putty pads now putty pads

[11:52] are great you just wrap it around the

[11:54] box it keeps it from bleeding noise and

[11:56] also it's fire safe it was actually

[11:58] developed to contain fire if a fire were

[12:02] to start inside the electrical outlet

[12:04] the wall needs to be open for you to do

[12:06] that now chances are are your wall is

[12:09] finished you can't get behind the

[12:11] electrical outlet box so what do you do

[12:13] can't use putty pads well let's go back

[12:16] to your red rooster caulking or no Red

[12:18] Devil Caulking and no this video is not

[12:21] sponsored by Red Devil caulking go get

[12:23] your Red Devil Caulking and remove your

[12:25] electrical box cover what you'll notice

[12:28] is most likely quite a big gap between

[12:31] the electrical box and the drywall now

[12:35] if the crack is too big for sealant then

[12:39] right there a lot of noise is coming in

[12:41] if you can't seal it with sealant

[12:43] because the crack is too big then use a

[12:45] product called backer rod it's cheap you

[12:47] just cut a piece and you wrap it around

[12:49] around electrical boxes and then you add

[12:52] your caulking around all the cracks to

[12:55] make sure it is all sealed put your face

[12:57] plate back on you might be surprised at

[13:01] how much noise has been reduced then

[13:03] that'll work even better if you can go

[13:05] on the other room and do that to all the

[13:07] outlet covers and light switches you

[13:09] will definitely notice more of a

[13:11] difference than just sticking an

[13:13] acoustic foam on the wall after all

[13:15] that's done let's talk about acoustic

[13:17] Foams and acoustic panels because a lot

[13:19] of videos out there that's all they

[13:21] recommend acoustic foam what that will

[13:23] do it'll make the room sound better

[13:25] it'll deaden the noise inside the rooms

[13:28] so it can appear that the room is a lot

[13:30] quieter and if you get rid of all the

[13:33] echoes in the room the noise that you're

[13:35] making within the room is not going to

[13:38] sound as loud on the other side of the

[13:42] room but if you want to soundproof your

[13:44] room to stop noise from the outside from

[13:47] coming in it's not really going to sound

[13:50] proof anything therefore deadening the

[13:52] sound and for making the room sound

[13:54] better but do you have to spend hundreds

[13:56] of dollars in acoustic panels or

[13:58] acoustic Foams to achieve that you

[14:00] actually don't have to do that you can

[14:03] do that with things that you already own

[14:04] another way to absorb the noise inside

[14:06] the room and not have to spend a lot of

[14:09] money doing so is do you have add your

[14:11] second moving blanket on the wall now

[14:14] that's not going to soundproof the wall

[14:16] that's not going to stop noise from

[14:17] coming through it's only going to make

[14:19] the room sound better and it is a lot

[14:22] cheaper but uglier than adding some

[14:24] acoustic on the wall alright so that's

[14:26] it what do you think do you think these

[14:28] tips are achievable but if you found

[14:30] value in this video I usually don't ask

[14:32] this but leave a like because hopefully

[14:35] the algorithm will push this video above

[14:38] the videos that are giving you bad

[14:41] information and those videos are getting

[14:43] a lot of views and is making a lot of

[14:45] people buy a lot of products spending

[14:47] their hard earned money on things that

[14:48] are just going to disappoint them so by

[14:52] trying to boost this video click like

[14:55] leave a comment just just say anything

[14:57] if you don't really have a question you

[14:59] can just say things I really appreciate

[15:01] the time put into it thank you very much

[15:03] for watching until next time

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