York Soundproofing

Yorkshire soundproofing covers all aspects of soundproofing and sound absorption in York and surrounding areas. Soundproofing in York is becoming more common with flat conversions, terrace houses and semi-detached properties. We can also carry out garden room soundproofing in York to protect your neighbours.

York Wall Soundproofing

The best soundproofing system for properties in York is usually our 74mm sound isolation clip system as it can achieve the performance of an independent stud system at 120mm+ but doesn’t lose the space from the room. Soundproofing a wall in York can have its difficulties due to the age of some of the buildings. None of the walls, floors or ceilings are straight in these older properties but we still make sure we get an airtight seal against the adjacent surfaces to maximise the sound reduction around York,

York floor Soundproofing

Reducing sound from transferring through a floor in York can be done in a number of ways. We can add soundproof matting on top of the floor to reduce footsteps going down and/or airborne sounds from travelling through the floor either way. Again, when soundproofing a floor in York, the joists are likely to be uneven, we could either fix these joists and keep to the current shape of the room or level joists in the room to fit a fully floating floor. York floor soundproofing will also commonly fit acoustic mineral wool between the joists where possible to achieve the best floor soundproofing. If you want to keep the original floorboard then we will need to look at the fixing method of the boards that are in place. If the floorboards can be removed, we can float a new floor within the room and reuse the old floorboards to keep the original floorboards. If these boards are not reusable then they will need to be replaced or just sealed in place.

York Ceiling Soundproofing

Soundproofing ceilings in York can be achieved to a high standard without losing too much ceiling height. Our slim line systems range from 15mm- 80mm and we can offer fully independent ceiling soundproofing in York if you need the very highest sound reduction but you will likely lose 150-300mm depending on the size of your room. A larger room would need a thicker timber frame to hold the weight of the acoustic plasterboards, soundproof membrane and mineral wool. The size of the room does not make a difference when soundproofing a ceiling in York as the isolation clips are fixed directly to the ceiling joists causing minimal height loss.

York Sound Absorption

Yorkshire soundproofing supply and fit absorption materials in York to reduce echo within the home and commercial offices as well as a range of other spaces. Home offices and garden rooms can have issues with echo as people commonly have laminate, wood or tiles flooring which will reflect the sound. We have also found more people working from home since the pandemic and carrying out conference calls which can be an issue if people have echoey spaces. This causes poor speech intelligibility with information being lost in the communications. A rough guide for absorbing sound within a room is to install Class A absorption materials on the walls and ceiling. If the room is 4 x 5m then you will look to use 10m2 of the class A absorption materials to reduce the RT60 (reverbaration time) to approx. 1s. This will give you clear speech intelligibility within your room. For more information on sound absorption in York contact us!

York Office Soundproofing

The 2 main issues with York office soundproofing are improving the sound quality within a meeting room and reducing sound from travelling around an open-plan office. Both issues require sound absorption treatment but the way it is installed may be different. When you need to be able to see across a room but need to disrupt the sound transfer then you can use soundproofing screens with designs cut from them. This can be an effective way to reduce sound transfer and reverberation within the room without blocking the line of sight. Other things that can be used are wall panels, rafts and baffles within a room to diffract and absorb the sound which will reduce the Lombard effect. We can also reduce the sound transfer between offices, shops and apartments within York.

York Studio Soundproofing

Soundproofing a studio in York is becoming more common with people building garden rooms for music studios, home offices, gyms, home cinemas and games rooms. These studios often have large glass fronts which can be a weak point when soundproofing but they can also make the space very echoey. There are a range of options available for sound absorption and also a range of options available for reducing the sound from leaving the room. Music rooms will usually need both soundproofing and sound absorption and we can help with both. If you would like helps with designing your room then contact us and we can answer any of your questions.