so what we're going to do is we're going to show you how to use SONOpan
yeah i don't hear a thing you
i don't know if you can tell but our clients are saying that's a little too noisy in this room
so what we're going to do is we're going to show you how to use sonopan to retrofit this existing
plaster and lab wall and make it a little more sound resistant
so these are our sonopan panels this is made by this is made from
recycled wood so what we're going to do is we're going to put these guys
on this wall we're going to fasten them to the studs using drywall screws and we're going to
use this acoustical sealant around the edges to make sure that all the seams are tight and
soundproof so this sauna pan is going to take care of this wall then we'll be going up in the attic
later doing some proofing up there but in order for this wall to be soundproof we're going to do
some pan then we're going to attach resilient channels horizontally and then the drywall is
going to go on top of that and then it should make a huge dent in the noise in this room we'll see
we've seen a lot of people cut this with a circular saw or just with a knife which
can be a little difficult circular saw is a little bit messy we like to use a drywall
cut out tool just put a vacuum attachment to it you can extend these a little bit longer
so they go through it no problem but watch this it's no dust at all it's a breeze to do
as you can see we have the summer paint on the wall now would you shut up
that mic quiet so we've got the sauna pan on the wall now as you can see we've run an acoustical
sealant in between but you don't have to do that on tight butt joints but we just did it to be
extra safe now we're ready for our resilient channels we're going to run those horizontally
and then we're going to hang our drywall on that and then this baby will be sound proof
of course
okay so now that our resilient channels are installed these are 24 inches apart
six at the top and two at the bottom that's pretty standard for wall now we're going to
add our 5 8 drywall on top of this to get that last layer of sound proofing see it
what happened here oh someone wrote some graffiti and we're we're not about that
so we had some mineral spirits and we just we got rid of that
now your travels fastened to the channels which are fastened into the sauna pan we
should pass it to the side and now blue nothing it's like i'm the only one in here what's that
don't look dad that's that's uh it's a piece of art it's modern art yeah beauty is
drywall's up this baby's soundproof now this guy's ready for tape and
mud and then paint and it's a normal wall except yeah i don't think you it's working
you