Ways to Insulate Your Ceiling For Sound

For individuals attempting to reduce noise or sound in a space, the first places usually treated are the walls. But in multiple-story residences, offices or large rooms, you may want to look up as well, and consider acoustical ceiling treatment.

Ceilings are often forgotten spaces when it comes to sound treatment, but when you have multiple floors in a building, sound can travel up just as easily as out. They can also be thought of as a lid on a room, containing all the sound made. In places like offices, this can create noise and distractions that hurt the bottom line. In a classroom or auditorium, just a few people talking can combine to make hearing lessons or information difficult for others in the room. For these reasons, insulating sound in a ceiling is very important. Luckily there are many ways to do this, with foam products being some of the most affordable and easiest to implement.

Foam material takes on many forms that can be used to treat sound. Acoustical ceiling tiles are a great basement foam solution for clarifying sound and reducing bouncing waves if you have a drop ceiling setup. These can also be implemented in offices or classrooms to cut down on noise and increase productivity and focus. The background noise of coworkers’ phone calls will be reduced in offices, and in schools, teachers and professors can be heard more clearly, even to the back of the room. Acoustical drop ceiling tiles are great additions to home studios as well.

Foam can be factored into the construction of rooms as well, with thicker closed-cell foam sheets added between floors for a sound isolation barrier. Some varieties, like polystyrene (also known as EPS), add insulation characteristics to the home, not only keeping your space quieter, but more comfortable as well.

If you have sound problems and have looked all over for a solution, perhaps the problem was hanging over your head all the time!