The importance of sound control in single family residences is changing. Homes are increasingly serving as offices, exercise rooms and theaters resulting in a greater need for quiet spaces and privacy. This has resulted in an increased need for sound isolation in the home.
There are several ways to improve sound isolation in the home including mass, absorption, decoupling and damping. Little, if any, sound isolation testing has been done to evaluate how these various sound control options perform. PABCO Gypsum executed an extensive research study to quantify this information for the benefit of residential building construction professionals.