40 kg/m3 and 70kg/m3 rockwool for floating floor

How thick should my walls be, should I float my floors (and if so, how), why is two leaf mass-air-mass design important, etc.

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hugo_inside wrote:What are the posible solutions??

1.- Take out the top of the floors and fill it with sand?
2.- Cover all the wall with absorvers?
3.- Take out the floor , and leave concrete floor?
Hugo,

item 2 won't solve your problem.

Item 1 WILL solve your problem and is the least expensive solution.

Item 2 will ALSO solve you problem (within the room) but item 1 will leave you with slightly better sound isolation.

You have to make certain though that your sand is bone dry - you tamp it well to make certain it's perfectly packed - and that you do not have any air space between the bottom of the plywood deck and the sand.

You want full contact between the 2.

Rod
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