Basement Reno - is Roxul enough?
Hi,
We're renovating our basement and we want to dampen the sound coming up from the basement to the main floor (i.e., rec room is below a bedroom). We don't need it to be completely soundproof, but would like to be able to sleep if the teenage kids are watching a movie downstairs late at night. From reading the other posts, it sounds like the recommendation is Roxul, resilient channels, 5/8" drywall. Someone mentioned that just adding the Roxul made a big difference - will we need the resilient channels in addition to the Roxul insulation?
Since the renovation company is already dry walling the ceiling as part of the project, approximately how much will it cost extra to do the Roxul and resilient channels? The rec room area is about 500sq ft. In terms of materials, I'm guessing approximately $500 for the Roxul (going off of Home Depot's product info saying each bag will cover 60sq ft.)? But I don't know enough about construction to know how many resilient channels we would need. And is it worth it to ask them to switch over from the 1/2" drywall (they're already providing) to the 5/8"?
Lastly, if they're already putting up the drywall on the ceiling, will putting in the insulation and resilient channels be a big addition to the cost to labour (compared to if they just finished the basement without the sound dampening)? Is the process a lot of intensive (or require special subcontracting), compared to just putting up the drywall?
Thanks!
We're renovating our basement and we want to dampen the sound coming up from the basement to the main floor (i.e., rec room is below a bedroom). We don't need it to be completely soundproof, but would like to be able to sleep if the teenage kids are watching a movie downstairs late at night. From reading the other posts, it sounds like the recommendation is Roxul, resilient channels, 5/8" drywall. Someone mentioned that just adding the Roxul made a big difference - will we need the resilient channels in addition to the Roxul insulation?
Since the renovation company is already dry walling the ceiling as part of the project, approximately how much will it cost extra to do the Roxul and resilient channels? The rec room area is about 500sq ft. In terms of materials, I'm guessing approximately $500 for the Roxul (going off of Home Depot's product info saying each bag will cover 60sq ft.)? But I don't know enough about construction to know how many resilient channels we would need. And is it worth it to ask them to switch over from the 1/2" drywall (they're already providing) to the 5/8"?
Lastly, if they're already putting up the drywall on the ceiling, will putting in the insulation and resilient channels be a big addition to the cost to labour (compared to if they just finished the basement without the sound dampening)? Is the process a lot of intensive (or require special subcontracting), compared to just putting up the drywall?
Thanks!