[skinslapper]

What problems have any of you faced? How have you overcome them?

I used to live out of town miles away from any neighbours. My parents had a large, brick shed that I stole some room from and began my life as a noisey little barstad.

Those days are gone. I got married, moved into suburbia and now I share a fence with 4 other rate payers.

My house has a detached room out the back which I have decked out with industrial refridgerator panels and a ton of silicon (caulk), but I still have one neighbour who can't take the thumping of my band.

I have included the plans of my room to show you what I've done. From here I will be erecting a layer of "Hardifence" (corugated fibre cement) a foot out from the outer wall. From there I can raise the fence between our houses (it's currently only 4 foot high) after that it gets expensive, and I've been told putting a layer of sheet rock on the inside will help.

Drummers unite and fill me with your wisdom!!

[michaelpops]

Wow, thats some crazy soundproofing! Did you do that all by yourself??

[skinslapper]

I had some hired muscle a few times but yeah. It was pretty simple just took a long time.

[gyutae]

A layer of sheet rock... wow, that's pretty intense soundproofing. Let us know how that goes!

Is that you and your band in the house in that picture?

[skinslapper]

Thats my band on stage. We're called At Fault and you can check out some dodgey recordings of us at myspace.com/atfault.

Sheet rock, or gyprock as we call it over here, is a standard wall covering that goes for about $20AU per 1.2x2.4 m. I need to get this sorted so we can make some better recordings. You'll see why from the website.

[gyutae]

Is it just really echoey?

[skinslapper]

The sound inside the room is quite intense as it is a small room, but I will rectify this with some dappening (old blankets) when I get the time.

Right now I need to a solid barrier between my noise and one particular neighbour.