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Brooklyn Insulation and Soundproofing provides high-quality soundproofing, acoustical treatments and

12/02/2025

Check out our website for your Soundproofing needs.

Discover how commercial soundproof wall panels and techniques can improve privacy and noise control in Brooklyn's shared spaces. Learn more today!

08/23/2024

New project day in Park Slope.

07/01/2024

DICE reached back out to us to install more acoustic panels in their office at 10 Grand in Brooklyn.

04/22/2024

It's articles like this that provide people with bad advice. If you're looking to soundproof a ceiling you need to start from scratch. That means removing the bad ceiling all the way back to a solid structure. Most of the time for ceilings you're looking at reducing the impact noises you hear from footfall. To do that you can't just caulk and seal cracks or put acoustic panels on the ceiling. They talked about STC and NRC ratings but the real rating you're looking to reduce is the IIC which is the impact isolation class. For this you need to do everything that was suggested the only thing I would change is for decoupling you need to do it with a clip or a spring. You cannot use channels they do not provide the flexibility and rigidity to work properly on a ceiling.

So moral of this is if you really want to soundproof your space contact a professional that does this on a regular basis.

6 expert-approved methods to reduce noise from above

08/24/2023

Before, during and after photos of a ceiling soundproofing project in NYC .

The client is extremely happy with the final results in both appearance and soundproofing ability.

06/07/2023

We are glad to be a part of this amazing project in the West Village. This client is combining two townhomes into one large single family home.

06/07/2023

Completed soundproofing project in Brooklyn. Client is extremely happy with the final results.

05/30/2023

Acoustical project for a client in Brooklyn.

05/10/2023

Office soundproofing and acoustical work. Our client just moved in and found out the contractor they hired cut a bunch of corners so they reached out to us to help.

04/26/2023

We have had a massive influx of clients that have concrete ceilings and floors and are able to hear their upstairs neighbor. Our client on the UWS wanted us to soundproof their walls and ceiling for their baby that is on the way.

04/24/2023

Reach out to us for your office acoustical and door seal needs.

02/15/2023

New ceiling soundproof project in Brooklyn Heights.

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Soundproofing vs Sound Absorption

When it comes to new office spaces with solid clean lines and all glass offices and conference rooms while it looks great overall they do not function well. We at Brooklyn Insulation & Soundproofing(BIS) receive hundreds of inquiries a year from customers that are looking to cut down the echo in the space and not so much cut down what will bleed out from the space. Now is there a difference between how you treat these two issues. Yes of course there is. Why is that? Lets think about this for a second there are similarities between sound waves and water. Water sits in its vessel until it is reacted upon. It has no shape or form and can be moved with outside forces. If you throw a rock in a pond the waves ripple outwards these waves just like sound can be muted or completely stopped. If you stop a wave it will bounce off the object back towards itself which creates "echo". You would also mute the wave so it does not bounce back into the space but gets absorbed like if the wave just washed away on shore. So what is the difference between soundproofing and sound absorption lets walk you through this.

Soundproofing And Sound Absorption: The Only Difference

There is a different way to approach if you need to keep the sound in your space versus if you need to help the acoustics or how the room sounds internally. For this one needs to understand the difference between both problems and their solutions. How to you keep sound from bleeding into adjacent spaces vs how do I keep people on my conference calls from hearing an echo in my space. The difference between these is one you have to block the sound and the other you have to absorb the sound. Now you are thinking well if I absorb the sound isn't that soundproofing as well... not necessarily. We will explain why later.

What Is Soundproofing?

Soundproofing involves several factors that have to be used in conjunction to one another to work at its best to prevent noise from either entering or escaping the space. You need to do 4 things correctly to get a proper soundproofed space. These 4 items are as follows decouple, absorb, add mass and dampen. The materials used for soundproofing when done properly help the sound from entering or leaving the room, makes sense right. Well again, if you had the best materials but the worst installers that had no clue what they were doing in such a technically challenging solution you would end up with no gain in the long run. So watch out for something that might be too good to be true because sometimes it turns out to be that way in the long run. Now that your space is soundproofed you might experience more bounce back or echo than before so you would need to soften the space. For this you could bring back in all your furniture and add some rugs or curtains if you are a residential client.

What Is Sound Absorption?

So sound absorption we are looking to reduce the echo into the space. So for this products are designed to be soft, light, and full of voids and air gaps. The goal is to soften up the surface within the room from glass and concrete to something with less solid, and reduce the echo in that space internally. The room is now pleasing to be in and more inviting but your calls can still bleed into neighboring spaces but at a lower level at times.

Summary Soundproofing Vs Sound Absorption?

While the sound is being absorbed it is not close to being soundproofed because its just like adding a sponge to a wall or ceiling. The vibrations are still happening in the room which are in turn are shaking the other end of the glass or wall. These vibrations are just like a drum you hit one end the other end shakes but if you put a pillow in a drum it does dampen the sound but there is still sound transmission. You did something to minimize the vibration but not to the level of having a soundproofed room. So controlling noise through absorption is a great way to cut down the echo inside the space. In an office setting people end up going this route since sound absorption is less invasive which means a quicker turn around time on getting their room back into a working and usable order. This might be the case as well if you were originally looking to soundproof your office but couldn't afford the higher cost to retrofit the space for that need.

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Soundproofing And Sound Absorption: The Only Difference

What Is Soundproofing?

What Is Sound Absorption?

Summary Soundproofing Vs Sound Absorption?