Planning to install acoustic panels on one short wall in our basement gym where a cable machine will also be installed. How would you do it and what considerations would you keep in mind? As seen in the wall photo, there are already holes from a shelf system I've taken down.
1. Would you use studs or not?
If yes, can I use wood studs in the basement (it has been drained and the wall painted about 7 years ago)? Gullringshus from the '70s.
2. How would you attach/install the cable machine (about 14 cm deep), anchor it first and panel around? Panel the entire wall and cable machine on top? (4 anchor points in wall/stud). Any other way?
1. Would you use studs or not?
If yes, can I use wood studs in the basement (it has been drained and the wall painted about 7 years ago)? Gullringshus from the '70s.
2. How would you attach/install the cable machine (about 14 cm deep), anchor it first and panel around? Panel the entire wall and cable machine on top? (4 anchor points in wall/stud). Any other way?
Is it concrete?
Addition:
The picture you posted looks like a panel to me, I'm not sure what's acoustic about it? It's probably the black mat behind it and the gap that's the key, right? There doesn't seem to be much of a gap there...
Unclear how such a black mat fares in the basement either...
Addition:
The picture you posted looks like a panel to me, I'm not sure what's acoustic about it? It's probably the black mat behind it and the gap that's the key, right? There doesn't seem to be much of a gap there...
Unclear how such a black mat fares in the basement either...
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I would not put acoustic panels on a gym wall. In the case of an elevator, it is very easy for a handle to go against it and then you have a mark. If you're really lucky with a long handle, you'll get marks on both sides
Then someone places a weight plate against the wall or hits it when moving a bench, etc.
Then someone places a weight plate against the wall or hits it when moving a bench, etc.
Want to create a hotel gym feel. Foil-covered walnut acoustic panel is rock hard and easy to clean. We don't rest weights against the wall, but today's white-painted wall picks up marks more easily and is harder to clean. According to GPT, neither spacers nor pressure-treated studs are needed. I might go with pressure-treated just because. (FTX is also in the house)Z z_bumbi said:
All builders, how would you mount the cable machine? Cleanest or simplest, or ideally both?! 😆
If you want help, you have to answer the questions you're asked. You don't use pressure-treated [trykimpregnerat] indoors...
No acoustic panel I've dealt with has been particularly resistant to anything. It's MDF with a thin layer of veneer.
Mounting on the wall depends on how the brackets look and how the elevator is constructed. Concrete propagates sound throughout the wall, and then it depends on how much the elevator makes noise and/or if the sound is acceptable.
The hotel gyms I've visited haven't really been something I've tried to emulate, but generally effective soundproofing, logical storage, and logical flows. Light colors are also good.
Mounting on the wall depends on how the brackets look and how the elevator is constructed. Concrete propagates sound throughout the wall, and then it depends on how much the elevator makes noise and/or if the sound is acceptable.
The hotel gyms I've visited haven't really been something I've tried to emulate, but generally effective soundproofing, logical storage, and logical flows. Light colors are also good.