Wouldn’t it be nice if you could soundproof your laundry room? I know how frustrating it is when you hear the washing machine or dryer all the way from the laundry room.
It can make it hard to sleep at night, and it can also make it hard to watch television, or carry on a conversation with your friend or family member.
I can tell you this, nothing drives me more crazy than hearing a loud washing machine or dryer, especially when they go off.
When some of the washer and dryers go off, they make this real loud noise that can perhaps startle you, or even give you a heart attack.
In this post, I’m going to help you fix that problem, and help you to soundproof your laundry room.I know this may be confusing at first, but just like in my other posts, I’m going to provide a step by step formula for soundproofing your laundry room.
I’m also going to show you how you can soundproof your laundry room yourself, and very inexpensively.
If you hire a professional to soundproof your laundry room, it can end up costing you thousands of dollars.
However, if you soundproof your laundry room yourself, you can soundproof your laundry room for under two hundred dollars!
You may be able to get it under a hundred dollars if you’re really creative.
If you’re looking to soundproof your laundry room yourself, here is the step by step formula for how to do it correctly.
Now, please note that you will end up making small mistakes along the way, but the good news is you learn from your mistakes, and they make you smarter.
Hiring someone else can save you a lot of time, but doing it yourself can save you a lot of money.
Which would you rather save; time or money? I don’t know what your answer is but I’d rather save money.
Okay, so you know what the better option is, and that is of course doing it yourself. Here is the step by step formula for soundproofing a laundry room.
Step 1: Inspect the laundry room
Before you soundproof your laundry room, it is very important to inspect your laundry room first.
Like I said in my other posts, you must inspect the room before soundproofing, or else you’ll risk running into problems.
You don’t want to end up running into problems right in the middle of your soundproofing project.Make sure to inspect the room for any holes in the ceiling, walls, or door.
You also want to inspect the washer and dryer as well, since you will be decreasing the noise of both of them as part of soundproofing the laundry room.
Step 2: Seal Any holes you may find in the walls, ceilings, and doors
After you inspect everything in the laundry room and happen to find any holes in the walls or ceilings, you can now seal the holes, or fill then with insulation or you can cover them up with drywall.
I recommend covering up the holes with drywall because it will make it look more real, and nicer.
Filling the holes in with insulation will make it look ugly, and you may be fine with doing that. It is very rare for guest to look at your laundry room, so you may be okay with filling the holes in with insulation.
I personally recommend drywall anyway, because it will keep the sound out even better.
You want to do as good of a job as possible when soundproofing your laundry room, so that way you won’t have to hear that loud washer and dryer anymore.
Still hearing the washer and dryer a little bit can still be frustrating, because you put in all that wok and you still hear it, so make sure to do the job right so you won’t hear the washer and dryer anymore.
After you have filled in all of the holes in your walls, ceilings, and doors, you can now move onto step three, which is sealing the door with weather stripping.
Step 3: Seal the door with weather stripping
After you fill any holes in the walls, ceilings, and doors, you can now seal the inside of your door with weather stripping.
If you’ve read my other posts, I mentioned weather stripping in some of them.
I just think it’s so effective to soundproof a room, but I don’t recommend you do just this since it won’t eliminate the sound completely.
Make sure you follow every single step in this post.
My goal for this blog is to help you soundproof your home completely, so you can turn your home into a peaceful heaven after your finished soundproofing.
To get the most out of this post, make sure to follow the steps.
The next step is to install a door sweep at the bottom of your door.
Step 4: Install a door sweep at the bottom of your door
After you have sealed the door with weather stripping, you can now install a door sweep at the bottom of your door.
This will keep the sound out even more, and it may even eliminate the sound completely.
I also mentioned this a few times in my other posts, because again, I believe it’s so effective.
In the next step though, I’m going to show you how to decrease the noise of both your washer and dryer.
Once you complete all of these steps, there’s going to be a big difference in sound coming from your laundry room.
Step 5: Decrease the noise of the washer and dryer, or purchase new ones
Now, the time has finally came to decrease the noise of your washer and dryer.
You see, it is possible to decrease the noise of your washer and dryer.
You can either do what I’m going to show you, or you may just want to purchase a new washer and dryer.
You can buy them on sites like amazon, Lowes, or Home Depot.
If you want to decrease the noise of your existing washer and dryer, you can do it by placing anti-vibration pads at the bottom of the washer.
These pads are supper cheap to get, or you can buy them on amazon for super cheap.
Make sure the pads are underneath the feet of the washer and dryer, because that’s what will help decrease the noise.
Step 6: Continue to monitor the sound of the laundry room
After you’ve done all of the above, continue to monitor the sound the laundry room. If you can still hear the sound coming from the laundry room, there’s a good chance that you didn’t do something right.
However, if you’ve followed the directions in this post, then there’s a really good chance that you won’t hear much out of your laundry room.
It’s normal to hear a little bit, but you will see a big difference in sound after doing everything I told you to do in this post.
Still monitor the sound once in a while, because that will keep you updated on the results of your work.
After some time, you won’t need to monitor the sound anymore. You may not even notice the sound coming out of the laundry room after a while.
You may end up forgetting you have clothes in the wash or dryer, simply because you can’t hear it. However, you can always set a timer to remind you that there’s clothes in the laundry.
Conclusion
Soundproofing a laundry room can be difficult, but if you follow the steps in this post, it is almost guarantee that you will cut out the sound completely.
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