From: Joe Flake <flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com>
>In ascii art (looking from the top)
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>==================== sheetrock
>| | | | | inner 2x4s
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> | | | | | outer 2x4s
>==================== sheetrock
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>Stuff it with fiberglass if you like, but I don't think it does
>much good for sound (not dense enough).
On the PBS show HOMETIME, they showed this being done on the between-units
walls of a row of townhouses. They did use fiberglass insulation, and told
us this is a common and effective sound barrier.
BTW, the townhouses are being built by Habitat For Humanity, and are about a
quarter-mile from my house.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
Lotus Europa, VW Quantum Syncro, Chev Suburban
LOON, TCVWC, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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