My first DIY "Acoustic Panels"

[David Gaudreau]

Look what I built today. WooooHooooo I can believe how good these work. I tried the yell at the wall test before and after and I have to say WOW. Its like it just sucks in the noise! I cant wait to do all the walls and I'm going to try and do most of the ceiling as well. I noticed that when I stand in the center of the room and clap really hard, I can hear a slight Twang after the clap, So I know this room needs treatments. These panels are full size 24" x 48" 4" deep. I covered them in a Dark chocolate stretchy grill cloth. I love they way they look!

 

[David Gaudreau]

And here are the rest.

 

[David Gaudreau]

And here they are on the back wall of the theater.

 

[David Gaudreau]

Oh yeah and FYI, The wife came in the theater and "Oh ....those look nice" So they passed the Wife test.

 

[Rogozhin]

I am going to make some like yours, they look better than the ones I made today!





Here are mine prior to mounting:

 

[skers_54]

My project for the next week is to also build some room treatments. I got some 3" leftover rockwool from a local place for dirt cheap. I've just been using the bare insulation for experimentation and I already notice a huge improvement. What type of fabric did you use?

Great looking theater by the way!

 

[manlystanley]

Look what I built today. WooooHooooo I can believe how good these work. I tried the yell at the wall test before and after and I have to say WOW. Its like it just sucks in the noise! I cant wait to do all the walls and I'm going to try and do most of the ceiling as well. I noticed that when I stand in the center of the room and clap really hard, I can hear a slight Twang after the clap, So I know this room needs treatments. These panels are full size 24" x 48" 4" deep. I covered them in a Dark chocolate stretchy grill cloth. I love they way they look!

Great information. Your panels and movie room look sweet!!

Best Regards,
Stan

 

[David Gaudreau]

My project for the next week is to also build some room treatments. I got some 3" leftover rockwool from a local place for dirt cheap. I've just been using the bare insulation for experimentation and I already notice a huge improvement. What type of fabric did you use?

Great looking theater by the way!

Thanks!! For the fabric I used grill cloth. I got it at Walmart in the fabric section. It was $1.97 a yard. It's nice and stretchy and as you can see from that photo it's really sheer.

 

[David Gaudreau]

I am going to make some like yours, they look better than the ones I made today!





Here are mine prior to mounting:

Those look great, Where are you going to hang them?

 

[David Gaudreau]

How much of my ceiling should I cover in panels?

 

[krzywica]

Great work Dave.....makes me wanna get off my keester and treat my room already!

If you don't mind my asking what type/grade is that Roxul, where did you order it from and how much did it cost?

 

[skers_54]

How much of my ceiling should I cover in panels?

I'd start with the first reflection points for the front and back rows and go from there. You would normally use a mirror to find those, but it may be tough to do on the ceiling.

I can't see from the pictures if you've trapped the corners, but that's a great spot for treatments too.

 

[yepimonfire]

nice looking panels

 

[David Gaudreau]

Well I got back out in the garage and built two more panels the same size as the first two. I placed these on the rear side walls. I turned them sideways so as to cover most of the coves. So I now have 4 total so far.

 

[Jack Hammer]

That truly looks great. Excellent job on the panels and HT.

 

[just-some-guy]

indeed. i would love to hear/see that room

i could really use that brown color/pattern on the walls.
how does that do with the light from the screen ?

 

[David Gaudreau]

Are you talking about the paint on the walls?

 

[just-some-guy]

yeah. i am assuming its paint.

 

[krzywica]

Great work Dave.....makes me wanna get off my keester and treat my room already!

If you don't mind my asking what type/grade is that Roxul, where did you order it from and how much did it cost?

Any info you can provide?

 

[David Gaudreau]

Any info you can provide?

Ill get you the info, Let me find my invoice. Off the top of my head think they were 48.00 each pack of 7 size is 24"x48"