rick15752
New Member
Hi,
I'm remodeling the bathrooms in my 2 story home. Two bathrooms are directly above the 1st floor bathroom. Now that the drywall is down, I'd like to add some rock wool insulation, Roxul R15, in the ceiling of the lower bathroom. This is not so much for thermal benefit as it is for sound deadening between the bathrooms. I'd like to soften the noise. I know I can't sound proof it completely without tremendous effort and expense. So, softening the noise is all I want. Roxul makes Safe n Sound, but that would be more than I want to spend. The R15 comfort batt seems to muffle the noise in the other parts of the home.
The 1st floor bathroom ceiling is 7' high due to all the overhead plumbing. The original builder constructed a 2 x 4 frame 7' x 5' to hold the ceiling board. I plan to use 1/2" ceiling board (no sag type).
Does anyone see any problem with this application? Would adding the insualtion be a mistake should there be a leak from above?
Thanks.
I'm remodeling the bathrooms in my 2 story home. Two bathrooms are directly above the 1st floor bathroom. Now that the drywall is down, I'd like to add some rock wool insulation, Roxul R15, in the ceiling of the lower bathroom. This is not so much for thermal benefit as it is for sound deadening between the bathrooms. I'd like to soften the noise. I know I can't sound proof it completely without tremendous effort and expense. So, softening the noise is all I want. Roxul makes Safe n Sound, but that would be more than I want to spend. The R15 comfort batt seems to muffle the noise in the other parts of the home.
The 1st floor bathroom ceiling is 7' high due to all the overhead plumbing. The original builder constructed a 2 x 4 frame 7' x 5' to hold the ceiling board. I plan to use 1/2" ceiling board (no sag type).
Does anyone see any problem with this application? Would adding the insualtion be a mistake should there be a leak from above?
Thanks.