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soundproofing an exercise bike don 11-09-2007
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Posted by don on November 9, 2007, 4:53 pm
My downstairs neighbor is complaining about hearing my exercise bike. So I
was wondering if putting it up on its own mini platform of 2x4's with a
sheet of plywood and a layer of gym mat rubber would stop the floor
vibration which is what I think is bothering him.



Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 9, 2007, 5:32 pm

> My downstairs neighbor is complaining about hearing my exercise bike. So I
> was wondering if putting it up on its own mini platform of 2x4's with a
> sheet of plywood and a layer of gym mat rubber would stop the floor
> vibration which is what I think is bothering him.

Sound is usually transmitted in two ways through buildings: airborne and
structure-born. Your approach would try to address one of these. Putting the
bike on something mushy will reduce structure-born noise, but will have
minimal effect on the airborne noise, if there is any.

Lining the bike-room walls with mushy stuff, will reduce the airborne
noise, as will sealing any gaps or holes in the assemblies between your
units. (Door gaps, cracks where walls meet floors in wood frame buildings,
air/exhaust ducts, etc.)

Sound isolation is an art, and you might commit to trying various strategies
until you get an adequate effect. I think I'd skip the 2x4s. I'd try
multiple layers of different density.
--


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 9, 2007, 7:37 pm
> My downstairs neighbor is complaining about hearing my exercise bike. So I
> was wondering if putting it up on its own mini platform of 2x4's with a
> sheet of plywood and a layer of gym mat rubber would stop the floor
> vibration which is what I think is bothering him.

My wife has an exercise bike in a prewar apartment in NYC and in an
old wood frame house.
She uses rubber mats she bought from the dealer and they seem to work.
I think vibration through the building structure is the major issue.
T


Posted by don on November 10, 2007, 7:18 pm

> My wife has an exercise bike in a prewar apartment in NYC and in an
> old wood frame house.
> She uses rubber mats she bought from the dealer and they seem to work.
> I think vibration through the building structure is the major issue.
> T

ok thanks, the bike itself is not that noisy, your right it is just the
vibration through the floor



Posted by Warm Worm on November 10, 2007, 4:43 pm
Don wrote:
>> My downstairs neighbor is complaining about hearing my exercise bike. So I
>> was wondering if putting it up on its own mini platform of 2x4's with a
>> sheet of plywood and a layer of gym mat rubber would stop the floor
>> vibration which is what I think is bothering him.
>
> 1) Flip it upside down and hang it from the ceiling, then call it a gravity
> bike.
> 2) Tell the neighbor you're having sex with his wife.
> 3) Move to China.
> 4) Paint your windows black and never answer the door or phone.
> 5) Put a *WARNING - Leprosy Victim* sign on your door.
> 6) Leave the end flap from a box of Black Talon ammo protrude from under
> your front door.
> 7) Call the cops and tell them your neighbor (the one thats complaining) is
> playing LOUD music.
> 8) Connect the stove wire to your front door.
> 9) Get another exercise bike, face it in the opposite direction, and have a
> friend ride it while you're riding yours to cancel out the noise.
> 10) Go get a real bike and get your pear shaped ass outside and do some real
> exercise.
>

Turnip-shaped! ;D

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