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How to sound proof your home

Sound proofing is a very important aspect when it comes to the keeping noise at bay. When one lives besides noisy areas like airports, or function halls, highways, etc, there can be a high degree of noise in the background. This noise affects the day to day living for an individual, and hence it is important for them to ensure their home or property is as quiet as possible.

Understanding Sound
Before one goes ahead doing soundproofing, one needs to understand some basic things about sound. Sound is made up of certain low frequency waves which are quite like radio waves. These waves tend to keep travelling in all directions of space until and unless they meet some form of opposition in the form of a wall or a sofa. Sound waves also have a tendency of bouncing off these surfaces which offer resistance creating some form of reverberation in the room. In order to avoid the sound to travel, you can do the following-