Using Rockwool for insulation and sound attenuation
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Published 2023-03-29
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Site Visit walkthrough high-end new construction, renovation, and remodeling projects. Looking at siga architectural details, building products, framing, electrical, plumbing, staircase, Rockwool, modern design, door hardware, sealing, repair, fix, replace, subtle details, modern staircase, mechanicals, and finish details. Wigluv NS Builders shares building and project management insight while showing the step-by-step progress of ongoing jobs. Site Visit is hosted by Nick Schiffer owner of NS Builders. Waterproofing your basement?
Building products, cabinet tips, new building secrets, and framing become architectural details. New construction and renovation, rockwool ideas start and finish with building and running successful builds.
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All Comments (21)
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Nick's favourite phrase "intentional install", I like it.
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Kudos to you for not using any background music over your narration. You're getting a sub from me just because of that; it so nice to listen to information without annoying music. Let's face it, music belongs in a dance video or a music video, not an narration video.
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Contractor who was working on my bathroom remodel just tore the Rockwool up into small pieces and stuffed it in haphazardly. This was after I had already done half of the job myself, properly, cutting and fitting each piece with a knife. I even offered to finish once they were ready, but got told, "that's okay, we got this." And to top it off they used my insulation life to cut drywall.
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Concealing that bath vent is genius. I'll attempt to borrow that idea if I have an opportunity.
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Really great details and work on the rock woll. Interesting that such a beautiful home is going on what looks like a busy road with a double yellow line. Yikes, tons of traffic.
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I wish this guy and his team built my house. I need to get them to build my next house.
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Looking good!
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When I built our house last year, We insulated all of our interior walls of bedrooms and bathrooms, and between floors with fiberglass batts. Made a HUGE difference compared to our old house that had no insulation between rooms.
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In the world of sound isolation there’s a discussion around whether insulation in a shared wall reduces or increases sound transmission. The argument is the insulation could act as a bridge for sound. I’m on the side of less transmission. There’s also the argument that it is not very effective given that the studs directly transmit sound between the wall surfaces. A staggered stud wall or two separate stud walls is more effective.
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Looking awesome! Have you guys ever considered venting your bathrooms with extra ERV exhaust? I recently learned that this is possible, and that there is benefit in not needing make-up air for the CFM out from the fans, but I haven't seen the detail yet
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Impressive.
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Did you say a blower door test was part of code compliance? Wow, I guess we will get that in Ohio someday.
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Are you guys doing anything else for sound dampening? Double drywall? mass loaded vinyl? Resilient clips? I'm very curious to see these products implemented. Considering safe and sound and some other techniques for my own project.
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Super nice house build ! The white bricks look cool ! I'm really interested in the siga vapor barrier and how the details work. I live in northern Canada so the insulation / thermal bridge details/ vapor barrier details are always of the most importance to us here. The stud packs should be caulked on the inside face of the wall and or taped. Before install of the vapor barrier in my opinion
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Nick what is the cost of that R23? It was very pricey at lowes.
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With Rockwool being so dense, how do you fish wires if you want to add something in the future? Do you guys address that potential at all? Is it possible to fish through it or do you have to add conduits up front?
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Man, that progress is amazing. I like the arched doorway detail that you ended up going with upstairs where the roof angle meets. I was curious how that was going to look. Still planning on trimming that as well? Also any updates on the passive project in RI? Or is there an opportunity to go back to some of the other finished projects to see how they're looking now? I loved seeing that first home care video.
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Is using a smoke machine and doing patching yourself better/more economical/etc than something like aeroseal or aerobarrier? Seems like you could miss stuff.
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The blower door creates negative pressure inside the home
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Rockwool is harder to install poorly, yes. Covered by board, i wouldn't expect much for mid freq sounds vs fiberglass. Bottom line is managing noise - no silver bullet exists and really requires many technics to really make a difference
