In order for the pub to secure a Public Entertainment's Licence and get the bands back on, we have to sound proof the roof to stop noise breakout.

It's a big roof. It isn't flat but goes up and down in a zig zag shape across the room.

We are considering a suspended ceiling (oooh expensive!), mattresses on the roof (free to get hold of but an eyesore), turfing the roof (could be heavy and may lead to future problems)....the list just goes on and on of options - but nothing seems to be realistic for a bunch of DIYers as we are.

One club in town sound proofed their roof recently and it cost £40K!!! Not good, we may be there for another year, but cannot afford that....not cost effective.

Does anyone know of any ways to sound proof a roof that won't cost a fortune?

is this (http://www.soundservice.co.uk/Acoustic%20Mineral%20Wool.htm) what you are looking for?

Sort of.....along the lines of this sort of thing but I just 'know' that this sort of thing will cost a tiny fortune. I'm looking for alternatives, using items that can be found around the home or at the shop down the road. Specialist items like these will set us back the £40K that I mentioned in the first post.

As daft as it may sound (and look unsightly) we used eggboxes in our first recording studio.

No complaints after we did this and it was in the cellar of a normal terraced house!

Egg boxes muffle the echo but don't stop noise leakage.

I'd thought of this, it's often referred to but alas is a myth.

what about good old Rockwool moon

What ever you use, it will need (probably) to comply with certain standards of fire retardancy etc.

Otherwise I would nail 5 layers of overlapping blankets stuffed with cotton rags. This would, however, be something of a fire hazard.

I agree, it would have to be fire proof. We're looking into rockwool and plasterboard at the moment and have spoken to an insulation company who have been helpful (but expensive!!!). This ought to be easy and straightforward, but alas, is not....

I think you guys are right, what ever you use it is going to have to comply with fire regs as it is a public building. So all this matress and egg box theory is no good. So its either £40k for proper soundproofing or.....

Why not just turn the sound down, so you are under the recommended decibel level, or give the locals free beer once a week so they shut up complaining.;)

Rockwool and plaster board is a cheap option and would be easy to do also Rockwool is fire safe

Alternatively you could install noise cancellation loudpseakers outside CRB to produce 'anti-noise' which would do much to reduce noise pollution.

About Noise Cancellation (http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/noise.htm)

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Alternatively you could install noise cancellation loudpseakers outside CRB to produce 'anti-noise' which would do much to reduce noise pollution.

About Noise Cancellation (http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/noise.htm)

Sounds great in theory, but probably impractical - I don't think I can get the neighbours to all wear headsets, and I don't think they'd all want these devices in their homes. Sounds very specialist......good idea though in special cases.

We've got all the customers in the pub coming up with similar ideas - our own sound reducing forum! Still looking for ideas though. Rockwool/plasterboard is seeming to be the favourite at the moment....but will still be pricey. Maybe putting something on the exterior of the roof.......not sure what though....