Diy Home Theater Wall Panels

This is the process i used to create some awesome looking and functional acoustic panels with mov.

Diy home theater wall panels.

Make some diy custom acoustic panels for your theater room. That is to say. In fact most of the diy home theater rooms are built on this concept. It s quite an interesting material because it has both elastic and viscous qualities.

Panels come as 1 x 1 or 2 x 2 squares costing 4 to 20 per square foot. For a 10 x10 room with an 8 height the wall surface is 320 ft 10 is 32 ft 20 is 64 ft and 35 is 112 ft. Having determined the surface area to cover decide on the dimensions and number of panels you need. So the acoustic panel route is the only way to go.

Mass loaded vinyl is one of the most popular soundproofing materials and will be a good choice in your home theater. It s basically a roll of vinyl that contains metal particles and its sole job is to add mass to your walls. If using 2 x4 8 ft panels you ll need 4 8 or 14 panels respectively. However if your home theater is in the living room or bedroom covering the entire wall with insulation and cotton polyester batts is not always practical.

If this is centered on an 8ft wall for instance you now have the center 4ft of the wall covered. For control of speakers you ll likely want to put panels centered on the wall but if they re rectangular they should be mounted vertically.