Most Economical 3-6pcf Fiberglass?

Started by black on 30 May 2006. 3 replies.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 6329.

I am in need of many many cubic yards of fiberglass. I will be totally filling my wall cavities and also building SuperChunks style bass traps. Anything in the range of 3-6 pcf is fine. Loose, rolls, or blankets of fiberglass are all workable. Rigid is out. What is the best bang for the buck? I used 4" USG Thermafiber blankets for my last studio, but it was costly. I hope I can save hundreds of dollars somehow. Any tips? Thanks!
Thanks!
I'm not sure you understand what makes some insulations "rigid" - in the range of 3 to 6 PCF, all boards are so compressed that they are more or less rigid. Few other things - for inner wall insulation, plain ol' unfaced standard house insulation (fiberglass) with moderate compression fill is as good as any, and a LOT cheaper. For acoustic treatments, 3 PCF is kind of the defacto standard; it makes almost zero difference whether you use mineral wool, slag wool, sheep wool, fiberglass wool, as long as it's 3 PCF (up to 5 or 6, but 3 is generally more even absorption especially at NON-incident angles) - generally, mineral wool can be had for quite a bit less than fiberglass of the same thickness and density, and tends to be a bit more defined in shape so frames aren't always necessary (unless you WANT frames for aesthetics) when building free-standing gobo's. These guys http://www.spi-co.com/servicecenterdirectory.mv have locations in Syracuse, Albany, and Rochester but nothing in NYC - they typically handle at least one or two products at any given time that will work for absorbers. As I said, for inside your walls the regular "pink stuff" without facing of any kind is as good as the rigid stuff, and BETTER than anything over 3 PCF when it comes to blocking bass. HTH... Steve