Sound proofing a wall.

[ChroniC]

Hey

Just moved into a new bachelor pad with a work friend, but when we viewed the flat it had the previous tenants in, and although it's very nice we didn't get to check every tiny detail, so we didn't notice that the bedrooms adjoining wall is basically just a few thin bits of plasterboard.

Not a huge problem, but you can talk through it, so it could become quite awkward or annoying when either we are listening to music, watching a film or getting down and dirty.

Anyone have any bright ideas on how to lessen the sounds, aside for covering a 15foot by 8foot wall with egg cartons
Honestly the wall sounds hollow so I'd imagine a filler might do a good job, but it's a rented apartment and it would take a lot of cans of expanding foam to fill the whole wall (i could hide the hole easy)

Would pictures deaden sound or are we just screwed?

Thanks.

 

[ChroniC]

Haha, some good answers. I realise a complete sound sealed room is impossible, but I was just thinking more of absorbing a bit of sound. I wondered if large cheap pictures, (ikea style) with maybe a cheap rubber mat on the back might help. Is there an particularly thin cheap material that I could apply to two large frames and hang on the wall?

 

[ChroniC]

Yeah it is a bit silly how much you can hear. Tv or people talking in bed on the phone are really apparent. (I would like to spare my friend the affairs of my attempts at bringing home freshers)
I think I will try large canvasses with some sort of sound proofing layer behind them. No loss if it doesn't work as I want something to cover my wall.

Would it be possible to buy large poster sized sound absorbing material that I could glue a print to. Does anyone know of a suitable material?