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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 457240" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>If he's working from home to save on commute time and gas... then you do that<strong><em><u> when the kids are in school and wife is at work.</u></em></strong> Not when everybody is off for summer holidays!!!</p><p>THEN you can have a quiet house and be productive and so on.</p><p></p><p>Option 2... build a sound-proof home office.</p><p>Yes, it can be done. But its easier if it isn't built yet.</p><p>Build a small basement bedroom - yes, including egress-compliant window (it adds more to the value of your house).</p><p>But before you do the drywall, stuff all the cavities full of fiberglass insulation.</p><p>If he wants it REALLY soundproof, after the drywall is up and taped and mudded and painted... you add a second layer of drywall set off from the first by insulated spacers, and then tape and mud and paint that.</p><p>Then you add an "exterior" insulated door, complete with threshold... </p><p></p><p>There. Now go work in THERE. Yes, we'll connect you to the furnace, the a/c, power, lights. </p><p>If you've got $$ to spare, put a 2-pce ensuite in there so he doesn't have to come out so often.</p><p>Maybe even a teensy-weensy snack bar... coffee machine, kettle, mini fridge.</p><p>Pack him a lunch and he won't show up until supper time.</p><p></p><p>(Hmmm... I'm gonna have to talk to husband about this... it would really be nice some days!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 457240, member: 11791"] If he's working from home to save on commute time and gas... then you do that[B][I][U] when the kids are in school and wife is at work.[/U][/I][/B][I][/I] Not when everybody is off for summer holidays!!! THEN you can have a quiet house and be productive and so on. Option 2... build a sound-proof home office. Yes, it can be done. But its easier if it isn't built yet. Build a small basement bedroom - yes, including egress-compliant window (it adds more to the value of your house). But before you do the drywall, stuff all the cavities full of fiberglass insulation. If he wants it REALLY soundproof, after the drywall is up and taped and mudded and painted... you add a second layer of drywall set off from the first by insulated spacers, and then tape and mud and paint that. Then you add an "exterior" insulated door, complete with threshold... There. Now go work in THERE. Yes, we'll connect you to the furnace, the a/c, power, lights. If you've got $$ to spare, put a 2-pce ensuite in there so he doesn't have to come out so often. Maybe even a teensy-weensy snack bar... coffee machine, kettle, mini fridge. Pack him a lunch and he won't show up until supper time. (Hmmm... I'm gonna have to talk to husband about this... it would really be nice some days!) [/QUOTE]
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