Sound insulation: survey

Sound insulation work: walls and ceilings by location, treatment, sheets, damping, resilient channel, sealant and openings.

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Sound insulation: survey: a filled-in survey in MesuPro — A survey made with this template, in the app.

What you measure

The template's tables and their columns, as the app shows them. Calculated columns fill in as you type.

Walls and ceilings

Surface
WhereChoices: Wall shared with a neighbor Wall between two rooms Ceiling under a unit or room Floor over a unit or room Wall to a stairwell or mechanical room
Length
Height or width
Area calculated
FramingChoices: Wood studs Steel studs Wood joists Concrete or block Not seen
CavityChoices: Filled with insulation Partly filled Empty Not seen
Noise heardChoices: Voices TV or music Footsteps and impacts Plumbing Mechanical equipment Traffic outside
Treatment plannedChoices: Insulation in the cavity Resilient channel and new board Second layer with damping Sound clips and furring channel New wall in front, not touching To decide
New layers
Sheet area
Sheets calculated
Damping tubes per sheet
Damping tubes calculated
Channel spacing
Resilient channel calculated
Perimeter to seal calculated
STC of the chosen assembly
Notes

Openings and sound paths

OpeningChoices: Electrical box Duct or register Door Window Pipe Recessed light Gap at floor or ceiling Shared cavity or soffit Other
Where
Openings counted
Opening treatmentChoices: Acoustic sealant Putty pad Gasket and door sweep Lined or rerouted duct Moved or offset To decide
Notes

About this template

Walls, ceilings and floors before sound insulation work: area, framing, noise heard, treatment, board, damping, channel, sealant, and the openings.

Guide and sources

The visit before sound insulation work on walls, ceilings and floors, on one sheet. The surfaces: one row per surface, where it sits (the area adds up by where), its framing and cavity, the noise heard and the treatment planned; from the figures you type, the sheets of new board, the damping tubes, the length of resilient channel and the perimeter to seal; the STC of the chosen assembly as its test listing gives it.

The openings: one row per kind of opening or path the sound takes (electrical boxes, ducts, doors, pipes, recessed lights, gaps, shared cavities), counted by kind, with the treatment planned. The drywall survey keeps the board, the finish and the repairs.

The hints cite without applying: NBC 2020 Section 9.11 and its Note, the Quebec edition included, and IBC 2021 Section 1206 for the separations between dwelling units; ClarkDietrich on resilient channel spacing and screws; Green Glue on its damping compound. No rating is computed or judged, nothing is pre-filled, and no result is promised. No price: the sheet is the measure.

Sources

IBC 2021, 1206 CodeInternational Building Code 2021, Section 1206 Sound Transmission (as adopted in Colorado), International Code Council (UpCodes, Colorado edition), 2021, adopted without amendments. Checked Oct 19, 2026
Green Glue, damping compound Manufacturer dataGreen Glue Noiseproofing Compound: application sheet, Green Glue Company, application sheet (retailer-hosted copy, file of 2014). Checked Oct 19, 2026
ClarkDietrich, resilient channel Manufacturer dataInstallation of Resilient Furring Channel to Steel or Wood Framing Members (RC Deluxe, RC-1 Pro, RC-2 Pro), ClarkDietrich, version 5.0, dated 2021-09-01. Checked Oct 19, 2026
NBC 2020, 9.11 CodeNational Building Code of Canada 2020, Section 9.11 Sound Transmission (9.11.1.1 to 9.11.1.4, Note A-9.11), National Research Council Canada, 2020, Vol. 2, pp. 9-83 and 9-84, Note A-9.11 pp. 9-549 to 9-551 (Quebec: Chapter I, 9.11.1.1 unchanged but for « , ou de monte-charge » added to Sentence (3) of the French text, Décret 437-2025, p. 1760). Checked Oct 19, 2026