Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

Q: We live in a two-story house that has recessed floodlights in the first- floor ceiling and have been told that we cannot add insulation to the second- story floors because of the floodlights. We ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 68th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

REPORTER: FROM RESTAURANTS LIKE LEGAL SEA FOODS TO THE LOCAL OFFICES OF SPOTIFY, OR EVEN INSIDE SOMEONE’S PRIVATE IN-HOME BOWLING ALLEY, WHEN YOU WANT TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN, LEAVE IT UP TO THIS ...

We asked four veteran acoustics experts how best to sound- proof apartment and condo projects. Here’s what they told us. 1. Take acoustic privacy seriously. Noise complaints can end up in court. Make ...

When most websites discuss homes, they mean single-family houses and rarely talk about apartment living. (Although looking down the list of TreeHugger posts on the subject, I was surprised at how well ...

Scott Harper has opened Office Sound Solutions. The firm provides “sound proofing” solutions to offices, commercial spaces, manufacturing floors and other environments where sound blocking, absorption ...

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