Until this morning, the basement ceiling was covered in acoustic tiling. We've pulled it out and as a result added another 5 inches of head height, which makes a huge difference. The room will eventually be an office, a bedroom and an entertainment room.
Insulating noise between the first floor from the basement is a significant part of this project. Upstairs, we're installing a soundproofing underlayment beneath the wood floors. The underlayment is made of 93% recycled rubber materials and is almost a half inch thick. If the underlayment doesn't block all the noise we want it to, we'll attach strips of glued double-lam sheet rock to the underside of the main floor in between the basement ceiling joists.
The finished ceiling will have exposed joists and systems (HVAC, electrical, etc.), but we'll paint everything one color to give the whole thing a unified look.
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