When choosing a neighborhood are you looking for the sign shown here? When building your next home consider the following: Rockwool Premium Insulation is the High-Quality, Cost-Effective solution to all your Sound Control needs. Because Sound Control is not a visual part of the upgrades for your home it is often neglected during the planning and construction phase, but homebuyers should expect and demand it as part of their investment. Sound control enables you to enjoy a comfortable, relaxed living space without all the outside noise and distractions. Homebuyers nationally said unwanted noise in their residences is of significant importance, according to the annual REALTOR® Home Features Survey. It will also increase the value of your home

Today a common practice of foam insulation is to foam the underside of the roof deck, and conditioning your attic space where your HVAC unit is located. When they do this no insulation is placed above the ceiling thereby leaving a flanking path for sound to travel. A flanking path is basically the path of least resistance, so sound will travel through your sheet rock ceiling where there is no insulation and into the next room. Your quite place has just become very noise.

The chart below shows how noise relates to decibel ratings.