Below are a few shots of our fellowship hall that we have recently refinished. Unfortunately tile was opted for instead of going back with carpet. We had no echo problems previously with carpet.
We have some pretty picky ladies that are going to be very difficult to please when it comes to taming the serious echo we have created. It's near impossible to carry on a conversation in the room.
We have suggested to the ladies that we build and locate large 3' X 8' or 4' X 8' panels all around the room directly above the chair railing. We plan on using 2" X 2" frames with regular fiberglass insulation and cover with one of the 54 samples of GOM material we have to choose from. Of course they were none to crazy about having the big panels placed around the room... not even in every other open space.
What the ladies are saying that they would accept is for us to build panels to go around the bottom of three sides... all sides except the kitchen area. These would be approximately 30" x 8' panels below the chair railing and between the receptacles. Notice the red block in the last picture.
We have no idea whether this will do the job or not. Obviously we don't want to purchase all the materials, build the panels and then they not be sufficient to work.
We are looking for ideas, suggestions, alternatives. They must be inexpensive, thus our suggestion of building them ourselves. No way we will spend the small fortune it would require to buy panels.
We have some pretty picky ladies that are going to be very difficult to please when it comes to taming the serious echo we have created. It's near impossible to carry on a conversation in the room.
We have suggested to the ladies that we build and locate large 3' X 8' or 4' X 8' panels all around the room directly above the chair railing. We plan on using 2" X 2" frames with regular fiberglass insulation and cover with one of the 54 samples of GOM material we have to choose from. Of course they were none to crazy about having the big panels placed around the room... not even in every other open space.
What the ladies are saying that they would accept is for us to build panels to go around the bottom of three sides... all sides except the kitchen area. These would be approximately 30" x 8' panels below the chair railing and between the receptacles. Notice the red block in the last picture.
We have no idea whether this will do the job or not. Obviously we don't want to purchase all the materials, build the panels and then they not be sufficient to work.
We are looking for ideas, suggestions, alternatives. They must be inexpensive, thus our suggestion of building them ourselves. No way we will spend the small fortune it would require to buy panels.