--- title: Rock Out in Your Rental with Non-Invasive Soundproofing description: Learn how to soundproof your walls with these non-invasive tips and tricks! image: https://www.hometeampm.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/room.jpg --- [![Group 5068](https://www.hometeampm.com/hubfs/Group%205068.svg "Group 5068")](https://www.hometeampm.com) - [About](https://www.hometeampm.com/about/about-hpm) - [Our Company It’s been over 20 years and our goal hasn’t changed](https://www.hometeampm.com/about/about-hpm) - [Our Team Meet the Home Team Property Management Team](https://www.hometeampm.com/our-team) - [Why Choose Us No matter your property management goals, we will get you there](https://www.hometeampm.com/why-choose-us) - [Careers Take a look at our open positions and feel free to submit an application if your experience is a match](https://www.hometeampm.com/about/about-hpm) - [Vendors We are continually seeking out qualified, professional vendors to fulfill goods or maintenance contracts](https://www.hometeampm.com/about/vendor-relations) - [Connect With Us Reach out to our expert team to see how we can assist you with your property management needs](https://www.hometeampm.com/contact-us) - [Testimonials Read HomeTeam Property Management client testimonials here](https://www.hometeampm.com/testimonials) - [MANAGEMENT SERVICES](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services) - [Residential View our residential property management services](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/residential-management) - [Commercial View our commercial property management services](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/commercial-management) - [Marketing View how we market your property to prospective tenants](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/marketing) - [Accounting We specialize in complete financial services for our property owners](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/accounting) - [Maintenance Property maintenance is one of the most important aspects of maximizing your investment](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/maintenance) - [Leasing Our leasing department utilizes the latest in application and credit screening procedures](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/leasing) - [Free Rental Analysis Get a free rental valuation of your investment property](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services) - [Get a Quote Learn how much it would cost to manage your property](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/getting-started) - [OWNERS](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners) - [Marketing Your Property Learn how we market your property to ensure the maximum exposure to qualified buyers](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners/marketing-your-property) - [Renting Your Property We provide you with guidance on how to ready your property to compete in the ever-changing rental market](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners/renting-your-property) - [Maintaining Your Property The best approach to maintenance is preventative maintenance, and this is HomeTeam Property Management policy](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners/maintaining-your-property) - [No - Eviction Guarantee We are so confident in our tenant selection process that we include a No-Eviction Guarantee](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners/no-eviction-guarantee) - [Free Rental Analysis Get a free rental valuation of your investment property](https://www.hometeampm.com/owners) - [Owner Portal Login Sign-in to monitor your account](https://hometeam.appfolio.com/oportal/users/log_in) - [Get a Quote Learn how much it would cost to manage your property](https://www.hometeampm.com/management-services/getting-started) - [TENANTS](https://www.hometeampm.com/tenants) - [Rental Search Find your next place to live in San Diego](https://www.hometeampm.com/properties) - [Tenant Portal Login Sign-in to monitor your account](https://hometeam.appfolio.com/connect/users/sign_in) - [Pay Your Rent Paying rent on time has never been easier](https://www.hometeampm.com/tenants/pay-your-rent) - [Future Tenants Important information for tenants wanting to lease a property from HomeTeam](https://www.hometeampm.com/tenants/future-tenants) - [Move Out We want your move-out to be a pleasant and successful one](https://www.hometeampm.com/tenants/move-out) - [Notice To Vacate Moving out? 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One of the most important aspects of rental living is to keep the noise down. It's considered very rude to bump your music too loud, listen to movies at a high volume, or throw wild parties before or after sunset. If this is starting to sound like a real drag, don't worry! There are several neat ways to enjoy a rich personal soundscape without bothering your neighbors, landlord, or property managers. All you need is a little DIY, non-invasive soundproofing. **Rental Safe Soundproofing** There are two major ways to soundproof a home, invasive and non-invasive. The former is more permanent and requires renovation rights while the latter only requires a little handiness and soft materials. Since you can't open up the walls and floor to add extra insulation, you can focus instead on temporary measures that won't permanently change your rental property and can even come with you to soundproof your next location. **Felt Furniture Pads** If you live in an upstairs apartment, the thumping and clacking of your movements and your furniture could be secretly driving your neighbors nuts. A few sticky felt pads on the bottoms of chairs, stools, tables, and other furniture can make a big difference. This is also a good opportunity to stabilize anything that wobbles. **Throw Rugs** The key to good soundproofing is to add sound absorbing materials to your environments, reducing the amount sound can carry out of your unit and the echoes created by hitting hard surfaces. While the texturing of your wall and ceiling paint does a little bit for this, thick throw rugs work much better and they're not just for floors. Rugs can serve as an inexpensive sound buffer mounted soundproofing on your walls as well. **Heavy Curtains** Windows are a major source of sound leakage which can be minimized with heavy light and sound blocking curtains. If you enjoy the look of curtains, you can use them instead of rugs to add an elegant and deceptively spacious appearance to your home or apartment what will serve to block sound transferring through the walls. Curtains can also be draped like a canopy across your ceiling to absorb sound that goes upward. **Records on the Wall** Vinyl is surprisingly effective soundproofing material and you don't have to buy in sheets. Instead, consider pinning up your record collection to create an awesome collage of wall art while effectively blocking sound. Don't have a record collection? That's not surprising since they've been outdated for decades but you might be able to pick one up at a local thrift store. **Foam Sheets** Foam is a great, inexpensive soundproofing solution, but it's not pretty. For best results, put it behind other things to create a double-layer of sound resistant material. This is an especially useful solution if part of your problem is noise coming in from outside. Foam behind book cases against a wall keeps your cases from shaking and reduces noise transfer in both directions. Foam taped to your windows can reduce rattling and foam under an area rug can nearly eliminate the sound of your footsteps for downstairs neighbors. Now that your rental home or apartment has been properly equipped to block sound from every possible direction, going out and coming in, you're ready for that all-night jam session or epic movie night with your best friends without the risk of bothering your neighbors. 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