My wife and I recently purchased a home with a dilapidated 24x32 cinderblock barn on the property. The floor is earth. The exterior is vinyl siding but it is in very bad condition and will have to be replaced.
The plan is to excavate some of the earth to create enough room to pour a cement slab, then line the interior of the building with 2x4 stud walls for sprayed foam insulation, wiring, and sheet rock. I would like to heat and cool with a mini-split if possible.
The property is in a VERY quiet neighborhood, but it is a large lot and the barn is about 60 feet from the nearest neighbor. I will be using power tools most of time, including a 5hp air compressor and air tools, routers, TS, DC, etc, etc. I really do not want to tick off the neighbors, so I have been reading a lot about sound attenuation strategies in the archives. Does anyone have any experience with working in a cinderblock building fitted with sprayed foam insulated sheetrock walls? Does the cinder block have any sound deadening properties on its own, or will I have to go the more thorough route using sound board, mass loaded vinyl, etc?
Thank you for your thoughts, suggestions, criticisms.
Karl