How to Stop an Echo in the Closet
Echoes occur when sound reflects off wide, flat surfaces such as walls, floors and ceilings. While children find echoes entertaining, adults view echoes as more noise, often creating a magnification of any existing noise. Eliminating and preventing echoes takes little effort, as you can remedy this problem simply by adding furniture, wall coverings, flooring and clothing to the area to absorb the noise before bare walls, floors and ceilings have a chance to reflect the noises in the form of echoes.
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Cover bare floors in the closet with carpet or less-expensive carpet remnants. Simply place the carpet on the floor, without gluing or stapling. This works to absorb a lot of the noise produced in or near the closet before the sound has a chance to reflect back as an echo.
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Hang clothing in the closet to absorb sounds before those sounds become echoes. The different materials in the various types of clothing you hang in the closet absorb sounds produced near the closet and inside it.
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Store fabrics and various soft objects on the closet floor or closet shelves to absorb sounds that turn into echoes. Sheets and various cloth and stuffed items, such as stuffed animals and cloth shoes, help absorb sounds. Objects with slick, smooth sides made of metal and plastic will not absorb sounds and prevent echoes, so storing such objects will not reduce echoing in the closet.
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Install acoustic foam on the walls inside the closet when other methods of echo reduction fail. Acoustic foam on walls and the closet ceiling should completely eliminate echoes, because the surfaces that sounds once reflected off are now covered in sound-absorbing material. To install acoustic foam, simply staple or glue acoustic foam panels to the walls and ceilings.
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