Sound-Proofing - What options are available?

livEwirE

Hi all,

I want to have a company sound proof some of the dividing walls of my 7 year old 3 bed semi. What options are available? I am no expert but as far as I know this involves putting batons into the walls and increasing their debt. Any further explanation would be appreciated. My wife is VERY much against this as we would have to do the wall up the stairs and she doesn't want to loose space there. She believes there my be an option to pump some kind of sound-proof insulation into the walls, this would be ideal but sounds too good to be true. Any suggestions please?

Cheers in advance

breffni666

15mm soundbolc board stuck to original wall with bonding compound. joint tape and filler then skim- job done.

STForSale

breffni666 wrote: »

15mm soundbolc board stuck to original wall with bonding compound. joint tape and filler then skim- job done.

How effective do you think this would be?
I live in a semi and my neighbours are noisy people.
Not talking parties or loud music, just up and down the stairs constantly (no carpet on stairs), shouting, slaming doors etc...
This goes on late into the night which is when it bothers me most.
If I could do something about it without spending a lot of money I would.


Thanks

STForSale

Anyone got experience with this:
http://www.greengluecompany.com/

breffni666

Quote:
Originally Posted by breffni666
15mm soundbolc board stuck to original wall with bonding compound. joint tape and filler then skim- job done.
How effective do you think this would be?
I live in a semi and my neighbours are noisy people.
Not talking parties or loud music, just up and down the stairs constantly (no carpet on stairs), shouting, slaming doors etc...
This goes on late into the night which is when it bothers me most.
If I could do something about it without spending a lot of money I would.


ST
15 mm soundblock board is very effective. If you want extra protection then take down down existing board fill gap with acoustic insulation, 1x 12.5mm soundbloc board plus another 15mm soundbloc over it then skim. This will give you 30mm plus the insulation. Should do the trick. Soundbloc board is a very dense board, works very well.

maryk123

has this done a couple of years ago had loud neighbours could hear the tell next door at one stage. it was the best thing we ever did. cant hear anything next door at all - just got it done in sittingroom downstairs and bedroom upstairs.

all sound is gone except slamming doors - they cant get rid of this sound - its only sound that travels is what they got rid of.

hope this helps.

also you would not notice the amount of the room that is lost about its very well done.

STForSale

Thanks guys, and apologies OP for the hijack :pac:

jussayeh

maryk123 wrote: »

has this done a couple of years ago had loud neighbours could hear the tell next door at one stage. it was the best thing we ever did. cant hear anything next door at all - just got it done in sittingroom downstairs and bedroom upstairs.

all sound is gone except slamming doors - they cant get rid of this sound - its only sound that travels is what they got rid of.

hope this helps.

also you would not notice the amount of the room that is lost about its very well done.

Hello
I can hear my neighbours talking, laughing, flushing the loo, even going to to the loo in the dead of night .... it's really getting me down .... can you please tell me whether you did this work as a DIY job yourself or did you buy the materials and get a builder to do it ? I just googled the boards you were talking about and nothing much in Ireland came up apart from this place https://www.build4less.ie/product_info.php?products_id=4535 -

is this the place or stuff you used ... any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm desperate and short of funds so can't engage the services of professional sound engineers ...
I live in a 4 bed semi built in 1993 and the walls are like paper, I've shouted at my kids for running up the stairs to discover its not them but the neighbours .... its really quite depressing ...

mfceiling

^^You could do it yourself easily.

Even better would be to build a 50mm stud wall and install 50mm acoustic insulation and then double board it with 15mm soundbloc board.

Should decrease the noise fairly lively!!

maryk123

Jussayeh
We used company called dedsound or deadsound - they came and did the work. They were in and out in 2 days. Years later still can't hear any sounds thank god. It was the best money spent I have to say. Peace of mind is everything.
Best of luck

jussayeh

maryk123 wrote: »

Jussayeh
We used company called dedsound or deadsound - they came and did the work. They were in and out in 2 days. Years later still can't hear any sounds thank god. It was the best money spent I have to say. Peace of mind is everything.
Best of luck

@maryk123 I googled dedsound, deadsound and variations thereof but nothing at all came up apart from a recording studio called dedsound.ie - are you sure thats their name or would you have a contact number for them? Tnx in advance ....