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Best Insulation for a partition wall

  • 14-11-2005 11:05AM
    #1
    joejoem
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    Hi, I built a partition wall between a bedroom and a lounge yesterday (plasterboard witha wooden frame) and I am about to put up the second side of the partition (ie seal it) and I want to put in insulation. I was going to use normal polystyrine (sp) but is there anything better for this job?

    This is for soulnd proofing and also for heating.


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  • #2
    Borzoi
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    joejoem wrote:
    Hi, I built a partition wall between a bedroom and a lounge yesterday (plasterboard witha wooden frame) and I am about to put up the second side of the partition (ie seal it) and I want to put in insulation. I was going to use normal polystyrine (sp) but is there anything better for this job?

    This is for soulnd proofing and also for heating.

    Rockwool (or similar) would be a better bet - especially as they make a specific insulation with higher sound proofing capacity. And you can totally fill the gap - it's slightly compressable - so no air pockets to act as drums!

    Not much point in the thermal insulation because there will be very little temperature difference between the two rooms anyway.


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