Help with soundproofing a wall

asharon

I'm hoping someone who has done this can help. I have a neighbour who is very nice but her TV can be very loud and even having moved it it still stops me from being able to go to be early which would be nice sometimes.

The wall is a thick one but does anyone know what I can do to cut out the noise ? I have looked at some websites that offer solutions but they are either very expensive or cheap and they offer no thoughts on them.

I rent so would prefer to be able to not stick it with glue. I was told at one diy shop you can use polystyrene and chip board but am not convinced.

So does anyone have any help they can offer please ?

asharon

anyone any help ?

Mikeyorks

Before you resort ('I rent') to the fairly expensive mechanisms needed to insulate out the noise ('cos it's necessary to do walls / ceilings and floors - as all can transmit) ...... try earplugs!

I lived in an isolated farmhouse for many years and found the total peace and quiet became my body's expectation. So could not sleep in hotels etc I had to visit, when working. Eventually resorted to good quality ear plugs - and they're wonderful. You may need to experiment with a couple of types to get it right - but try it first?

asharon

A nice idea and thank you for that the only problem is I would like to watch my tv without hearing hers.

nelly_2

Ill help

You can get someone to screw 3x2 studds to the wall every 2 foot then fill the gaps with sound insulation , its like loft insulation but slightly different

see here

Gypsum also do a special plasterboard thats really dense, these can then be screwed to the wooden studs and skimmed over.

Gypsums webby page on soundproofing

I recently priced and carried out this exact same job for someone in a similar situation and it cost them £450 for one large-ish wall.

jamief

If she is very nice, could you not ask her to turn it down?!

asharon

jamief wrote:

If she is very nice, could you not ask her to turn it down?!

a nice idea and she does a lot but sometimes she turns it up loud and doesnt even realise it it seems.

asharon

nelly wrote:

Ill help

You can get someone to screw 3x2 studds to the wall every 2 foot then fill the gaps with sound insulation , its like loft insulation but slightly different

see here

Gypsum also do a special plasterboard thats really dense, these can then be screwed to the wooden studs and skimmed over.

Gypsums webby page on soundproofing

I recently priced and carried out this exact same job for someone in a similar situation and it cost them £450 for one large-ish wall.

thanks i have seen some wool, sound wool and plasterboard along these lines so I will lokk into this thanks.

mrs_baggins

its a really difficult thing to do to get a definate decrease. I spoke to a guy at work who's an acoustic expert and he tells me that the majority of this type of noise is in the low frequency spectrum of noise. You could effectively put up some plasterboard type stuff on the offending wall which would give a slight decrease but also it may not. depending on the construction of the hosue it may seem like its coming from the adjoining wall wheras actually even though this is where the nosie is coming from it may be travelling through another wall. He also said that some products claim to reduce noise by 25 dB or 30 dB or whatever but this is usually a figure from the whole spectrum and not just the bit ypu are interested in. Its a difficult sitaution and not easy to resolve but you never know it may make a difference.

Perhaps you could suggest to your neighbour that she has teletext sub titles on!

DKLS

I had an elderly neighbour, who always had the telly up loud, turned out he sufferered from schizophenia, and he used to turn the telly up to drown out the voices, I bought him a set of cheap headphones, and told him to use them as loud as he liked whenever he ehard the voices.
Lovely chap, he did and I never had a problem again.

asharon

mrs_baggins wrote:

its a really difficult thing to do to get a definate decrease. I spoke to a guy at work who's an acoustic expert and he tells me that the majority of this type of noise is in the low frequency spectrum of noise. You could effectively put up some plasterboard type stuff on the offending wall which would give a slight decrease but also it may not. depending on the construction of the hosue it may seem like its coming from the adjoining wall wheras actually even though this is where the nosie is coming from it may be travelling through another wall. He also said that some products claim to reduce noise by 25 dB or 30 dB or whatever but this is usually a figure from the whole spectrum and not just the bit ypu are interested in. Its a difficult sitaution and not easy to resolve but you never know it may make a difference.

Perhaps you could suggest to your neighbour that she has teletext sub titles on!

that helps a lot thank you and yes I have tried exaplining to her that i can hear it all round the house but she is doubtful.