Sound Proofing a Terraced House

sniggings

juliebunny wrote: »

I've never tried anything like this - does it KEEP you asleep? I've used meditations to help me get back to sleep but then waking up again later. The item is OOS but I did find this on You tube so gonna try it but had it on at work at could still hear everyone yabbering around me so can't understand how it would work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNqERBWaJeM

Still looking into soundproofing anyway, as I'm sure whoever moved into the house after me would appreciate it too. Doesn't seem that expenisve if you can do the work yourself. And a quiet home is priceless....

EDIT - wow, you can also download sounds of a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer!!

for some people yes, I tried a fan as it's the same principal, the sound is similar but not quite as pure.

It won't drown out loud music and bass is more a vibration so would do little for that but when I tried it, it did stop me from hearing upstair's TV, that kind of sound.

I didn't think I could sleep with a fan going but it's surprising how quick you get used to it.

At first you hear the fan, so the back ground noises are masked, then your brain stops hearing the fan sound too.

Lucky my neighbours are only here at the weekends so I haven't bothered buying the marpac.

HowieTheDuck

JB

I have used these guys twice and have been happy. Noise was significantly reduced but not eliminated. Try to talk to Stuart who is a font of knowledge and gave me a lot of free advice.

noisestopsystems.co.uk

But this stuff is not cheap.

juliebunny

Thanks jc808, I'll get my handy person friend to have a look at those instructions. My floors downstairs are concrete. It's an ex LA house so I suspect it may be better built than if I had a new built (I don't hear everyday noises, only loud music, as a rule, however, when I had the external walls insulated a few years ago they told me that the top half of the house is just breeze blocks with tiles on top (very odd house it is....)

Sunshinetours - I did a search before posting but obviously didnt use the right key words cos I coudn't find much. I did find interestingly though that magic sponges are the same material used in soundproofing...wonder how many of those i would need??!!
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/magic-sponge-1-poundland-1195593

In case anyone else reading this thread has the same problem, I found a good source of info here too: http://www.ourproperty.co.uk/guides/how_to_soundproof_your_house.html

juliebunny

HowieTheDuck wrote: »

JB

I have used these guys twice and have been happy. Noise was significantly reduced but not eliminated. Try to talk to Stuart who is a font of knowledge and gave me a lot of free advice.

noisestopsystems.co.uk

But this stuff is not cheap.

Thank you!

What price peace and quiet though.....if it worked, it would be cheaper than moving house....:o

tina_malteser

ive got 3 adults and 8 children staying upstairs from me, the woman who stays there only had one teen daughter but its her brother and his wife and 7 kids staying with her until their house is ready to move into, i was hoping the younger kids would be in bed by now as its school in the morning but NO!!! running back and forth scraping chairs from 7am...at the mo i have tv volume at 42, a cooker hood extractor (im open plan) washing machine on the go, just about here them still, and i sleep with earplugs in!!!

juliebunny

You poor thing Tina. I've got some great earplugs too, but it always worries me sleeping with them as I won't hear if anything goes wrong in my own house...smoke alarm, burglars etc etc )-:
At least hopefully your situation is temporary...I lived under a couple with laminate flooring once, it was awful, even though they were very considerate.

Candy53

Try these, we recently looked into sound proofing.


http://www.coveryourwall.co.uk/sound-insulation-for-homes/


Candy

southcoastrgi

juliebunny wrote: »

Ha ha cheeky! Get thee back to the boiler thread I don't snore - well it's never been a complaint anyway! Maybe I should move down to the South coast for a quieter life

I have very quiet neighbours here