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Neighbour changes use of garage and then complains about noise
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As long as you're not using your workshop for commercial purposes then they can go whistle.
Building regs should have been applied if they've turned a garage into a room.0 -
Or, on a slightly more positive note, you could line that wall of your garage with
http://www.building-supplies-online.co.uk/soundproof-plasterboard-12-5mm-x-2400-x-1200mm-tapered-edge.html
or similar.
Chanz - where did anybody mention commercial use? It could quite easily be a home/hobby workshop.0 -
This story reinforces my view that any house described as "Link Detached" is really in effect a Semi. My sympathies are with the OP. OP's neighbours are idiots.0
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Or, on a slightly more positive note, you could line that wall of your garage with
http://www.building-supplies-online.co.uk/soundproof-plasterboard-12-5mm-x-2400-x-1200mm-tapered-edge.html
or similar.
You are kidding aren't you? Why should the OP make his perfectly usable garage/workshop smaller/soundproofed to satisfy his neighbour...at his own expense..:eek:
Are you the neighbour in disguise?:rotfl:2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
Unless there is a specific condition relating to the garage use in the original permission when the houses were built, it is likely that planning permission wouldn't be required. However it is worth phoning your local building control department to find out whether there would have been a requirement for building control permission and whether it was requested. If the answer is that it is required but wasn't requested then you would at least be in a far better place to be able to tell him that you will carry on using your garage for its original purpose.0
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Complain they are too loud in their sitting-room and are disturbing you in your workshop....
There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.0 -
Oooh, that whole 1/2" - plus a bit for some battens... And £9 per 1200mm of length. Seems cheap to me in exchange for saying to the neighbour "Well, OK, I've done what I can reasonable do..."You are kidding aren't you? Why should the OP make his perfectly usable garage/workshop smaller/soundproofed to satisfy his neighbour...at his own expense..:eek:
<sigh>Are you the neighbour in disguise?:rotfl:0 -
If neighbour had double-skinned and insulated the connecting wall (as doubtless required by Building Regs) there would probobly be no issue.Oooh, that whole 1/2" - plus a bit for some battens... And £9 per 1200mm of length. Seems cheap to me in exchange for saying to the neighbour "Well, OK, I've done what I can reasonable do..."
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Oooh, that whole 1/2" - plus a bit for some battens... And £9 per 1200mm of length. Seems cheap to me in exchange for saying to the neighbour "Well, OK, I've done what I can reasonable do..."
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Yes but why should he?
OP -Are your neighbours willing to discuss this sensibly?
I would start from the position that anyone converting a single brick? attachment to living space should have taken proper measures to soundproof their wall as others have said its most likely covered by building regulations
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/garageconversion/
If they have chosen not to take any measures to address the fact that their room shares a wall with a workshop they deserve little sympathy. It may also indicate they have not taken other precautions they are required to take.
If they have not taken any sound proofing measures, I would point out the potential sound proofing they could have done.
If you really want to be helpful you might agree to sound proof your workshop but at their expense given that you would be losing 100mm? of space.
If its a cavity wall their may be options for filing the cavity with sound absorbent insulating material which might be possible from the roof.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
Do you have permission to use the guarage as a business, some estates forbid this
I have a workshop in my garage same as the OP, it is not used for commercial use, only for my own hobbies and working on my own car.
Just because you have a workshop in there doesn't mean you are running a business.0
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