Party Wall - 1 TV Noise in EVERY Room

antilles

Had something like this in my last house which was mid-terraced. The noise from the neighbours used to drive me mad. I installed soundproofing plasterboards and replastered (adding about an inch to the party wall) but it barely made any difference to the noise.

I think the issue may be something called 'flanking noise', it's when sound travels around walls and through ceilings, under floors, through gaps in electrics etc. It could also be that your stud walls are vibrating and acting like amplifiers or speakers and transmitting the noise from one room to the next.

I researched all sorts of ways of stopping it, which all looked expensive and very disruptive. The only one I really saw positive reviews on was the use of resilient bars and something called 'green glue' which people had reported good success with, the downside being that you lose inches in each room as from memory I think it's like creating a room within a room. It looked expensive though and I didn't really fancy spending thousands of pounds to find out if it worked or not.

In the end I sold up and bought a detached house - can't hear a thing now.

andre_xs

I would also suggest to speak to the neighbour. We have TV headphones ourselves, enables my wife and me to listen to TV at our own preferred volume without waking the kids. We have those: Thomson WHP3001BK They are nice because you can buy a second set but need only one base station. If she is reluctant to purchase because of money, just give them to her as a present. An alternative might be something like this: Simolio Wireless TV Headsets, TV Hearing Aid Devices (SM-823). Even if you go for a decent system so that she's happily using it and you pay £70 or so, this will be so much cheaper and more effective that sound proofing measures and alike. And, as long as she's still living there, I wouldn't worry about successor neighbors. Maybe she lives there for another 10-15 years and you'll be the one who has long moved on...

always_sunny

I am also looking at reducing noise from my neighbour / terrace since they decided to have a small pooch.

I am looking at either SoundBoard like this ones: https://www.soundproofingstore.co.uk/store/SoundBoard-4-1-2m2-30mm-p52219211 or Soundshield (double) plasterboard.

Tradie seems to suggest going with the cheaper Soundshield option... unfortunately I don't have much space to spare

Windsorcastle

ben0101 wrote: »

Thanks for the input. We're willing to put up sound-proofing stud walls, especially in the bedroom

Just wondering if you have decided to do this and how costly/disruptive it might be? I have the same problem in my newly purchased flat, 1930s build. Can hear a fair bit of everyday noise everywhere, but realise that is unavoidable. But it is mainly bothering me in the bedroom, where I can hear the neighbours talking etc in their bedroom on the other side. I would be happy to install a stud wall if it would help.

worried123

I just wanted to say good luck with your predicament. For me, personally, I cannot abide neighbour noise in my own home and its bad for your health.
I know this is a silly question but have you ever been inside your neighbours house to know how loud her television actually is. It may be incredibly loud in which case it may be as simple as speaking with this person and trying to resolve `her problem` in having her tv so loud which would save a fortune on trying to sound insulate.
(I do not hear a peep from the neighbour that my house is attached to but during the summer she has children staying there and its pretty horrendous as my lounge is next to their staircase and like you I thought i would have to insulate or move...when the kids go so does the noise - so i personally would try to find out exactly how loud her tv actually is....hopefully its incredibly loud inside her property and you can then take steps to sort that out with an initial chat - if a lower volume means you still have a problem then you might need to insulate....hopefully you wont have to......is it just the TV you can hear? if you cannot hear anything else like pots and pans and doors closing etc or her speaking on the phone etc....then its probably just her immnesely loud tv.........Turn it down mabel!!!!

Anyway...hope it all works out for you and gets resolved.

Zither

mldthundercat wrote: »

I'm amazed there isn't a company that can't pump something between the party walls to help reduce the noise.

Gap in the market? Dragons den millionaire opportunity?

Also agree with this. Party wall soundproofing seems to affect both many old and new build properties.