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Acoustic Insulation?

Hello, we are looking to put some acoustic insulation between our noisy kitchen/dining room and bedroom in the ceiling/floor. Has anyone got any recommendations of what to use please??

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  • Grenage
    Grenage Posts: 3,216 Forumite
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    I would put something like dense rockwool batts between the joists; the densest and thickest that the space would allow. For example (quick google search):



    https://www.insulationsuperstore.co.uk/browse/insulation/insulation-slab.html
  • king132
    king132 Posts: 115 Forumite
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    ErolGirl wrote: »
    Hello, we are looking to put some acoustic insulation between our noisy kitchen/dining room and bedroom in the ceiling/floor. Has anyone got any recommendations of what to use please??

    Rockwool RWA45!
  • jaizan
    jaizan Posts: 42 Forumite
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    Wickes had some very dense insulation, which I have used successfully. However, I'm not sure if they still do it.
    For the upstairs floors, I put in an extra layer of timber, so the dense insulation rests on that.


    You can also get dense "soundbloc" plasterboard. I haven't used this, but it's really heavy and if you tap it, there is a clear difference to the ordinary stuff. That will be used on my next wall upgrade.


    Plus loads of other products.
  • Ally_E.
    Ally_E. Posts: 396 Forumite
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    "Soundboard" plasterboard. Very heavy and expensive stuff, we used it plus rockwool to soundproof the party wall from noisy neighbours.
  • You can also get a Rockwool RW3 product that is 60kg m3 density so would give better acoustics.
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