Soundproofing party wall

adaze

Strictly speaking "soundproof" is the wrong word for what I want to do, but it is as close as I could get

Basically we have 1 brick thin party walls in our old terrace house. We bearly hear the neighbours on one side. But on the other side we hear them a lot more, for instance runnning up and down stairs, burping contests (?!?) in the middle of the night.

Now actual soundproofing would be great, but two problems, a) it would be far too expensive and b) we have virtually no room to play with on the walls.

We are going to have the wall in question replastered anyway, so I wondered about stripping back to the brick and boarding with an acoustic board, then skimming this.

We can't afford to lose much space as the doors wouldn't open if the walls get much thicker (I would say 20mm is about our limit), so I thought this could be my only option, the question is, is it worth doing? Am I likely to notice a difference (TBH I would be happy with a "deadening" of the sound)?

Hope that all make sense... :rolleyes:

bockster

as i understand it, a cavity or air gap is a big part of sound insulation, but with the millimeterage your talking about this sounds difficult. though there are specialist products available.
try this forum for more specialist advice.- http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=172

i insulated between bedrooms to good effect by adding wickes 30mm high density fibre glass directly up against existing paramount board and half inch plaster board over this, (tapered edge so no skim req'd) total thickness lost was 42.5mm. could this be a possibility depending on the thickness of your existing plater?

or go the whole hog and alter the offending doors etc to allow you to do the job with a cavity.

good luck,
bockster.

simcla

Have a look at this document, it may be of some help possibly - http://www.british-gypsum.com/pdf/wb_drilyner_08_06.pdf

lel51

Can anyone help me with this problem? I live in a3 story new build. On one side my staircase in next to my neighbours; one the other my neighbours staircase is on the same side as my lounge and bedrooms.
As that house is a rental, I suffer with constant running up and down the stairs, slamming doors and any noise from the ground floor travels up the cavity and can be heard ( too clearly sometimes) in the bedroom on the top floor. Is there such a thing as a cavity wall soundproofing? The rooms are already show box size so I can't afford to loose and space. So cavity wall soundproofing would be the only type that I could use. I would even be satisfied with a small improvement! Thank you:cool:

PerezZaida

Generally these demising or party walls are constructed of 2' X 4' studs and maybe some R-13 fiberglass insulation and then " drywall on both sides of the wall. It is no wonder you can hear your neighbor cough or sneeze on the other side.
Green Glue is applied to a new layer of drywall and then screw in tightly over top of the existing drywall on a common or party wall. There is no rocket science here folks, just good old common sense soundproofing.

BillTrac

Are you sassy under an assumed name?...:rotfl:

threads over three years old!!

keystone

Not only is it just over two (:)) years old but Post #5 seems to think that the OP is in N America and has quite missed the statement that the wall is BRICK!

Cheers

C_Mababejive

lel51 wrote: »

Can anyone help me with this problem? I live in a3 story new build. On one side my staircase in next to my neighbours; one the other my neighbours staircase is on the same side as my lounge and bedrooms.
As that house is a rental, I suffer with constant running up and down the stairs, slamming doors and any noise from the ground floor travels up the cavity and can be heard ( too clearly sometimes) in the bedroom on the top floor. Is there such a thing as a cavity wall soundproofing? The rooms are already show box size so I can't afford to loose and space. So cavity wall soundproofing would be the only type that I could use. I would even be satisfied with a small improvement! Thank you:cool:

It is often the case that neighbours dont appreciate how much noise they make.

Sometimes you have to demonstrate how easily noise is transmitted in adjoining properties and how annoying it can be.

I find that classical music can be most annoying to chavs as their brains are not wired to appreciate it..

keystone

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I find that classical music can be most annoying to chavs as their brains are not wired to appreciate it.

Or you could park that monster truck with its cheaper tax disk out front and rev the b......s off it at 2am!

Cheers

BillTrac

keystone wrote: »

Not only is it just over two (:)) years old but Post #5 seems to think that the OP is in N America and has quite missed the statement that the wall is BRICK!

Cheers

I knew that it was two not three, of course I can count...1,2 4,3. Yep nothing wrong with my brain at all...:rotfl:

mrsbudget

hi, all, actually, although this is a bit an old topic,its just comes handy for me since i just had a complain from neighbour of our kids (probably mine as well) noise which i hope is easy to control.

I am thinking of adding sound proofing for our wall so that it would not disturb them when we are up and down our stairs, we a semi detached house.

Having a knocking neighbour because of the noise is the last thing i would like to have.. I was so embarrassed about it that if i have money, I really would like to move if i can this morning.