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Topic: Soundproofing. Does it Work?

Hi Everyone.

Just thought id let you know about this domestic soundproofing company i used to soundproof my walls. they where great and i couldnt believe it..... it worked!!

The team of experts turned my semi-detached house into a detached home in just four days. They do everything and the end product is fantastic and life changing. I can sleep again...

They have even just finished working with the BBC DIY SOS for an episode on BBC 1 this year.
Heres their webpage for soundproofing walls - [LINK REMOVED].

I would like to know if anyone else has tried this approach. Ifso please tell about your experiences.




EDIT: I know link spam when I see it, djrobo, but since this might actually help some people on the forum I'm going to leave it here. If you'd like to visit the website of the company djrobo refers to, copy and paste the address below into your browser.

noisyneighboursolutions.co.uk/soundproofing_walls.php

-Laurence
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Last edited by laurence (20 July 2010 09:57)

Quote Post 1

  • Registered: 22 July 2010
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Re: Soundproofing. Does it Work?

So what exactly your company is about?

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  • Registered: 24 July 2010
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Although the first message seems to be a bit suspect, I thought I'd post my experience (having recently found this forum and intending to leave my flat due to - among other things - the neighbours)

I had my flat totally refurbished a couple of months ago including soundproofing the floors throughout, (it's a top floor flat in a Victorian conversion) and the wall adjoining the house next door, (it's also in a terrace!)
Previously I could hear voices from the house next door (only after noisy new people had moved in) and DIY noises. I can still hear occasional hammering etc, but no voices now.

However, it hasn't worked at all on the floors. Can still hear voices, coughing, throat clearing, everything.
Downstairs neighbours are tenants, absolutely horrible anyway, no social skills at all!
I was told it works a lot better on ceilings, rather than floors. I wish I hadn't spent the extra money, but if it HAD worked, I would have stayed here a bit longer. As it is, I'm plannning to put my flat on the market in the autumn.

Now terrified (especially after reading lots of posts on here) of living in  either a terrace or semi. Hope I can find an affordable detached house!

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  • Registered: 24 July 2010
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Hi Mac,

Yes, I realise that, but I think a detached house ought to be a  safer option than any other kind. At least I wouldn't have noise coming through walls/floors.
It is very discouraging to read about so many loser neighbours though!

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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I'd agree wholeheartedly, Mac. We've previously had semis (we now have a detached bungalow in a VERY quiet rural area) - first a maisonette, then a house - and only had to ask our previous neighbour once to be more considerate about what time of day he did DIY. Mum, however, has been in her mid-terrace house for over 60 years, and has seen a lot of neighbours on both sides come and go in that time. Most have been lovely (and various nationalities), but she's had one family that had 4 young boys, 3 of who were little yobs, with one who was already known to the police at the grand old age of 8! When you're looking for a place, Ophelia, look for a good solid building, built in the 40s - the walls were genuinely pretty solid.

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  • Registered: 24 July 2010
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Thanks Bearness. I'm choosing between two areas at the moment - one of them is a conservation area with houses much older than the 40s (on the coast) The other is a country town with all sort of housing.
I've really noticed the variation in quality of soundproofing in my friends' houses and flats,you have to be so careful.

One of my friends has a nice Georgian town house in a swanky Islington garden square, and you can hear the neighbours' TV on both sides - they've also turned next door into flats and have noisy door slammers there now (I know that's not the worst thing people can do, but it can be infuriating if it happens all the time)

I had no idea when I bought my present flat! I was 18 and I'd literally never heard neighbour noise before - I suppose I just assumed everything was soundproofed, because everyone I knew lived in solidly built houses!
Although I've been here now for 6 years, it really wasn't too bad until the flat below me got rented out - the actual owners were fine when they lived here, so there was never any conflict.
Which brings us back to the "dodgy people moving in near you, can ruin anywhere" theme!

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  • Registered: 1 October 2010
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hello guys...
thanks for sharing information...

Last edited by Richard (2 October 2010 05:43)

Quote Post 7

  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Please remove the irrelevant link, Richard, or I will!

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9 Reply by carry

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Re: Soundproofing. Does it Work?

I used a different company based in Charsalton Surrey. I had stud walls fitted to the party walls of my property. Rockwool (sound proofing wool) was put into the gap, followed by sound matting and sound boards. I then had the whole thing plastered over. The stud wall option is the best solution for heavy bass noises. The work took about a week.

It worked for me, but it depends on the construction of the property. I am getting some more work done this week.  It is not a job for DIY  persons as the sound panels are very heavy ect.  If the soundproofing is not installed properly, it wont work, and you will have wasted your money.


I can no longer hear heavy bass music, babies crying, noisy TV, next doors washing machine, people stamping around ect ect.  I dont have noisy neighbours, just poor sound insulation.

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Carshalton, eh, Carry?  That's where I spent the first 25 years of my life! I'm so pleased to hear that the work and financial outlay have worked.

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11 Reply by carry

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The company said that they get a lot of work from clients requesting soundproofing for victorian properties. I was suprised to hear that. I thought that it was only new builds (such as mines) which experienced such problems.  The work is expensive, but at least it worked. I am very pleased with the final result...PEACE AND QUIET!

bearness wrote:

Carshalton, eh, Carry?  That's where I spent the first 25 years of my life! I'm so pleased to hear that the work and financial outlay have worked.

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Good stuff, Carry!  smile

Hi Mac! Long time, no see.  Thanks for asking about Mum. Nothing happening atm. Can't remember how things were when we last 'spoke', but Mum had buyers for her house, just about to settle on a price, when the owners of the bungalow she'd put an offer in for, took it off the market because of a family crisis. Mum couldn't bear the thought of selling her house, and moving into rented accommodation over here for who knows how long, so she stayed put. Our bungalow is way too small to have anyone stay for long and, there's no way of knowing how long Mum would be looking for another place.  Good news on her neighbour front, though. Except the odd occasion when the woman next door lets her children scream (I'm absolutely positive they know the law as regards noise!), they've been a lot quieter.

Quote Post 12

  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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How are things going for you, Mac?

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  • Registered: 1 April 2010
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Mac99 wrote:

Hi Mrs B,

Shame about the house but good news about the neighbours. When councils write to a resident about a receivec omplaint most include a leaflet about noise and being a good neighbour so I would think that yes they would know.

Regards
Mac

Think you misunderstood, Mac!  What I mean is that the neighbours know that no one will take action against children screaming, despite it undoubtedly being intentional. Every time the wife sees Mum go into her front or back garden, if the kids are at home, she opens the door of window, and urges them on to scream at Mum. Pathetic, really, but at least most of the partying and thumping has stopped.

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  • Registered: 7 February 2011
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carry wrote:

I used a different company based in Charsalton Surrey. I had stud walls fitted to the party walls of my property. Rockwool (sound proofing wool) was put into the gap, followed by sound matting and sound boards. I then had the whole thing plastered over. The stud wall option is the best solution for heavy bass noises. The work took about a week.

It worked for me, but it depends on the construction of the property. I am getting some more work done this week.  It is not a job for DIY  persons as the sound panels are very heavy ect.  If the soundproofing is not installed properly, it wont work, and you will have wasted your money.

I can no longer hear heavy bass music, babies crying, noisy TV, next doors washing machine, people stamping around ect ect.  I dont have noisy neighbours, just poor sound insulation.

Can i ask if your home has concrete or wooden flooring? and if you got those done too?...we have had our floors soundproofed..but we have concrete flooring and have had no joy sad ...we are considering  getting the walls done aswell....but it costs SO much...we really don't know if its worth the investment?? was the company expensive?

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