Hi, i'll soon be rewiring my house.
As it's all chipboard upstairs, i'm gonna pull it all up and lay new chipboard once the rewiring's done. As i'll have the floor up, i want to get some soundproofing in there as the main bedroom is right above the lounge and you can hear people's voices from below, pretty much word for word.
Has anyone had any experience of doing this on the cheap?
I had a few ideas:
Stick loft insulation between the joists in the floor.
Cut polystyrene sheet to size and stick that in there, maybe seal edges with expanding foam or acoustic sealant.
Buy proper acoustic mineral wool stuff and stick that in there (not likely as it's not cheap).
Whatever i do, i'll get some decent underlay and carpet fitted which should help. I could probably chuck a maximum of 500 quid at whatever i do to soundproof as long as it works.
What do people reckon?
Thanks.
As it's all chipboard upstairs, i'm gonna pull it all up and lay new chipboard once the rewiring's done. As i'll have the floor up, i want to get some soundproofing in there as the main bedroom is right above the lounge and you can hear people's voices from below, pretty much word for word.
Has anyone had any experience of doing this on the cheap?
I had a few ideas:
Stick loft insulation between the joists in the floor.
Cut polystyrene sheet to size and stick that in there, maybe seal edges with expanding foam or acoustic sealant.
Buy proper acoustic mineral wool stuff and stick that in there (not likely as it's not cheap).
Whatever i do, i'll get some decent underlay and carpet fitted which should help. I could probably chuck a maximum of 500 quid at whatever i do to soundproof as long as it works.
What do people reckon?
Thanks.