I was having a lot of trouble with noise from neighbours. Their stairs are adjacent to our living room and bedroom. I could hear them running up and down the stairs, talking, shouting etc... all very annoying!!!
So I have put up 2 massive stud walls (up stairs and downstairs against all party walls). I have used many 3x2 uprights and verticals. dense rockwool insulation and 1/2 inch plasterboard (standard stud walls).
51 x 3x2 2.4m lengths (includes all verticals/horizontals and noggins)
12 x 1.2x2.4m 1/2 inch plasterboard
50 x (50mm) dense rockwool slabs
I have reduced the audible noise by a lot. However I seem to have increased the impact noise dramatically. I now hear the neighbours walking around in their house next door. The sound now ripples through into our ceiling across to the otherside of our house (it never used to!!!!). The timber frame is screwed into the outside side walls, concrete floor (downstairs) and into joints (upstairs floor/ceiling). I think the main problem is that the impact noise is resinating the wooden frame which in turn is transferred up into the ceiling joists and across the house.
My dilema now is that I really want to remove the stud walls (big mistake i think in the first place,quite a job really to put up and take down) and replace it all with foam backed plasterboard instead (either glued or hammerfixed into party wall) . Hopefully will give a slight reduction on impact and audible noise. Hopefully this will reduce any resinating sound from the existing wooden frame (which will be removed). And I should gain a couple more inches of house back.
It doesnt help that the houses are staggered, which means part of next doors upstairs is adjacent to our downstairs. (these are 1960s ex-council houses by the way). I believe the party walls are just single breeze with no insulation between. Hence the noise.
Any experience or help appriciated before I rip down a lot or wood and plasterboard.
So I have put up 2 massive stud walls (up stairs and downstairs against all party walls). I have used many 3x2 uprights and verticals. dense rockwool insulation and 1/2 inch plasterboard (standard stud walls).
51 x 3x2 2.4m lengths (includes all verticals/horizontals and noggins)
12 x 1.2x2.4m 1/2 inch plasterboard
50 x (50mm) dense rockwool slabs
I have reduced the audible noise by a lot. However I seem to have increased the impact noise dramatically. I now hear the neighbours walking around in their house next door. The sound now ripples through into our ceiling across to the otherside of our house (it never used to!!!!). The timber frame is screwed into the outside side walls, concrete floor (downstairs) and into joints (upstairs floor/ceiling). I think the main problem is that the impact noise is resinating the wooden frame which in turn is transferred up into the ceiling joists and across the house.
My dilema now is that I really want to remove the stud walls (big mistake i think in the first place,quite a job really to put up and take down) and replace it all with foam backed plasterboard instead (either glued or hammerfixed into party wall) . Hopefully will give a slight reduction on impact and audible noise. Hopefully this will reduce any resinating sound from the existing wooden frame (which will be removed). And I should gain a couple more inches of house back.
It doesnt help that the houses are staggered, which means part of next doors upstairs is adjacent to our downstairs. (these are 1960s ex-council houses by the way). I believe the party walls are just single breeze with no insulation between. Hence the noise.
Any experience or help appriciated before I rip down a lot or wood and plasterboard.