Sockets, soundproofing and stud walls!

[spursfatboy]

Afternoon all,

Quick question really. Well I hope so.

We have some noisy neighbours and they are unlikely to change their habits, as well as the wall between properties being pretty thin.

My plan is to put up a stud wall against the the 'party' wall with soundproofing inside. This I hope will negate the noise.

My question is in relation to a socket fitted to the wall. This will have to come out to sit flush against the new wall. The stud itself will probably be no deeper than 4-5 cms.

Should I build a frame around the area where the socket will be relocated to? Should I remove the old box and whats suggestions would you guys have?

Many thanks

SFB

 

[plugwash]

What i'd do is.

1: build a frame arround where the socket is to hold back the soundproofing material.
2: join the old wiring to a new cable using terminal block in the existing socket box. Cover with a blanking plate to enclose the connections.
3: fit a new socket on a dry lining box directly in front of the old socket. Make the new socket a double regardless of whether the original was a single or double.

By fitting the new socket on a dryline box directly in front of the old it will be possible to access the connections in the old socket box by removing the new socket, then removing the dryline box, then removing the blanking plate from the old box.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Have you exhausted all legal remedies?

 

[spursfatboy]

Have you exhausted all legal remedies?

Unfortunately they are idiots. Not going to bother getting legal with it, it's a small village and it'd cause more aggro than it's worth.

They are generally ok but they have friends round every so often and the deficiencies of the building show through.

SFB

 

[ban-all-sheds]

They should be the ones paying to soundproof their side.

 

[viewer]

Not electrical, but a comment on your idea; hope you don't mind. The stud wall must not be physically hard- fastened to the party wall or the ceiling timbers or it won't work however much insulation you put in. Same goes for floor if suspended timber. A lot depends on the nature of the nuisance - voices, low frequency music etc as the spacings within your new wall and the construction skin can be tuned. Two thin walls with different distances between the three can be very useful. Well worth a bit of googling, but before you start I'd suggest checking just where the noise is "coming from" i.e. just wall, wall and ceiling/bedroom/roof void etc. Noise insulation can be very expensive, so worth a check before getting out the toolbox.