Recent content by erlendd

If I wanted to put a second washing machine beside this what would I do? Do I just need to put a splitter on?

Thanks for the fast reply. What about the vacuum issue mentioned in the manual for the washing machine? Is it ok here because it can pull air in from the sink drain hole?

I feel like this drain hose might be incorrectly plumbed. In the manual for the machine it says it should be slotted in to an opening, with some space around it (to prevent a vacuum/siphoning effect). Here it’s plumbed in directly with scree joints. Also, should the drain hose go into the...

Given that I do not have the pin to disarm this alarm, I’m wary of opening things in case I set off the tamper alarm. I think I just need to get an engineer out to recommission the thing.

So the alarm display was blank. I press the 4 button to wake it up and the screen is illuminated but blank. Does this mean the batter needs changing?

The keypad isn’t working. I also don’t have the codes for this thing as the previous owners didn’t provide them as far as I can tell. In the cupboard there’s a larger alarm box with the words Premier Elite v5 on it. There’s also an SD1 box with some buttons on it.

Hi, recently moved into a property that has a Texecom alarm system (I think it's a Premier Elite V6). I think it was first installed back in 2013. I'm considering removing it to replace with a more modern smart solution and I'm considering Simplisafe. Is it better to try to upgrade the existing...

Yes it was the Soudal one from screwfix. Totally agree that it's meaningless to give down decibel value without saying how thick it needs to be. Also, they don't specify which frequencies it cuts out. Regarding the latter point at this stage I care a lot less about the low frequencies than the...

Just for others' benefit, I basically managed to fix the problem. First I got a small borehole camera and used it to see under the floor. It turned out that the old rockwool insulation I'd put down had been moved - just slightly - in places. Crucially it wasn't touching the wall in some places...

Sure, I don't care about hearing footsteps or general noise from the neighbors above us.. but I can literally hear the guy downstairs burp at night. That's airbourne (non-impact) noise, so it must be getting through a gap surely?

This is actually by fear - that they've disturbed the existing rockwool. The builder who did the work told me that they were careful with the rockwool, but that they pushed it up against my floor when they installed the ceiling. I can currently use the stiff wire from a coat hanger to poke at...

It's shared freehold and wooden floors are permitted. The original ceiling downstairs was plasterboard. They replaced it with a single layer of normal plasterboard 12.5mm and a second layer of blue-board, which is for sound dampening (15mm).

I'm not sure if the sound issue is just the gap below the skirting though. As there is little or no plasterboard behind the skirting perhaps sound is going through the MDF skirting?

Hi there, Hope this is the right forum. I got a builder in to install an engineered wooden floor, which involved exposing the joists and also removing the old skirting. While he was at it he put down 200mm of Rockwool sound block, to block out airbourne sound from the downstairs neighbours...