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I work at all hours from home, calling internationally. Downstairs my calls won't keep housemates awake at 2am in the morning (or whatever time it is). I'm also a regular smoker, one an hour, and the stairs are loud creaky wood so going up and downstairs to get to the garden in the early hours...

Thanks again, that pretty much explains it all. I'll probably end up doing this, is there any specific economical soundproofing door you'd recommend for the job? Seems to be lots of doors which are 44mm FD30 with a very wide price range. I'm wondering if the lower priced ones (around £80) will...

While you're waiting there are loads of DIY experiments already on YouTube. Not all successful mind you.

Either way I might try the expanding foam in the door. Might as well give it a go before replacing the door just to see how effective it is, as sort of an experiment. Any ideas about how to do it, like specific areas to drill, how many drill holes etc.. The more I wonder about the honeycomb, I...

Cheers for the info and photos, I did some research and it looks like it'd do the job very nice. I just measured my doorstops and they are 35mm. You mentioned moving them which I'm wondering if it's too big a job for a novice? Is this door any good...

So just checking that no one here has ever tried this?

Well after reading that guys post about the foam I popped down to B&Q a few weeks ago and picked up some Soudal Gap Filling Exapanding Foam which I'm yet to use for this but have used it for other filling jobs. On the back of the canister it says: "the foam is an excellent thermal and acoustic...

Maybe he was an expanding foam salesman.. lol.. he did mention the product itself. Searched my history and found the original message here:

I think it is a honeycomb centre. When drilling the fairly big hole for the lock I removed bits of foil and paper which seemed to be wedged into a pocket so I'm guessing the door has lots of these pockets inside (like a honeycomb core).

Since it's not an HMO by definition and therefore is removed from HMO regulations about mandatory fire doors, this brings me back to the question about the expanding foam?

Thanks newboy, only 2 tenants so this doesn't apply:

Hi, I own the house, thanks for info about the fire door, wasn't aware of that. I started renting out the other rooms only a few months ago. I do have smoke alarms fitted in both hallways but will have to look into the regulations about the fire door.

Ah, it's my house so I've got the all clear to experiment from the landlord. (y) I tried something similar to a rug but it didn't unfortunately reduce sound to any noticeable level, although I didn't actually try attaching it to the door properly, it was just heaped up at the base of the door...

Got a very thin door so housemates are heard pretty loudly from my ground-floor room when they're downstairs. Even with my door closed, you can sometimes hear the faintest of nose sniffs if someone is in the kitchen or living room. I recently changed the lock on this door and during the drilling...

Thanks for the tips again John. The plumber said to use expanding foam in the hole, do you think that's a bad idea? I think the pipe in the drain is plastic rather than metal if that might effect the method of repair somehow? Will bear in mind the tip about the coffee grounds, it's actually...

The plumber advised exactly the same thing about the inspection panel, although I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to create it. I'll probably post this in the building forum too, I'm guessing maybe some sort of metallic wire meshing over it or maybe if I saw the decking at the drain point and...

Surely does stink a bit lol. Soon as I removed the skirting the smell started wafting in. During the leak detection, the plumber himself kept saying "this is a weird one" so I took some snaps. Here's the hole next to the pipe going through the wall. Plumber advised I get a bottle of expanding...

Job done Dilalio, it turned out that there was a hidden drain underneath the decking which was blocked and the water was seeping through a hole in the wall just underneath the window! Plumber broke through some of the damp plasterboard, removed the skirting board completely and drilled into the...

Hmm, I've cut a piece out of from behind the loose skirting board and can't see a pipe inside!

Plumber is going to be here soon but I'm beginning to wonder if the pipe might actually be external under the decking, although how then would it leak inside at various points? I've almost removed the skirting, the plaster board behind is wet and I can't see a pipe back there, although it is...