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...we have a 1 year old and are hoping to become foster carers in the near future, and having lived in houses with bare floors and no sound insulation, I know how noisy it can be. My view is, if I'm in there doing all this stuff and I have enough time, then why wouldn't I? We can stretch to the...

I had a discussion with my neighbour of the above flat. He did not like the idea of major work but he agreed to put some carpet underlay for noise reduction. I have checked and found on the market some PU Foam Carpet Underlay (Clound 9 Cumulus or Tredaire Dreamwalk). They are 11mm thick with...

...A few questions... 1. Does adding insulation into a ground floor ceiling (between the joists) provide much benefit for heat & sound insulation? 2. Is it easiest to add it into a ceiling (as the ceiling is going to be skimmed anyway) or easiest to lift floorboards upstairs? 3. Which...

...to do if you need to pass the sound proofing test for say HMO. What simple things could (floor boards are coming up anyway, and ceiling are very old) be done? Would just installing ROCKWOOL Sound Insulation Slabs and fireproof plaster board on the ceiling make much of a difference? Thanks

Hi. We have opened the ceiling in our living room which had previously the ceiling in 2.4m height, with a normal plasterboard and 10cm mineral/glass fibre mix. The outside noise was less, but still noticeable. We now want to use the full space of the pitched roof to create a vaulted ceiling...

...to minimise any noise due to walking and other activities. I have been advised that if I install it using nail-down method, any sound insulation material would be wasted since the nails would transfer noise to the wood plank subfloor. The alternative is to install it as a floating floor -...

Has anyone fitted those downlighters that allow insulation to be laid on top of them ? Aurora have some... http://www.downlightsdirect.co.uk/aurora-insulation-coverable-downlight-fixed.html Seems like a very good idea as I want to keep the sound levels down in the ceiling/floor void.

hi there, our house (a tearraced house) has an entry directly underneath our smallest room. its freezing in there all the time. Is it possible to insulate the floor under the floorboards in that room? if so which insulation is the best. this is a project we'd like to undertake ourselves, would...

On a new build, the first floor is suspended timber 225x50 joists @350-400 with 18-22mm boards over. I would like to sound proof the upstairs/downstairs as much as possible, I presume simply stuffing some rockwool in is the way to go? Or a more expensive material eg celotex 50mm perhaps? On the...

We are refurbishing a flat and just laid a engineered floor after ripping up a similar floor. The client supplied a high spec underlay. The builder that works downstairs has informed his client that we are in breach of building regs and that we should put..... Rockwall between the joists...

Hi im renovating an old farmhouse and am trying to keep as many of the original features as possible which includes all the exposed ceilings and joists between ground and first floors, the problem is is that the floor boards and the ceiling boards are the same boards so hence at the moment...

Hey all.. This is more of a 'neighbours rom hell# type topic but this forum seems the most likely to relate to and help me with my problem. The neighbours upstrairs have been causing huge, unrelenting amounts of noise since they moved in the flat above me. They have nothing over the bare...

Hi, I have removed the plasterboard ceiling to install new materials for better sound insulation. I am planning to install Rockwool between the wooden joists, then Tecsound50 sound barrier mat, then resilient bars with 15 mm sound resistant plasterboard. I wanted to add 100 mm thick Rockwool...

so I'm about to order up my finish layers and the thermal calculator shows to use insulated plasterboard. but knowing how annoying insulation and plasterboard is to cut. having them glued together just sounds like a right nightmare. Are the values the same for buying them separately (25mm...

I need to improve the sound insulation of a stud wall. For structural reasons the upgrade must be of lightweight construction. The BBC 'Single Camden' specification seems to offer the way forward. (See: BBC RD 1991/9 BBC Research Department Report The Airborne Sound Insulations of Timber-Framed...

...be entered from the hall. This will require us to put up an L shaped section of stud wall to form the cloakroom walls. Do we need to put any sound insulation in to comply with building regs... don't want to go ahead and build it and then find out it doesn't pass the rule book !!! Thanks

Hi, Our bedrooms face a local but busier through road about 30-40mtrs away which is generally not too bad but with so many folk using badly or un-silenced cars and bikes it can be disturbing. Two questions please - - what is the best type of glazing against such noise, we currently have...

Hi We have a new build property and as usual there is no insulation / sound proofing between the bedroom floors and the rooms below. When our kids are in their rooms you'd think they where coming through the ceiling! Is there any product on the market that can be injected into the void to...

Has anyone used this in a stone wall property? I’m thinking of using it in our roof, under the rafters, then batten with plasterboard. This will leave plenty of ventilation between the felt and insulation plus a 1” gap between insulation and plasterboard. Sound about right? Thanks

Hi, My Mum and I recently moved into a Chalet Bungalow which was built sometime in the 70's. Long story short, my Mum gets cold really easily and I tend to overheat. She's let me have the upstairs rooms (the original 70's construction and a loft conversion done sometime in the 80's) but as heat...