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...the threat but I have searched the forum and did not get any results. I have a house, built in the 60s, I wanted to replace the ceiling plasterboard, there are no insulation or sound insulation. I wanted to take this opportunity to install this. Do I need to inform Building Reg? Many thanks

...by this as I thought the pipe was supposed to be lagged. I then read this Nhbc info: SOIL AND WASTE SYSTEMS 8.1 - S8 (c) sound insulation of pipes Insulation should be provided to all soil pipes passing through dwellings. This info replaced the word AND with the word OR in my...

I'm looking to fit a suspended ceiling for sound insulation from them upstairs, however all my walls are plasterboard with an unfilled cavity behind. Filling the cavity for heat insulation would be nice, but I'm more concerned with stopping noise coming down the sides and rendering my ceiling...

we are planning to insulate a solid wall by battening some mineral wool blocks, then covering with acoustic plasterboard. We will put retaining bolts between the battening and plasterboard, but i'm wondering if it's useful/possible to put them (or just long screw sections) between battens and...

...log lap cladding will help when added. The log lap will be laid on battens to allow air flow. Does anyone have ideas for improving sound insulation from the motorway? Some of my thoughts are as follows:- add a second later of acoustic plasterboard with a 2mm rubber sheet in between. I've...

We would like to insulate under the floor in our master bedroom as it is directly above the living area of our 'granny flat'. Some kind of loose fill would be preferable as we do not want to take the whole floor up. Any suggestions?

I am planning to sound insulate my low ceiling 11 m2 room, from the noisy neighbours upstairs, without removing the old ceiling in a relatively clean and easy way. My design and materials are the following: 1. I drill will small holes on the ceiling and inject expanding foam, to reduce echo...

Hi, I was looking at lifting the floorboards in a room and putting rockwool down under for sound insulation from the flat underneath. Do I need to be worried about the downstairs neighbours lighting circuits that might be found under the floorboards, if the rockwool is laid ontop of them is...

in our new extension, a downstairs loo is going to overlap (slightly) one corner of a downstairs reception room. What type of wall would provide the best kind of sound insulation? Breeze? Stud wall with specialty insulation? Thanks, Edward

Hi Everyone, I would like to achieve part E sound insulation qualities on a 4 floor victorian town house, joists are 200mm thick. A number of stud walls in between rooms, and in between floors. I have been reading up on a few things, and got even more confused. I have come across resilient bars...

Hello: Recently moved house and decorating some rooms. One of our neighbors have a kid who is really into playing drums. We are fortunate that they are detached but the drummer plays in a room which is 2-3m from our house and it is rather loud, particularly the base drum. Anyhow I am...

I'm planning to move my upstairs bathroom to a room which shares a wall with the adjoining house. Am I required to sound-insulate the party wall? If so, what are the requirements?

I am in the process of creating an independant flat within my house. Planning has been applied for and they have advised there shouldn't be a problem. I have a double fronted house and the flat will basically the right living room with an existing small extension. I am on a tight budget so...

Hi there I'm living in a 2.5 storey townhouse and my bedroom is in the loft essentially. The sound insulation (I'm the middle of three houses sadly so side to side noise pollution is horrific from one of my neighbours but that's a whole 'nother thread!!). But the insulation of sound between...

...between my garage and the one next door and has dry lined onto 100mm block. The Building Regs guy wants me to install thermal and sound insulation onto this wall for him to grant approval and has asked me to go back to him with a proposal. Me being a non construction industry person hasn't...

...door(s)? -Sound insulate one or both? -What kind of flange or seal around the edges of doors works well? -I'm attempting to increase sound insulation in the walls by building a separate stud wall next to existing. I could then rehang one of the doors on this separate stud, increasing the gap...

I'm looking to reduce noise transfer between us and our semi detached neighbours... I know there's "better" ways to insulate for sound but the first option I looked at includes leaving a 50mm void & means losing 130mm of living room. Instead this is our current plan on entirety of our shared...

...which covers the old artex and holes from spots in it. Above the kitchen is a bedroom, will we be required under part E to put sound insulation into the ceiling/floor between kitchen and bedroom. I have had a look through the regs and from what a can see they only apply to a material...

I can hear my neighbour's alarm clock in my bedroom, and it wakes me up. I want to fit some sound insulation to the wall, (which I think is plasterboard surface) losing as little space as possible. Has anyone tried the Heavy density slab insulation from Wickes? Did it work? Or has...

Hi All, We've just bought an old Victorian house and are in the process of doing it up. We've lifted all of the original floorboards (took a long time - hoping to relay them) and now want to insulate/sound proof. A few questions about putting the insulation in. 1) We've read that you want to...