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Thanks for that Geeba. That gives me good ideas for doing our loft, which is currently just a storage attic so it doesn't need to be pretty or 100% efficient, just cheap! I probably should have updated this thread with my own experience since I started it. I went with the original quote...

So it seems experiences have been ranging from £2000 for a wall, to "do it yourself for 200 quid". This leaves me feeling it's a case of 'pay what you think it's worth' and nobody seems to know what the labour rate should really be? Of course a plasterer could do it, but how much would they...

Mainly barking dogs and general speech / tv noise. At the moment I have little choice as I cannot afford to move, and the party wall is only 1 brick thick with no air gap. I can hear neighbour's conversations word for word.

Hello, I've just been quoted £950 to supply and install a 145mm thick soundproofing system on one of the walls in my terraced house, by a soundproofing specialist. The wall is approx 13 square metres. This involves packing under the floor at the wall with soundproofing, creating a stud...

Wow, brilliant response. A mine of information. Thank you. I forgot to mention I had previously searched for soundproofing on this forum, but couldn't find a thread that specifically mentioned the combination of soundproofing the wall and underfloor at the same time. I didn't want to spend a...

Help! :shock: Picture this : 1910 semi, party wall merely a single skin of brick and plaster, empty external cavity walls, and shared floor joists which run across the two dwellings. Bedrooms and sitting rooms meet at the party wall. Couple it with very loud dogs and a TV next door and...

Just moved into a new house with a lovely stove installed, only to realise the previous occupants had destroyed the thing by burning green wood with cracked firebricks, leading to the stove door cracking in one corner. It's not an enormous crack, but it's enough to break the seal. I have...