acoustic

So I just had a new chipboard floor glued and screwed in after adding noggins and levelling the joists. There are gaps between the edge of the chipboard and the blockwork, up to 15mm. There is a gap between the dot and dab wall and the new floor of up to 40mm high amd 30mm deep and also the void...

I have those doors that look like paneled doors but where the surface is made of plastic - common in modern houses. I would like to route or cut a groove to mount an acoustic seal - just a thin piece of flexible rubber. The door is made from a wooden outer frame and then covered with what...

Hi, I am renovating a terraced London house. The space is a premium and I cannot take inches. I can't add 10cm and I just want a little extra sound proofing on party walls. I looked at thin Mass loaded vinyl (MLV), which comes in 2-4mm or Tecsound (2.5mm for 25.2dB) But I would need to paint...

Hi all, I have a three-level, end of terrace house. It has an internal soil stack (black PVC), and it can be noisy. When people on higher levels flush, it is very audible in the sitting room. The stack doesn't pass through the sitting room. It passes through a small groundfloor WC surrounded by...

Hi folks, inexperienced builder doing a garden studio for music purposes. Making a 6 by 4.5m studio in a limited space in my garden. I based the design on a tried and tested timber frame twin stud with Rockwool and double layer of plasterboard on the interior with green glue between the boards...

I have a paramount wall (a sandwich of plasterboard and cardboard honeycomb) between a bedroom and a bathroom. As part of the bathroom refurbishment I'd like to do something about noise transmission since a shower will be installed adjacent and existing noise levels from the bathroom are already...