Garage Ceiling

[mjtefc9]

Hi all,

We bought a new build and the boiler is in the garage. But it is right underneath our bedroom, and so when it is on it wakes us up.

I was going to get 2 sheets of 50mm insulated plasterboard and screw them above in the space above the boiler. You can see it in the pictures.. It is exactly the right size for 2 sheets of 2400x1200.

Can anyone help with the best way to ensure I'm going into the batons?

Or would anyone do this differently ?

Thanks for you advice !

 

[23vc]

Unlikely to help much, and those boards are for thermal not acoustic.
Is the floor void already full of rock wool type insulation?
If so I think you may have to live with it, chances are the noise is travelling via the wall structure and CH pipes anyway rather than through the ceiling.

 

[mjtefc9]

It does have insulation in, I thought it may be the pipes also.

So you think it's a lost cause?

 

[23vc]

Unfortunately yeah. The sound transmission isn’t going to be stopped and I don’t think it’s even gonna be noticeably reduced, by adding to the ceiling

 

[^woody^]

Move the bed?

There should be a lot of insulation in that floor, have you checked?