06-07-2015, 10:23 AM
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sound insulation
I'm lucky where I live , although in a mid terrace 2 bed house the walls are sound insulated quite well. The house is 35 years old. Also I am quiet and my neighbour is too.People I know live in houses and flats with bad sound insulation , they can hear talking , televisions , people using toilets and bathrooms, even people walking in the flat above as if in their own property.
I thought that new buildings regulations in this day and age would have better sound proofing between walls and floors of houses and flats.
A friend has to wear ear plugs at weekends so she can lie in a little longer as the family next door who are just living ordinary life rise early. She can hear conversations , children chatting kettles boiling etc .
I've also been told that the old original breeze blocks that were once used are now light weight feather light breeze blocks with no insulation in them what soever, is this true ?
06-07-2015, 10:50 AM
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Re: sound insulation
Originally Posted by susan m
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I'm lucky where I live , although in a mid terrace 2 bed house the walls are sound insulated quite well. The house is 35 years old. Also I am quiet and my neighbour is too.People I know live in houses and flats with bad sound insulation , they can hear talking , televisions , people using toilets and bathrooms, even people walking in the flat above as if in their own property.
I thought that new buildings regulations in this day and age would have better sound proofing between walls and floors of houses and flats.
A friend has to wear ear plugs at weekends so she can lie in a little longer as the family next door who are just living ordinary life rise early. She can hear conversations , children chatting kettles boiling etc .
I've also been told that the old original breeze blocks that were once used are now light weight feather light breeze blocks with no insulation in them what soever, is this true ?
I thought new builds would be good for sound insulation - not the case where I live, the build is 8 + years old - I can even hear the gal upstairs put her gin bottle on the table !
It really is ridiculous ..............
06-07-2015, 01:02 PM
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Re: sound insulation
You're right about breezeblocks. Breeze was (I believe) the clinker from coal fired furnaces and this was used as the basis of concrete blocks. Concrete blocks are syill used for foundations and here in Scotland, for the walls of new houses built using traditional methods.Internal walls are either wooden stud walls or built with lightweight 'Thermalite' blocks. This is an aerated concrete - like a concrete Malteeser!
For sound reduction you generally need mass, so the lightweight blocks are not so effective. There are different types of noise, depending whether it is coming through the wall or floor. There are effective solutions for both these problems.
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