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Hi
I'm after some advice on the best/cheapest options to address noise issues I have. Budget is tight.
I live in a basement flat conversion, which is part of a Victorian house in a terraced row.
The noise issue is both impact (can hear footsteps loudly) and airborne (can hear the upstairs TV, music, conversations - although not where I can hear every word clearly).
It would be preferable to address the problem from my side, rather than from upstairs. FYI, upstairs is carpeted, although not really thick carpet from what I could tell (and with thin underlay I believe)
The flat I live in has low ceilings so it's not an option for me to go for a solution that lowers the ceiling by quite a bit, so I'm unsure if your solutions would be suitable here? About an inch or so would be around the most I would want it to drop.
Are there any solutions on the market that don't involve dropping the ceiling height at all, apart from pulling down the ceiling completely? Any sort of injection process to fill the cavity that would help reduce noise? I've heard expanding foam mentioned on a couple of websites. Not sure how suitable this would be.
I would really appreciate understanding what my options are, actually how much they would reduce the noise, and how much they would cost.
My flat is approx 4.5m x 10m
Many Thanks
Rich
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Dear Rich,
I am afraid you are asking a lot.
There are no injection systems that we know of that will reduce airborne sound a great deal and impact sound could not be treated by an injection method anyway.
I am afraid you have no choice but to lower your ceiling if access is not possible above. This would take up between 3 and 5 inches depending on how you did it.
All we could suggest is you infill in between the cavity space with our Acoustic Mineral Wool or better still our Acoustic Quilt to help take the edge of the airborne noise and then look at using our Thin Ceiling System http://www.keepitquiet.co.uk/thin-cei...
Prices for all these can be seen here http://www.keepitquiet.co.uk/prices.htmlComment -
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Thanks for the reply. I've looked at the pricing section and it says POA. Would it be possible to give me an all in approx figure based on the dimensions provided?
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It will cost a min of £35 per square metre to treat your ceiling.
So approx £1,575 for materials only. We cannot be more specific until you decide what you do actually want to use.
All the measurements and prices for the individual products that make up that system can be seen on the prices page also. -
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