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Miggs
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Miggs July 29, 2010 11:44

Problem with noisy neighbours

We have a problem with noise from neighbours TV/loud voices coming from their front room which can be heard in our bedroom, they have friends round regularly late at night and sing bad karaoke. Their TV is in an alcove next to a chimney breast and we have a fitted wardrobe in the same alcove space in our bedroom so not sure if it could actually be coming through the floor. We can hear the noise in the adjacent downstairs room as well through the walls but we only use that room as a dining room so it doesn't bother us too much. The party walls are brick with a cavity. The chimney breast in our room is bricked up, their isn't, so wondered if it would be worth putting some insulation in that as well as that also comes straight up into our bedroom.
We have complained to the council but didn't make it formal as we were trying to sell house, now thinking of staying put as the market isn't so good at the moment and even after a 40K drop things aren't selling.
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    Site Monitor (Official Rep) August 02, 2010 12:05
    The wardrobe you have fitted will be helping reduce noise through that part of your party wall but you will have to do something the other side of the chimney breast as well and the best sound insulation is our Studio Wall System that will take up about 5.5 inches of space. Click the following link for information on this

    http://www.keepitquiet.co.uk/studio-w...

    Flanking noise will also be coming through timber suspended floors and ceilings. If it is not possible to lift the floors to install 100mm of AMW100 Acoustic Mineral Wool between the joists then overlay with a minimum of two layers of 2mm SBM5 Soundproofing Mat. AMW100 and/or normal mineral wool type loft insulation should be between the joists above the bedroom ceiling then screw another layer of 15mm high density Acoustic Plasterboard to the ceiling with our 1mm SoundBlocker Membrane sandwiched between the existing ceiling and the the new plasterboard. If your fireplace has been bricked up then it should not be necessary to do any more work there. These measures will reduce the amount of noise you are currently hearing but if the noise being generated is loud, this is an environmental issue and will still be heard.
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