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Insulation

Sound proofing ceiling

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.40 PM

Hi, The tenants in the flat above mine have a young child, and the noise he makes while running, banging and dropping things is excruciating, especially since I have been working from home since last year because of the covid situation. I have tried to talk to the neighbours and their landlord, but there’s nothing they can really do. I live in a converted house and unfortunately the sound proofing is null. Thus, I am exploring the option of sound proofing the ceiling in the main 2 rooms (living/dining rooms) and would like to know what it implies in terms of: - will it be really efficient agains footsteps or child running? Will I still hear some residual noice coming from upstairs? - what kind of work does it imply? What do you need to do when the ceiling has been sound proofed? Is a simple plastering and then painting is enough or do you also need to replaster the walls? Thanks.

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3 Answers

Right Price Builders

Rating: 5 out of 5
Plymouth
This is very tricky, as normally you would lift the floorboards upstairs and insulate the voids between the joists and insulate the joists themselves on the uppermost surface. You would then refix the floorboards and then lay an acoustic underlay before carpeting or lanimating. In addition to this you would then insulate between the ceiling joists downstairs and then double board with plasterboard before Plastering. There is only so much that you can do from downstairs and the reverberating impact from above will always be a challenge if not tackled from the above residence.
Answered1 February 2021
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Carpentry

Rating: 5 out of 5
Wanstead, London
if you still don't have insulation between the floors, I recommend you do it! for sure it will be a positive result. insulation processes are not complicated and should not affect the walls.
Answered3 February 2021
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Foryourservice

Rating: 5 out of 5
Greenford
Maybe use double sound proof plasterboard but this depends on what kind of ceiling you have (Structure wise), if you have high ceilings you can do a dropped ceiling and use insulation and soundproof plasterboards, there are many ways, feel free to get in touch..
Answered3 February 2021
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