I lived in a newly built terrace house once, and I could everything through the walls - could even hear the neighbour on the loo. Yes pretty awful - I think the building regulations are not good enough and should be stricter in order to prevent you having to share your home with next door. Even some older type houses have paper thin walls too. Also lived in an apartment and that was just awful, everything from dowstairs came up into our flat. Drove me mad. Does it drive anyone else mad? If you can't afford a detatched and have to settle for a semi and such like - what age/type/builders are the best houses and what are the worst for soundproofing. Share your comments.....
2006-09-27 09:44:17 · 8 answers · asked by mimms 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
My house is over 100 years old & I can't hear my neighbours at all - I'm in a mid terace
2006-09-27 09:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never lived in an apartment that I did not hear everything from my neighbors. And yes, it drove me INSANE! I found that the quality of construction and insulation has alot to do with it. I have lived in new construction, older homes, and condo's. When I ran into that problem, I purchased sound proof dry wall from Home Depot. Seems like a pain, yes, but it works. If you are planning on purchasing a home/condo/townhome, check how far apart the studs in the walls are, if they are 2 x 2, 2 x4, or 2 x 6, and the quality of the insulation (R12, etc). Blue prints will tell you this. As far as builders go, I do not know what area you are in. In most cases you can find info on them via the internet. Good Luck!
2006-09-27 09:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by naughty_mattress_monkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most builders just follow the building codes, & with all things considered, soundpfoofing doesn't even get on their radar screen, as you already know. My parents bought in a highrise condo, & as expected, we knew exactly what TV programmes the people in the next apartment watched.
What we did to improve the situation was to build a 2nd wall in front of the existing adjoining wall. We left a 4" gap between the two walls & then in an additional 4" gap we filled it with 4" of accoustical insulation.
That was a few years ago that we did that, & we don't miss the 8" of room size, & we don't miss the sounds from the neighbours either.
2006-09-27 09:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My house is completely brick and masonry (not 2x4/brick veneer)
built in 1953. You cannot hear traffic or rain or anything.
The houses are 6 feet apart(I live in the city) and you cannot hear people walking through the gangway between houses.
2006-09-27 09:57:08 · answer #4 · answered by James A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Building regulations are being constantly reviewed and updated as necessary.
Part E relating to passage of sound was last updated in July 2003.
2006-09-27 10:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by Peakey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon a Farmer's house coz there is at the least a couple of fields in between
2006-09-27 09:52:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my house is a semi-detached built in the 40's and i dont hear a thing from my neighbours
2006-09-27 10:01:07 · answer #7 · answered by kezz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check in B&Q Stores.
2006-09-30 23:48:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋