M20 Soundproofing Panels - Do they work?

MrMartyn1984

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Hi all,

Long story short we've got stupidly thin walls where you can hear next door talking (at normal voice level), doors shutting etc....

Problems start when the noisy so and so's start playing music with loud bass and my bairns are asleep. I've been round 4 times now and my patients is wearing stupidly thin as it's mainly her son who's playing it.

I've been looking into soundproofing all the walls in my house that attach to theirs but don't want to spend the money with little result.

So.... Has anyone ever used these M20 soundproofing panels? weighing in at 15KG a meter square rubber panel surely they have some effect, but I'm wondering how much?

Cheers!
 
MrMartyn1984 said:
It's a terraced house (middle of 3) only noise comes from one side though. At a guess it was built 1950's ish.
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You may then also have the problem of joists sharing the party wall, which helpfully transmit sound into your flooring and well as providing an air gap for sound to filter in. There are solutions for this issue, but the easiest it to seal the joist holes with acoustic sealant.

For the main issue, sheets of plaster board, layer of green glue, second (offset) sheets of plaster board. How to videos on YouTube.

The alternative is squiggly wall hangers which decouple a sheet of plasterboard from the wall.

GG is the easiest and more effective solution though.
 
If its bass frequencies, without serious building work, not much is going to have much of an impact to be honest.
 
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Yeah I'm aware killing off the bass totally isn't really realistic, however if I could dampen the everyday noise and reduce the bass a decent bit that would be something. I just don't fancy spending a few hundred quid per room to see little benefit.
 
How does that green glue work? I can't see that making a big difference by its self, but if its a cheap solution then maybe worth a try.

I remember someone on here soundproofing a ceiling and he used green glue but also loads of layers of different density insulation. It made a big difference, but you would lose a lot of room space.
 
You could try an over the top solution which is cheaper.

Buy a sledge hammer, burst into his house and put it through his audio equipment, followed by the words "next time it's your skull"


(I am joking but it would be effective)
 
Resident said:
You could try an over the top solution which is cheaper.

Buy a sledge hammer, burst into his house and put it through his audio equipment, followed by the words "next time it's your skull"


(I am joking but it would be effective)
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Sounds brilliant!

I was close to taking his head off the last time I went round but can do without any bother from the law, after all I've got 2 bairns to think about.
 
We're in a 1950's semi. Shared joists with next door and very thin shared walls.

We built studwork in the bays each side of the chimneys in the rooms with the party wall and put in 75mm sound proofing insulation , then double layer plaster board using the technique above. We extended the sound insulation 300mm in the ceilings.

We found out the main sound transference was coming through the chimney breasts. Double boarding them upstairs has helped (the fireplaces are bricked up).

Things still aren't 100% sorted, but it's a great deal better.


Friends of mine have used an acoustic matting which you hang and that has worked fantastically for them.


It comes down to how much you're willing spend, how much work you're willing to do (and how much you can tear your house apart) and how much of your rooms do you want to loose to sound proofing!
 
paddy said:
Friends of mine have used an acoustic matting which you hang and that has worked fantastically for them.
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I think this is what I was originally looking at, heavy rubber panels that you glue to the wall, then plasterboard on top and use acoustic sealant around the perimeter. I'll have to have a good read trough the sites suggested and work out what's my best chance at reducing the noise.

I really want a fairly simple fix (something where I can do a room a day), without making noise on this side and without loosing too much space.
 
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