Hi guys,
in my lounge, the noise from the neighbours above is pretty bad. Its impact noise from the wood floor and also you can hear them shouting. In my bedroom, earlier this year, I created a false ceiling by using 50mm batons @ 450 centers, infilled with 50mm Kingspan, 12.5mm plasterboard. the original idea was for thermal insulation

The ceiling appears to be hollow core interlocking concrete beams

For the lounge I was thinking of doing the same thing but this time maybe use some sort of rubber membrane between the batons and ceiling and also use sound block plaster board of 2 layers of 12.5mm normal board

Does anybody have any better ideas

-- Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:28 pm --

Actually, as an alternative idea (sorry can't edit post above)

1) use resilient bars and this type of system
Phonewell

No idea if any good

To do soundproofing properly, it is very expensive!

You might end up doing a load of work and still be able to hear the noise!

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I Know it says I'm On-line, but I might have just left myself logged in, whilst I'm out....

Was looking around at the prices and your right, its very expensive £50 per m2

I have decided to go with 2 x 15mm sound bloc with a layer or sound membrane in between. Whole lot hangs off resilient bars which in turn hang off 2 x 2 batons. Between the batons I have 50mm kingspan (left over so going to waste)

Actually dumb question but i have had this problem before

When you use 2 x 2 batons the finished size is 45 or so (planed). But the 50mm insulation sits proud of that, what do you guys normally do to before attaching plasterboard? just use packers?

In my bedroom I just stapled strips of hardboard to the batons worked ok

I once lived in a flat that had recently been converted to the latest regs/methods. I don't know the full details, but the landlord told me they put some steel bars across the room, filled the space with rockwool and then suspended the ceiling from the bars.

From experience, whatever they did was brilliant! My neighbours upstairs were pretty nice/considerate at night, but one of them taught singing sometimes during the day - you could barely hear anything (ie. put the telly on at a normal level and you'd never have known). I even managed to sleep even though they were having a full-on house party once too. It was also excellent thermal insulation - I was toastie warm, even though in the basement.

Sorry I can't give better details of how they did it, but maybe check into the latest regs/recommendations for people splitting houses into flats?

You are better off looking at the commercial ceiling systems available rather than faffing about with battens and packers and trying to get fixings through them.

Have a look at www.ccfltd.co.uk

Sounds like the resilient back system, I was told to fill with acoustic rockwool also. I am using kingspan (noting that is for thermal insulation mainly), mainly because I have it left over.

Batons up today so going well

ROC: thanks for the link anyway,