Sound deadening with plasterboard walls

Oct 01, 2003 5 Replies

Hi all,



Unfortunately my house is part assembled using these rather nasty plasterboard stud partition walls between the rooms. This did not used to be a problem, but one of my lodgers appears to be a little on the deaf side and watches the TV at quite a loud volume, and always talks very loudly on the phone. (he stays with me during the week and returns home at weekends to the kids, so I am guessing that he is used to having to talk over the kids). Infact one day when I was walking back to the house, and he was in the kitchen on the phone (which is at the back / side of the house) I was able to hear him!!!



Is there anything that I can insert into the gap between the plasterboard to help deaden the sound - maybe like a spray in foam or something?



Alternatively I guess I could chop out his tongue and get him some headphones for the tv! :-)



Cheers, Matt


I put rockwool insulation between the bathroom and my young sons room inside a plasterboard/stud partition - works a treat, we can now splash around without disturbing his beauty sleep.

Also used it in a similar wall between the downstairs loo and kitchen to cover up toilet noises!

Teletext page 888 subtitles are very good on recorded programs

Hi all, Sorry if this is a repost - having trouble getting my news server to accept posts :-(

Don't put spray foam into the wall it will keep on expanding and crack the plasterboard.

Mike Dyer. Speaking from experience :(

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