soundproof wallpaper - does it work?

[youretoastmildred]

And if so - which one exactly have you tried and it is working? and what are the circumstances?

We are an end terrace and share a wall with a lovely old dear whose only crime is to have a very thin wall shared with us and a boomingly loud TV. Our crimes are far worse - we have a 2 year old and a 4 year old.

I often go to bed really early and wish I wasn't listening to someone else's TV in my bedroom. I also feel guilty about our racket and I also dread the day someone genuinely noisy and / or inconsiderate moves in.

What do you think? Sound proof wallpaper likely to be any good? If not, any other ideas?

thanks!

Do you have a link to the proposed wallpaper, as I was unaware such a product was available?

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(sorry)

No

Built-in wardrobes, floor to ceiling, are good, as is packing the spaces between the joists with dense mineral wool batts. The noise comes in through weak spots, which usually includes gaps and cracks in the unplastered brickwork where it is out of sight between floors and in the loft. If you can take up (at least) the first few floorboards at the party walls you may be able to see and clean out gaps that you can fill with expanding foam, before putting in the batts. underfelt and carpet are also much better than hard floors. If you have fireplaces or chimneys on the party wall, the separating brckwork may be very thin (and gappy)

oh dear.

deepfriedsage, I just googled it wondering "is there such a thing as - ?" and there were quite a few results. However it looks as if it isn't worth our time doing any more research!

no fireplaces or chimneys on that wall. Seriously is it completely not worth bothering with the wallpaper? She is not a clumper-abouter, it is just the TV.

she is probably rather deaf.

It might help if the TV was moved away from the wall, but she is probably set in her ways. Some people use a wireless headphone accessory for the TV.

Hanging a dense, heavy, lined curtain against the TV wall will muffle it. Dense carpet will reduce the noise coming into your bedroom.

I honestly do not have the face to ask her to do anything. There is no way she is noisier than us. It is partly for her benefit that I am thinking about this.

I am feeling a bit doomy following deepfriedsage's post because having thought about it a bit more, I think the TV is coming through the whole of that side of the house, ie she has it on downstairs but you also hear it really loudly upstairs, so it is actually coming through gaps and cracks rather than directly through the one wall it is near while I am directly on the other side. IYSWIM. So it would be a bigger job to get at, and deal with, gaps and cracks, rather than slapping a layer of something on a wall.
Hmmm maybe I should get someone in to have a look and see what they think

Thanks everyone!

echoing PJ's reaction. That's hilarious.

seriously - TV up to wall-shaking levels is an old-age issue for those who are tired after a day of struggling with hearing aids. Just catch her at a good time and ask politely if she can put the telly against a different wall. And offer to help to move it.

she will appreciate that kids are noisy at times, but they presumably go to bed early too. Give and take.

sorry I meant Pigletjohn in my last post.

The people who lived here before had put all their wardrobes and chest of drawers against that wall, and I wondered why as you can't then put the bed facing out the window. Now I see.

I've nothing helpful to add, OP except I felt your pain. Our NDN in the UK was getting on and fell asleep at the controls. So loud you could hear billiard balls click as they touched. :o

sorry to dig up an old thread but has anyone got any insight on this? we are having issues with in our flat noise from our neighbours keeping dd up (despite numerous courteous conversations asking them to kindly be a bit more considerate!), so we are looking for an affordable method of soundproofing.

Is soundproof wallpaper any good?

I'm reading mixed reviews on whether or not it will actually make any difference - soundproofpanda.com/soundproof-wallpaper/ says it will make a marginal difference, but does anyone know if the difference is marginal enough to stop background music noise disturbing dds sleep?

Can’t imagine so (see PigletJohn response above).

However acoustic plasterboard is a genuine thing and I think a layer of that, plus perhaps some kind of foam or felt behind it, would help somewhat.

I found white noise (marpac hussshhh) very effective at stopping my light sleeper dd2 from being disturbed by random neighbour and outside noises.

thanks, good idea with the white noise, I haven't tried that yet but think I will give it a go