Soundproofing

[spartanrunnergirl]

Hi all
I live in a lovely semi detached house quite old - 1920s with fabulous elderly neighbours next door who have quite loud telly.

Totally reasonable sound level and I would never complain to them. I live alone - never have the TV on and my house is therefore pretty silent so I can hear what's going on between the walls.

I love my house. I've been pondering moving recently to a detached property just because of noise, however it occurs to me that I might invest in some decent soundproofing in one room (it's only one room where the noise comes through) rather than the expensive moving.

Does anyone have soundproofing? Does it really work? Is it worth the investment and if so any recommendations of type?

I lived in a house that had this issue and in the end did end up moving to a detached property to get away from the noise. Its quite tricky to add really effective soundproofing, and quite a major undertaking (the sound can be 'transmitted' down the floorboards, its not just a case of adding a sound proofing material to the wall that the sound is coming through). In my line of work we needed some sound proofed rooms built and I saw them being constructed; even after all the research I'd done because of the noise issues with my old house I was surprised by just how much thickness of insulation was put in between the rooms to make the sound proofing effective- a separate frame is constructed, and then filled with a good 6-8 inches depth of rockwool, meaning you'd stand to lose at least a good 6-8 inches from the width of your room. I'm assuming the room you're thinking of adding the sound proofing to is probably the living room, as you mention TV noise. However, if its a bedroom you could consider adding fitted floor to ceiling wardrobes to the wall that the sound comes through, the 'bulk' of the clothes in the wardrobe might help muffle the sound a little.