"mickcant" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I live in a top floor, of a three storey block of purpose built flats
built
around forty years ago There are concrete floors between the levels and
there is no problem from below. On the one side of my flat, the wall that
is
alongside the next door flat is a 9" laid flat concrete block wall
finished
with plasterboard spot stuck to the wall with plaster. Is there anything I
can do to my side to cut some or even better all the Noise out; this is
only
a problem when they are playing music, and alouth I use headphones when I
want to listen to music or watch a late film, they just blast out! As my
flat is a bed sit this same room is also my bedroom and I just cannot get
to
sleep when it is blasting out. Hoping for helpful advice,

There is no easy solution to this common problem. Basically you need to
build another wall next to the existing one and loose about 125mm off the
length of the room. It's like building a sound studio wall. The minimum
would be 50mm sq stud frame with a 50mm gap stuffed with rockwall insulation
and then covered with two layers of plasterboard - first panels horizontal
second vertical. The stud frame should be insulated from ceiling, floor and
side walls by 10mm thick hard rubber blocks, it should be a tight fit no
screws.
This may sound a bit drastic but it works.


Would anyone also know if, because this is an Housing Association flat,
whether there are any grants available to help upgrade?

I would ask the Housing Association. I assume you will have to get
permission

Ghetto blasters were not around when these flats were built!

Remember that it's very difficult to reduce the low frequency bass notes as
these may be travelling along the concrete floor.

Robin