"Lobster" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Lobster" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:

As someone else pointed out, I dont really need soundproofing come to
think of it - just the physical barrier for security and the
fireproofing, so I guess fireproof plasterboard on both sides of a
single skin stud would be effective.

I wouldn't... you say security is a concern: if you consider that
there's a risk of a scrote breaking into your neighbour's house and
climbing up into his roofspace in order to enter your house, do you
think a couple of sheets of plasterboard will impede his progress for
more than a few seconds?!

Yes.

I remember enlisting the help of one of my sons with a renovation project
a few years ago, and set him on to demolishing a stud partition. He was
able to climb through it in a matter of minutes - mind you, he was only 9
at the time.

To climb into a loft then through a stud wall and then down into the house
below you must have something worth getting. If it is that valuable then it
shouldn't be in the house.