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jimmyjim wrote:
I just bought a 1920s end of terrace house. The party wall is doors
joining so I thought it would be very quite. The house is currently
being gutted as im doing lots of renovating and doesnt really have
much carpet or furniture in it.

If it's anything like mine the halls adjoining only really makes a
difference to the ground floor public rooms. Most of the others including
the kitchen have just a 9" brick wall between them.

I have found in the few days that i have been there that it is really
noisy ( i can here the people in the other house pee, and also put
there cup down on the kitchen worktop). This doesnt really bother me
but my girlfriend will go mad.

Does anyone have any ideas if this is because there is nothing left in
the house or should there be that much noise?

As i said i am currently renovating the house so can do work if it
will get rid of the noise, but also dont want to loose too much space
adding plasterboard ect.

I would be grateful for any ideas.

First thing to do is make sure there are no air gaps in the existing wall
- look especially where it's not plastered like in floor voids etc. If the
plaster has been removed, a thick skim of mortar will help before
plastering.
But the only effective way is to add a second wall spaced off the first.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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