BartC wrote:
I'm investigating noise from next door in my 1960s semidetached
bungalow.
From external measurements, from the edge of my window, to the edge
of my neighbour's, is 103cm. Internally, there's 27.5cm from the edge
of the window, to the wallpaper on the party wall.

Assuming the same arrangements next door, there seem to be 48cm of
wall and plaster between my house and next door. And from inside the
loft, the wall appears to be built of breeze blocks.

Can a breeze-block wall really be that thick? (It would appear to
need 4 courses of blocks.) Or is there likely to be a gap (of some
20cm?)?
At the minute the wall might as well not be there...

What's the simplest DIY solution to largely drown out the sound of
two dogs barking next door? (Apart from wearing earplugs, moving
house, or, my preference at the moment, machine-gunning both dogs)

Thanks,

My knowledge of party walls is this:
Pre 1960: two bricks, no cavity ( 9 in solid)
1960 - 1976 - anything at all, sometimes studs and plasterboard, but mostly
100mm block
1977 onwards block - cavity - block (11in wall)

All this is dependant on where you live in the country


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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008