On Dec 20, 10:49*pm, "BartC" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message

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On Dec 20, 2:36 pm, "BartC" wrote:
I'm investigating noise from next door in my 1960s semidetached bungalow.
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)
This is a common bungalow problem. You will find the sound is coming
"over" the party wall in the roof space *I f you get up in the loft
you will find there is a rafter running down close to the party wall
but not actually touching. the sound comes in here and thence throught
the ceilings.

The rafters are the sloping bits? The last rafter is six inches away from
the party wall, with roofing material just above it, and the tiles just
above.

This bungalow's also had a loft conversion (as has my neighbour I believe),
occupying most of the loft space except for some 9 feet at front and back,
so there is already an extra floor and ceiling between the downstairs, and
most of the roof space.

What's astonishing is that the sound gets through 18" of breeze-block wall,
with or without a cavity. In fact in the loft I can hear next door better
than downstairs in my own house!

So perhaps there is some place the sound is getting in as you say.

--
Bartc

Well converted or not, there is still a gap over the party wall. Just
makes it harder to block.
It 's probably concrete blocks, breeze is made from coal ash and went
out in the early sixties. It's very soft, you can poke a screwdriver
through it.
There's no way you'll get airborn domestic sound through an 18" wall