On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 01:06:54 +0000, Grunff wrote:

The short answer is that you can get pretty good results, the extent of
which will be directly proportional to the depth of your pockets.

This question has come up on numerous occasions, and it would be well
worth your while to google this group for "sound insulation".

Yes indeed. Done that now, and it's thrown up some very useful links,
thanks - rather more useful than the "acoustic insulation" and "sound
problems" I was previously googling on...

The
consensus seems to be that the only effective solution is large mass
insulation, such as a layer of sand between your ceiling and the floor
above.

Is there anyone who's reading this newsgroup that can give me some
personal experience of how much better the insulation can make the
problem of noise?

The reason I ask, is that I've previously had experience of living in a
flat with noisy students above me, which gave me a hell of sleepless
nights for a year (beofore they moved out). So I'm quite sensitive about
this issue, but apart from that, this new place is the flat of our
dreams, and worth any amount of effort that it would take to fix the noise
problem. (if it can be fixed)

but what I don't want to find, is that we move in, spend a year doing the
place up, and then have to move because I can still hear Elvis!

thanks for any help
Rachel