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ReductoClip™ Direct To Wall System Case Study for the effective soundproofing of walls against noisy neighbours
Mr and Mrs Billanie live in a 3-bedroom 1950’s semi-detached house and although they have a great relationship with their neighbours (we know not everyone is this fortunate) they were hearing a lot of airborne noise from next door. Anything and everything from the TV, talking and sometimes raised voices and shouting and occasionally dogs barking.
Mr and Mrs Billanie also have young children in their home (as do their neighbours) which means there was also the noise from the children, talking, playing and running.
As well as airborne noise, there was no carpet in their neighbour’s lounge, which meant they often heard the impact noise of footsteps on the floor. Mr and Mrs Ballanie wanted to soundproof the party wall of their lounge, which is where most of the noise from their neighbours was being experienced. Their lounge is directly opposite that of their noisy neighbours lounge.
Before soundproofing an existing wall, the following questions needed to be answered:
Does soundproofing a wall work both ways?
Mr and Mrs Billanie also asked if they soundproof their wall, would their neighbours also hear less noise from them? They were conscious that if they could hear their noisy neighbours, then they could also hear them. Not only did they want to soundproof their party wall to reduce unwanted noise from next door, but they were pleased to learn that the wall soundproofing would also give them more privacy within their own home, by reducing the noise next door were hearing from them too.
The ReductoClip Direct to Wall System
Mr and Mrs Billanie didn’t want to lose the 120mm from their alcoves that the ReductoClip Independent Stud Wall System requires. Although, it is worth noting that this ReductoClip Independent System still delivers the lowest amount of space loss at 120mm than any other independent wall soundproofing system on the market.
Because of the level of noise Mr and Mrs Billanie were experiencing from their noisy neighbours, the advice from The Soundproofing Store was to therefore go with the ReductoClip Direct To Wall System. Because the ReductoClips are attached directly to the wall (without an independent stud frame) the space loss from their alcoves would only be 60mm.
Benefits of the ReductoClip™ Direct to Wall System
The ReductoClip™ Direct to Wall System is an innovative soundproofing solution, designed to completely isolate walls. Reducing the transference of sound vibration energy, whilst also blocking airborne noise.
What about soundproofing the chimney breast?
There was a chimney breast in the lounge of the wall in question, but it was only the alcoves that were going to be soundproofed. This is because:
However, there are exceptions, e.g. if the neighbour has removed the chimney on their side of the wall. This was the case with this room in question, with a log burner on Mrs and Mrs Billanie’s side and a removed chimney on their neighbours’ side. In this instance a simple ear to the chimney breast served enough to show that some sound was being heard through the chimney breast. The advice would be to soundproof the external chimney breast with soundboard 4. There is also the option to soundproof behind the log burner and then attach a fire-retardant board behind the fire. In this instance the fire was too close to the backwall to do this. Which meant the ReductoClip direct to wall system was fitted on the alcoves only and the chimney breast remained as it was.
ReductoClip™ Direct To Wall Soundproofing Testimonial
Mrs Billanie says: "The ReductoClip Soundproofing System has been absolutely brilliant. We are really pleased with it. It was really easy to install, we've plastered and decorated over the top and you can't even tell it's there. It's made a huge difference. The noise transfer in our semi-detached house and our neighbours has really massively reduced. It's really nice to know we're not going to annoy each other, with the kids being too noisy, or the dogs barking.
We really thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is worried about noise, or just wants that little bit extra privacy in their home."
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