Marty Moose
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I’m in the planning stages of my front room revamp. I share a party wall and although I can’t hear virtually anything through from next door 99% of the time, I’m still intending on soundproofing my side (especially as I have had the AV amp and speakers in storage since moving house and have yet to set them up).
I’m opting for the standard wooden batten stud wall, isolated from the party wall and connected to floor and ceiling, stuffed with rockwool and sealed with 2 layers of soundboard treated with green glue. Our bedroom is directly above so I’m also going to strip the ceiling to joist, insulate with rockwool and probably use resilient channel with soundboard (I know the concerns over this system, however I have one eye on the budget).
From reading around I have been able to piece quite a bit together, however I’m struggling to find a whole lot of information on potential flanking noise carried to the ceiling joists via the false wall – is there a way this can be negated? And what order should the wall and ceiling work be done?
If I attach and build the false wall first then fit the ceiling, the wall is directly joined to the ceiling joist which runs from my side to my neighbours – it could be nothing but I’m paranoid that sound could have a direct route from the studs up to the joists and potentially over to their side.
If I sort the ceiling first then build the wall, surely the pressure of a new stud wall system will overly compress and negate the purpose of the resilient channels on the ceiling? Could a genie clip system be used in this way as an (albeit expensive) alternative?
What complicates matters further is the fact the design will include wall mounting of TV and speakers (to the false wall not the original party wall) – so I’m further concerned that this will vibrate the wall and cause flanking issues. Are there any clips/systems out there that can isolate the top batten of a false stud from the ceiling above thus minimising transference?
Any suggestions gratefully received as I’m reaching a standstill with the planning of the project as I just can’t get my head around the logistics of it at all.
I’m opting for the standard wooden batten stud wall, isolated from the party wall and connected to floor and ceiling, stuffed with rockwool and sealed with 2 layers of soundboard treated with green glue. Our bedroom is directly above so I’m also going to strip the ceiling to joist, insulate with rockwool and probably use resilient channel with soundboard (I know the concerns over this system, however I have one eye on the budget).
From reading around I have been able to piece quite a bit together, however I’m struggling to find a whole lot of information on potential flanking noise carried to the ceiling joists via the false wall – is there a way this can be negated? And what order should the wall and ceiling work be done?
If I attach and build the false wall first then fit the ceiling, the wall is directly joined to the ceiling joist which runs from my side to my neighbours – it could be nothing but I’m paranoid that sound could have a direct route from the studs up to the joists and potentially over to their side.
If I sort the ceiling first then build the wall, surely the pressure of a new stud wall system will overly compress and negate the purpose of the resilient channels on the ceiling? Could a genie clip system be used in this way as an (albeit expensive) alternative?
What complicates matters further is the fact the design will include wall mounting of TV and speakers (to the false wall not the original party wall) – so I’m further concerned that this will vibrate the wall and cause flanking issues. Are there any clips/systems out there that can isolate the top batten of a false stud from the ceiling above thus minimising transference?
Any suggestions gratefully received as I’m reaching a standstill with the planning of the project as I just can’t get my head around the logistics of it at all.