Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Aug 29, 2014 2:04 pm Hi all, in our new house we have one bedroom located between ensuite on one side and the main toilet on the other. During the selection stage I have asked the builder to instal soundproof insulation to the walls of this bedroom and paid extra $300 for this to make sure that not much noise is coming from the toilet and the shower because the bedroom is for my parents and my mum is very poor sleeper, she usually stays awake until 3-4 o'clock in the morning and then sleeps until about 10 o'clock, but I wake up at about 5:30 and have a shower before going to work. The insulation was installed and it did look different to the insulation in the outside walls so I assumed it is all good. When we had the final inspection, we did not notice the noise in that bedroom from the ensuite shower as it was pretty noisy due to some work still been done in the house. After we have moved in and checked everything again we realised that the noise is very loud like there is nothing in that wall at all. I have called the builder but was told that nothing can be done about it as the pipes are running inside that wall for the ensuite. Could someone help me to understand if it is something wrong done by the builder or the builder is correct and nothing could be done with the noise and $300 were just a waste? By the way, on the other side of the room no noise is audible from the toilet. Thanks. First house - Statesman Greenock (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66876 Second house - Fairmont Grand Design (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=100789 Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 2Sep 01, 2014 3:35 pm Installing acoustic batts is only part of the solution. Two layers of soundchek plasterboard on the bedroom side would have helped too as would several other methods. Having the pipes better insulated in the wall would have been the way to go as well. It all depends how much you would have been prepared to pay to pre-empt this problem. Unfortunately a lot of builders don't fully understand the correct way to acoustically insulate a wall properly. Here is a good online guide http://www.soundproofingcompany.com/sou ... ing-walls/ It's a US site but all the principles are the same. Stewie Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 3Sep 02, 2014 1:07 pm Stewie D, thanks a lot! I have read the article and realised that I relied on the builder to know what they are doing but obviously they don't so it was wasting of money really because it would not make much difference anyway. I will have to move my son into that bedroom as he doesn't have any sleeping problems First house - Statesman Greenock (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66876 Second house - Fairmont Grand Design (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=100789 Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 4Sep 02, 2014 1:12 pm You could still soundproof that room post-build by installing another layer of soundchek plasterboard with "green glue " over the existing one on that side which would improve things quite a bit. You would have to replace the cornice and remove and re-fit the skirting on that wall as well though. Stewie Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 5Sep 02, 2014 1:16 pm Thanks, I will wait until my parent come from overseas and see if my Dad will help me with it. First house - Statesman Greenock (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66876 Second house - Fairmont Grand Design (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=100789 Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 6Oct 10, 2014 10:38 am Have you sorted the bedroom out yet? There are many great products around to take care of this issue. Sound check is an option a dense plaster board product with higher sound rating than normal plasterboard supplied by CSR. Another good idea is to incorporate some soft features like acoustic panels easily obtained and very effective. Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 7Mar 29, 2015 6:38 am Sorry to bring up an old post but in our new home we have a similar problem where our 15month old son's bedroom is opposite to our en suite and I'm usually getting ready for work in the early hours and it gets a bit noisy when I turn the tap on or flush the toilet as those pipes run through the adjoining wall (I think). Sometimes this wakes him up and my wife would have to go resettle him. Can anyone recommend the best solution for sound proofing and what costs am I looking at? Thanks! Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 8Mar 29, 2015 9:19 pm As in my post above. On your sons bedroom side, remove the plasterboard and cornice and insulate the pipes, Then fill the wall with acoustic batts followed by two layers of soundchek plasterboard and green glue offsetting the joins in the sheets. Replace the cornice then paint the wall. It should be pretty easy to work out the material costs alone. Stewie Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 9Jan 24, 2016 12:10 pm we have solved the problem by simply changing the showhead from the usual one to water saving one. The water flow is less with the new one and it doesn't make any disturbing noise. First house - Statesman Greenock (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66876 Second house - Fairmont Grand Design (modified) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=100789 Re: Sound proofing the bedroom 10Jan 24, 2016 11:04 pm To cut the noise of a toilet filling in the next room you could build a second brick wall. Only joking, but what will work is to simply turn down the toilet cistern tap so it fills quietly. It might take a minute extra to fill up again but the silence is great. Cost: nil. Scientists have used random matrix theory to demonstrate theoretically that the neutrino mass hierarchy can be explained mathematically. When a substance is fragmented… 21 18460 thanks Chippy, i hope they have applied sealer but i am doubt to be honest, so i am gonna do this job after handover. 8 11936 Brass fly wire, you will need to cut it, shape it and jam it into brick slots 1 5498 |