In case you missed it, here's the first project on insulated plasterboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSnbMsSzdXU

0:00 Intro
0:16 Reducto Clips
1:35 Furring Bars
2:50 Acoustic Wool
3:34 Acoustic Plasterboard
4:37 Tecsound & Alternatives
5:58 Acoustic Plasterboard x2
7:06 Materials Supplier
7:30 Genie Clips & Resilient Bars
8:30 Outro

“Kid screaming at his Xbox” I have one next door to me. Lockdown means it starts at around 10am and ends after midnight. Was considering a hitman but will look into this soundproofing as it looks a bit cheaper.

Fun fact - from my experiance with lousy/noisy neighbours - sound can travel around that barrier if ceiling, floor or adjacent walls aren't insulated to the same extent. All in all i got two lessons out of my case 1) it's more effective to insulate at the source, 2) it's more (cost, time, health) effective to move out.

We are in a terrace and had new neighbours who were making noise 3 - 4 times a week sometimes all the way through the night to 7-8am. Started off politely asking to calling the cops to having a meltdown and nearly having an all in brawl in the middle of the street at 4am. Thanks god they just moved out but I am still going to do this to the party wall. I think I was not far off a full mental episode.

There's no noisy neighbours in my apartment, but I can hear them taking baths, talking, cooking food, and I'm like - WTF bruh. They can hear me too, it's kinda irritating. Thanks for showing how to soundproof walls

A much cheaper alternative - build a stud wall in front of the party wall leaving a small air gap. Fill with 100mm rock wool, plasterboard then plaster. Works a treat.

Watching this as I lie in bed at night listening to the guy in the flat next to mine snore like a dying cow, same as every night

I had a 7 metre party wall which was not too bad until the old girl next door passed away and a young lass with a child moved in.
However I framed my wall with 2x2 and fitted soundproof boards over soundproof filling which worked a treat.

I hope you scheduled the work during hours where the neighbours would hear you, seems only fair if you're dropping 800 pounds to solve 'their problem'.

Great video! 👍

Very well explained. I bought a maisonette recently with my wife. The banging from upstairs is relentless and made us mentally and physically ill (not stomping) I spent months researching sound waves and soundproofing and found just how difficult it is to stop physical impact noise directly onto a surface. I soundproofed a small room and replaced an entire wall that would vibrate and rattle the radiator underneath them. It helped but ultimately in extreme situations like ours the only shelter was to find a room they are least active, purchase a sound bar with a subwoofer and play Deep brown noise (sounds like being on an aeroplane). Its important to try to match the frequency of the noise you are experiencing and this will mask the nuisance. We've lived in our bedroom for about 18months now.

We ended up finding out that the previous owners lied on their information form about complaining about neighbours so we took legal action. We reached a settlement that is enough to help us move on soon.

I'm happy to talk about it if anyone needs help. Living uncomfortably and depressed is nothing anyone should go through, no matter what is causing it

We're a louder family. I'm tempted to do this on all exterior walls of the house.

these are the type of channels that act as father figures for those that dont have them to teach them these things

I made a utility room using stud walls. I used acoustic plasterboard and acoustic rock-wool batts infills. It drastically reduced washing machine noises.

Flat out one of the best presentations on how to soundproof I have seen, thank you.

It's incredible how detailed your videos are - both videos that came out this evening are brilliant and very useful. Thanks!

In addition to my diagonal upstairs neighbour's children playing indoor athletics. My upstairs neighbour has a baby that's now learning to walk, shriek, and develop global motor skills. Happy days.

With a brick wall that thick I doubt there would be any issue with kids screaming whatsoever. Your problem areas are the windows and doors and the gaps between the flooring and ceiling. You need to get acoustically sealing doors which are designed to keep the sound out, treating the walls will do little if you keep regular doors that leak all the sound anyway.

Jesus, where was this video 3 years ago when I needed it most 😂

Noisy neighbours are a pain in the arse, I used to live next to a woman who shouted at her kids all the time. I moved in the end, but you seem to have done a thorough job and covered all the bases. As always a very interesting video.

I really wish I could do this as we've moved into a new home & I can literally hear my neighbours turning over in their sleep & assuming they are suffering the same.
This really does sound like a fantastic solution but the loss of space wouldn't be practical in my 'snug' bedroom.
Great informative video though.