Help this old dummy, what is MDF? Can't offer any info on sound proofing apartments as the only one I ever lived in was a converted farm house and I'm sure the neighbors downstairs heard us more than we heard them. I have lived in a couple condos, they were pretty sound proof, but couldn't tell you what they used to build them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Collins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Sound proofing in apartments
Hi all - There's been some talk on this list recently about homes and house buying. I live in the UK, and in and around my town, new build and property conversions jobs are going on wherever possible. I've viewed some of these properties, and although the law requiring improved sound proofing is now more demanding, I find the use of MDF to create interior walls between even bedrooms, a complete no no! I wondered what kind of standard there is in the US, and if it varies from state to state etc, for sound proofing, and making as private as possible, apartment blocks; I guess I'm thinking of the larger cities where we tend to see lots of very high blocks. If anybody is living in these tower blocks over there, then I'd love to hear what they think about their construction. Here in the UK, sturdy well built properties ten to be those built before 1960, after that, new materials came in to play, and some of the solidness of the build got lost. Looking forward to any comments or observations. - Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
