Mike - Maybe it isn't used in the US, but MDF [multi density fibre] replaced
chipboard etc that used to be used when constructing stud walls in houses; it's
just a false wall, and not very sound proof. I once live in a flat where I
could hear the bloke in the flat below washing up etc. He never had a girl
back, I'd have heard! :], and they were new build flats, not a building
conversion; I then bought a house that used breeze block for the party walls,
and could hear the family next door cough and sneeze [they were always very
unhealthy :]]
After that, I had learnt my lesson, and ever since, have taken a lot of notice
of sound proofing when buying places.
- Andy
- Original Message -
From: Mike Rusk
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Sound proofing in apartments
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
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