Upside down house and sound insulation

 With an upside down house, one thing we needed to solve was sound insulation between the upstairs and downstairs. We didn't want people asleep in bedrooms to be disturbed by anyone upstairs either late at night or early in the morning.
We consulted Encon insulation in Newmarket and they put us in touch with a specialist who recommended the Isomass acoustic proofing system whereby the bedroom ceilings are 'decoupled' from the joists above by a series of bars and blocs. 
"Isocheck Isoblock & Isobar is a high performing sound reduction system designed to offer a more robust alternative to a standard resilient bar with similar low profile (space saving) features. The Isocheck Isoblock and Isobar system comprises a vibration absorbing steel channel which is secured to studs and joists with isolation blocks. Attaching the isolation block to ceiling joists, timber and metal studs simply and easily secures the Isobar furring channel and decouples the gypsum board from the structure. The resulting construction provides a resilient isolation solution to enhance or construct separating and partition walls and ceilings." (https://www.isomass.co.uk/isobloc-and-isobar).

In between the joists we used rockwool sound insulation.








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  1. Home Extension Mornington Peninsula2 May 2025 at 05:30

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    Keep up the great work with your blog – looking forward to more insights!

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