How to soundproof your home (costs for 2023)
Soundproofing your home can seem daunting. It feels complex and can be expensive but in this guide, we’ve put together a range of bronze, silver and gold packages. This helps keep your budget clear and concise and offers installation guides or even a list of recommended UK installers to help you.
How to soundproof your home on a budget
Soundproofing your home on a budget? No worries in this list we’ll look at our bronze systems which start from £24-£54 per meter squared for your materials. Although we are keeping costs down with these systems we firmly believe it’s important to ‘do a job once’. If you feel unsure what level of soundproofing you require you can reach out to our team at any time. We’ve broken our systems down by wall soundproofing, floor soundproofing and ceiling soundproofing. This means you can pick and mix for your requirements. If you feel you need more heavy-duty soundproofing we’ll get onto our Silver and Gold recommendations next!
Bronze wall
Price: £34 m2
Reduction: 14dB
Width: 60mm
Bronze floor
Price: £23 m2
Airborne: 8dB
Impact: 10dB
Width: 10mm
Bronze ceiling
Price: £52 m2
Reduction: 11dB
Width: 34mm
*Provided as a reasonable estimate due to a large number of variables for each project (existing structure, fixtures and fittings, flanking transmission etc.).
You can find internal stud wall soundproofing here.
How much does it cost to soundproof a house 2023?
All of our houses and soundproofing needs are different so we’ve worked to create a list of prices per square meter and broken down the level of soundproofing into bronze, silver and gold this means you can pick the perfect solution to fit your house soundproofing needs.
Wall soundproofing
- Bronze wall soundproofing: £34 per meter squared, 14dB noise reduction, 60mm thick
- Silver wall soundproofing: £54 per meter squared 18dB noise reduction, 74mm thick
- Gold wall soundproofing: £58 per meter squared 19dB noise reduction, 74mm thick
Floor soundproofing
- Bronze floor soundproofing: £23 per meter squared, 10dB impact, 8dB airborne noise reduction, 10mm thick
- Silver floor soundproofing: £82 per meter squared 19dB impact, 14dB airborne noise reduction, 17mm thick
- Gold floor soundproofing: £115 per meter squared 21dB impact, 16dB airborne noise reduction, 21mm thick
Ceiling soundproofing
- Bronze ceiling soundproofing: £52 per meter squared, 11dB noise reduction, 34mm thick
- Silver ceiling soundproofing: £67 per meter squared 19dB noise reduction, 74mm thick
- Gold ceiling soundproofing: £71 per meter squared 20dB noise reduction, 74mm thick
*Provided as a reasonable estimate due to a large number of variables for each project (existing structure, fixtures and fittings, flanking transmission etc.).
Soundproof house party wall
Soundproofing party walls is probably our most common request from people forced to deal with noisy neighbours. The good news is that soundproofing party walls is well-established and can even be completed on a budget. We’ve written all about it in our how-to soundproof party walls blog to help give you a complete overview of what needs to be done.
Create a soundproof home studio
Finally, many people looking to soundproof their homes are looking to install a home studio for music production. For this, you’ll need to consider not just the soundproofing to keep noise from bothering your neighbours (or your neighbours bothering you!). You also need to think about absorption so your reverberation doesn’t get out of control. If this is you plan read out how to build a home studio blog!
Can I soundproof my house from noisy neighbours?
Yes! You can soundproof your house against noisy neighbours next door, above or below you. We often help people soundproof their homes because noisy neighbours are disturbing them. Use wall soundproofing on a Party Wall to drown out TVs, music, shouting and more.
Got noisy neighbours upstairs? No worries! Use a MuteClip ceiling system to tackle impact noise and give you some peace and quiet.
Conclusion
Soundproofing can seem daunting but we work hard to simplify the process and we’re always available for a call to discuss your needs.
