Multi-storey houses have always differed low noise insulation. Sometimes it turns out that the neighbors often spend noisy events either listen to loud music. To get rid of constant noise in the home, you need to take care of noise insulation. Starting building events are best from the floor, it will simplify further actions aimed at noise insulation at home.

Materials for creating noise insulation

Fortunately, today there is a large selection of insulating materials. When choosing, it is not necessary to repel not from the value of the material, but from its properties. Often, for the optimal result, the combination of rigid materials and soft, capable of absorbing all sound waves can easily absorb all sound waves. Wood cooker can be as a rigid material, and mineral wool belongs to a soft noise insulating raw material. In the same case, some inconvenience appear, since the use of layers of materials increases the height of the floor. For tiny apartments, it is very bad. Thus, residents of multi-storey houses will need to make a choice between rigid and soft noise insulating materials.

Wooden floor insulation

Wooden floor is a source of creak, so you need to take care of the quality of noise insulation.

That wooden floor, which is laid on the beams, does not cope with the task of noise insulation. The rigid design creates a strong noise by passing it on the walls. If possible, it is best to dismantle all the wooden floor elements. Otherwise, tree lags should be reinstalled throughout the room. Bruks should have a distance of several centimeters among themselves. From the wall should also be an indent of at least 10 cm. This will allow to further get rid of creaks and other sounds that violate a pleasant silence. Under the lags there must be lining from rigid materials so that the design is always in the same position and did not move. Between themselves lags and lining are attached with small nails.

Further on wooden bars (lags) it is necessary to secure rubber or soundproofing felt. This is a guarantee that in the near future the design will not shift and creak.

Now it's time to put the soundproofing material itself. In small apartments, a soft material is most often used, for example, mineral wool. If the space between the lags is too small, the noise insulating material will have to be cut. Mineral wool must be perfectly placed in openings - this is a guarantee of high-quality sound insulation.

It is also desirable to monitor that wooden bars do not have any cracks or other flaws, as it can adversely affect the sound insulation of the home.

Next, you can start laying laminate, parquet or any other outdoor material. It is necessary to use the level so that the surface is as smoother as possible. Lag indents will need to fill the plinths.

It is also worth remembering that the wooden floor most often creaks precisely because of unevenly established lag. Thus, before the main part of the work, you need to check each wooden bar to be smooth and did not creak when loading. In any case, rubber linings must soften the creaking slightly if it appears after a while.

Concrete floor insulation

To create a qualitative noise insulation of concrete floor, it is necessary to build the so-called "floating floor". This is a peculiar pillow of a concrete screed, which is located on a soft insulating material.

This option is best suited to those housing, where concrete floor has a perfectly smooth surface. Otherwise, it will have to align it. This will require a classic concrete screed, which spreads over the entire surface, high qualityly aligning it. After that, it will take at least a couple of weeks to wait so that the concrete scored optimal strength. Next on the floor, it is necessary to disseminate the rolled noise insulating material. Such products in building stores are very much. In this case, it is necessary to repel from the sound absorption coefficient. Most often, expensive materials are better coping with their task.

This material, when laying, should be molded at least several centimeters to wrap on the walls so that the concrete screed is not connected to the surface of the walls. If necessary, you can cut off excess material if it is strongly fused on the walls.

It is also desirable to ensure the waterproofing of the floor with the help of a polyethylene film that must be placed on top of noise insulating material.

Now the most branched step comes in creating another concrete screed. Since it will be created on top of the polyethylene layer, you need to form a reinforced tie, otherwise the floor will start cracking after a while. A metal mesh can act as the reinforcement, which is available at a low price in each construction store. You can also use fibrovolok.

For the fill of the floor concrete, it will be necessary to locate the beacon on the room, which will be between metal profiles. The profiles themselves are stacked on concrete cakes, created from the densely divorced construction mixture.

Smooth profile location must be checked using a level. Obviously, even the slightest errors are unacceptable. Located throughout the room, lighthouses should also be on the same level.

When concrete pellets are dried, you need to start the head of the floor tie. The solution is needed between beacons. To equalize the surface, you can use a special rule that are often used during construction work. A concrete solution must be homogeneous, and a building mixer can be used for stirring.

After the screed is strengthened, you can safely trim the protruding parts of the elastic material. However, it should be remembered that concrete material is gaining strength within a month.