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Sound proof plasterboard and weight issue

Richard Proctor
3 years ago

Hi folks. I recently purchased some sound proofing plasterboard and am a bit concerned about the weight. 28kg boards & 1200mm square. I am trying to fix six boards i.e 3 wide by 2 high. They have a rubber back and look pretty good.. Its a party wall at first floor level which is drylined. So already plasterboarded and sounds like timber battens to a masonry wall. I didn't want to remove the current plasterboard wall and having discussed with the supplier, I understand that reasonable results can be achieved by fixing the boards to the plasterboard. So given advice on fixings and reasonably happy about the process. My concern is with adding the extra weight to the pre-existing plasterboard wall. Have searched the internet but nothing really about adding weight. And these are heavy. I appreciate that perhaps taking down the current plasterboard might be the best option but am trying to avoid if possible. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Comments (6)

  • Sarah U-S
    3 years ago

    I’m not a builder, so may be way off, but if original plasterboard is attached to wooden stud work, I think you’d need to attach the new boards to the same stud work? You can use a little hand held scanner thing to locate the stud work (think they might even be called stud finders?!) You’d then need longer screws....

  • chris christodoulou
    3 years ago

    i would personally install new battens as would create a small void giving you that additional sound barrier

  • chris christodoulou
    3 years ago

    to clarify i meant new battens on top of the existing plasterboard

  • seanfeb2021
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Hi Richard. I would interested to know more about the soundproof board. The name of it, where to buy and cost? Thanks.

  • Richard Proctor
    Original Author
    3 years ago

    Many thanks all ... some useful comments- the products I am using are on the link here ..... Kind regards - https://www.noisestopsystems.co.uk/homepage/

  • Daza
    3 years ago

    I would make some exploratory holes to see if there really is timber behind to screw into, and what size. Please let us know how much difference they make after installation as I have those in mind for a project too.

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