Blocking up internal window between rooms - brick or batten?

[noseall]

You'd regret cheaping out when you're sat with a book while the washing machine's on full spin or the other half's banging the pans about.

Possibly. Again, it depends on how much the door to the room admits or whether there are other noise encouraging factors (floor, ceiling etc).

But yes, a dense block (both leaves) would guarantee a better noise reduction, in that location, as long as it is done correctly.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

We have relatives who had glazed doors from their kitchen to living room. All he did was shut the doors, remove the handles, screw the doors shut then screwed plasterboard onto the door frames, remove the architrave then plaster it. You wouldn't have a clue it was ever there, but it is wallpapered so any hairline cracks won't be visible. But, even with this botch, I haven't noticed any great amount of noise coming through. I guess just making it airtight as a door would never be makes a huge improvement. But their washing machine is a long way from this wall/ex-door.

But I'm absolutely sure that anything solid will always be better.

 

[noseall]

I guess just making it airtight as a door would never be makes a huge improvemen

It does.

We remove windows all the time. I remember removing the silicone sealant on the outside wall window abutment. I went inside and removed part of the plastic trim, which exposed a small gap, direct to the outside. Just placing the trim back and removing it, showed just how much noise can be reduced, by better fitted windows.

We are big fans of foam, when it comes to abutment gaps etc. We always fill our blockwork joints too...

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And make a solid bead of dab around board perimeters and sockets etc....

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[Ivor Windybottom]

Some great photos. I've decided that if/when I get tradesmen in I'll ask for some photos of their previous work. I've had good and bad experiences in the past, it's very hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.

If they haven't taken any then they obviously don't taken any pride in what they're doing, so they rule themselves out.