What cutting pliers are these?

[Simon35]

It's not there to reduce twisting of anything, following the lead of Hawkeye was never going to be a good idea.

If by wooden noggins you mean solid bridging, it's there to reduce bounce in the floor.

 

[mwatsonxx]

If by wooden noggins you mean solid bridging, it's there to reduce bounce in the floor.

It's not about noggins, it's about people spouting nonsense about a very common old building technique. It was started by Hawkeye, a person of whom it is very difficult to work out what he is good at.

 

[JohnW2]

... a very common old building technique.

What "very common old building technique" are you referring to?

Kind Regards, John

 

[mwatsonxx]

What "very common old building technique" are you referring to?

Kind Regards, John

Ask Hawkeye, he's your go to expert.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

unusual choice of grouping, is it a bungalow? I have solid floors but was thinking about insulating between joists upstairs when I rewire my house as the ceilings will be coming out. Not sure how much better it will make it though what do you think?

I think that asking or taking advice from Hawkeye is worse than a bad idea that is very bad indeed.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Don't understand. Reflect only has one meaning.

If you revisit that reply and think about it you might realise something apposite.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Hawkeye, a person of whom it is very difficult to work out what he is good at.

It isn't, actually...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Insulating in-between levels of a standard house has little to no benefit

It might benefit the turnover of cable makers.

 

[Iggifer]

It might benefit the turnover of cable makers.

Very true it definitely wouldn’t hurt!

 

[Nozzle]

It helps prevent the transmisison of SOUND between floors.

Nozzle

 

[Iggifer]

It helps prevent the transmisison of SOUND between floors.

Nozzle

As I said. But there’s better ways to do it if that’s your aim

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

It helps prevent the transmisison of SOUND between floors.

Nozzle

Well, I tried it when we built our extension. Between our kitchen/living room and our son's bedroom/living room upstairs. I could not have got any more insulation in. Did it sound proof the ceiling? Did it hell. Most sound is transmitted through the joists. You have to mechanically separate the floor upstairs and the ceiling downstairs (alternating joists) and this has to be done for most people at the time of building.

 

[Iggifer]

We're doing an extension currently where the builder is using some special MF bars from British Gypsum "resilient bars" that are screwed perpendicular to the joist as normal, but only on one side of the bar, the board is then screwed to the bar and not the joist.

This means the whole ceiling is somewhat floating. It's supposed to be really good for stopping sound travel as the sound is barely transferred into the bar.

Good thick underlay and decent carpet will work better than insulating between floors

 

[Nozzle]

I could not have got any more insulation in.

It can be over done. The aim being to trap air in pockets, and stop it moving about. If you ram in the insulation and it gets compressed, then the trapped air pockets are lost.

Nozzle