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Old 22nd December 2008   #14
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Originally Posted by DanDan View Post
I do hope that your stud frames are floating and isolated from each other and the floor and ceiling as much as possible. i.e. separate stud systems floating on neoprene. If his is not the case, please read up on Resilient Channel which you might be able to include. One or the other technique is necessary.
Regarding your question. I guess insulation would probably improve performance. Hopefully you are not referring to pink loose fill attic insulation. Semi Rigid Batts or a 'blanket' are normally used in stud walls. They sort of hang out in there loosely damping the void. They touch the wall panels only lightly. A tightly stuffed fill of pink would actually start to connect the two walls at very low frequencies, diminishing isolation.
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I would disagree with this, if it touches it WILL NOT hurt anything...
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