Ordered and replaced the neighbor's fan as well. It turned out even better. So I decided to tear down the wall since you could hear the tumble dryer's muffled sound about the same anyway.
I thought about taking the leftover drywall and screwing it directly onto the old wall so it becomes triple drywall. Unfortunately, it's 90 drywall and the existing studs are 60. Considering buying an OSB and placing it first, then screwing the 90 drywall onto that board. Possibly an additional drywall on top so it becomes a really solid wall. It should hold screwing like that, right?
Possibly putting double drywall on one of the short walls as well.
I thought about taking the leftover drywall and screwing it directly onto the old wall so it becomes triple drywall. Unfortunately, it's 90 drywall and the existing studs are 60. Considering buying an OSB and placing it first, then screwing the 90 drywall onto that board. Possibly an additional drywall on top so it becomes a really solid wall. It should hold screwing like that, right?
Possibly putting double drywall on one of the short walls as well.
A trick to reduce more noise is to install double studs that are independent of each other. Of course, you fill in with glass/stone wool between the studs as usual.
Principally like this in a new construction: Install studs with 30 cm centers. On every other stud, place a thin strip of, for example, masonite, which you use to screw the drywall against. Then go to the other side and place masonite strips on the unused studs and screw that wall to those studs. The result is that vibrations and sound cannot propagate through the studs to the other side of the wall.
Principally like this in a new construction: Install studs with 30 cm centers. On every other stud, place a thin strip of, for example, masonite, which you use to screw the drywall against. Then go to the other side and place masonite strips on the unused studs and screw that wall to those studs. The result is that vibrations and sound cannot propagate through the studs to the other side of the wall.
Now there is a layer of OSB screwed through double plasterboard and into the studs behind. Then sealed all around. Then the leftover plasterboard screwed into the OSB and sealed again. Then there is 120 plasterboard waiting to be installed today as a final layer. That makes a total of 2 layers on the neighbor's side and 5 layers on our side. Then I give up and will have to live with potential noise from the dryer.
Now it feels like the weak points are the ceiling and flanks. But now I don't have the energy to spend more time and effort on this project.
Now it feels like the weak points are the ceiling and flanks. But now I don't have the energy to spend more time and effort on this project.
