Poor home sound insulation costs – privacy and cash

Following his presentation at this year’s recent Solent Acoustics Conference ‘Acoustics in the Built Environment’, acoustician and lecturer Jonty Stewart writes on some of the issues surrounding sound insulation and in particular the problems it causes. The first thing I would say is that “poor” sound insulation depends on whom is being affected: to the builder or develope. “Poor” sound insulation can probably be loosely defined as anything which doesn’t meet the legally-required performance criteria […]