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First published in Great Britain in 2021

by Rethink Press (www.rethinkpress.com )

Copyright Jim Prior

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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To my (not so quiet) children Jessica and Oliver. See kiddies, if you set your mind to it you can achieve anything.

Contents

Introduction

Is your home a haven of tranquillity and calm? Or is outside noise from industry, busy roads, railways or air traffic polluting your peace and quiet?

Do you feel comfortable and settled in your home, and never want to leave? Or are noisy neighbours, boisterous children and barking dogs forcing you to reconsider your postcode?

Are you able to enjoy playing your guitar or drums, disco dancing with the kids or singing your morning melody? Or are you always worrying your neighbours will be banging on the wall in protest?

Life is noisy, but environmental noise, neighbours and animals, and your own desire to make a racket, shouldnt stop you from enjoying life to the full in your own private oasis.

Over the last fifteen years, Ive worked with hundreds of homeowners struggling with unwanted noise in their home people who just want a quiet life or people who dont want to disturb their neighbours. Ive found that most of these people are suffering from:

• Poor health: Noise makes them annoyed, stressed and irritable; affects their sleep, and their physical and mental health; and puts a strain on their relationships with anyone around them.
• Lack of privacy: Their home is not the private sanctuary it should be. They are constantly disturbed by hearing every aspect of their neighbours daily lives; this in turn makes them very aware of what they do in their own house and what people might think of them, so they have no freedom in their own home.
• Feeling unsettled: Their house doesnt feel like home. They try different things new home furnishings, going out more to avoid the noise but no matter what they try they just cant seem to settle.

Many homeowners are struggling; they have no privacy, no place to retreat to from the outside world, they are constantly disturbed by their neighbours and this makes them wonder about moving. This unwanted noise affects their mental and physical health, leading to poor well-being and a lower quality of life.

If that feels like you, then I know how youre feeling. From the very first night my girlfriend and I got the keys to our first semi-detached house on a nice little cul de sac we realised we had a problem. We could hear the neighbours. We knew what TV programme they were watching, when they went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, what time they went to bed and whether they brushed their teeth. We could also hear them talking and their dog barking. During the whole excitement of buying our first home together, I had never once thought about noise or noise from the neighbours.

I started to have trouble sleeping. I couldnt relax in our new home, and I was constantly disturbed by the neighbours. I began talking quietly when I was in the house: if I could hear them, they must be able to hear me. The saddest thing was that these were lovely people: they werent having wild parties or shouting at each other until 3am. They were just a normal, busy family, living their lives.

This is where my obsession with soundproofing started. I decided to investigate and learn from the soundproofing experts. I was in the early stages of my building career. I thought I knew how to soundproof a house, and I had years of structural knowledge from building home extensions, barn conversions, installing different insulation systems, wall coatings, stud frames, suspended ceilings, drywall systems and floor systems. You name it, I had done it. My obsession with soundproofing research led me to the conclusion that the problem was the construction of the house. I knew that this was not unique to me, and that millions of people all across the UK must be suffering from unwanted noise in their homes. So, what could I do?

I managed to make our home noise free by perfecting the soundproofing in all the rooms. After I soundproofed my house and made it a home, it felt amazing. I looked forward to coming home; I felt settled and comfortable, like I had no reason to ever move. Even better, I could make as much noise as I wished without bothering the neighbours and indulge my passion for cheesy dance music.

Theres no need for you to suffer. I turned the techniques I used for my own home into a unique four-step soundproofing method that works for every home. Im going to share this with you right now.

Let my obsession be your liberation from noise pollution.

Imagine coming home after work and not noticing your neighbours. Watching the cars and trucks zip past and not hearing the noise from the traffic. Playing your music as loud as you want, whenever you want, in your own home without annoying others. Soundproofing your home can give you all this and much more. As modern living gets louder, our lives are getting busier and construction techniques, budget and speed pressures shape the new housing stock; unwanted noise in the home is a growing problem. If you think youve tried everything, and theres nothing left to do but move house, wait! There is a solution.

A home becomes noise free when unwanted noise is no longer disturbing the homeowner; when the homeowner can make as much noise as they want confidently knowing they are not disturbing others. If youre a homeowner considering soundproofing as a way to reduce this unwanted noise in your home, then installing it correctly is vital.

The Noise Free Home will show you the four steps required to provide relief from unwanted noise. Following these steps will give you your privacy back. For many homeowners, something as simple as not hearing the neighbours conversations and TV makes them feel comfortable in their own home again. Maybe its having guests to stay without feeling embarrassed, or being able to work from home in peace and quiet, or no longer needing to sleep with ear plugs in.

A soundproofing investment will give you privacy in your home, feelings of well-being and you wont be driven to consider moving again. Our four-step method can effectively protect any domestic home from unwanted noise. My company, Quietco, is a domestic soundproofing company. We install sound insulation to walls, which reduces noise; design and build unique multi-purpose soundproofed rooms where the family can enjoy making lots of noise together without bothering their neighbours, which gives any home a massive wow factor; and have reduced noise for hundreds of people over the last decade.

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