Started fine,
Went for a nice 15 mile bike ride on Sunday
Went out for a walk along the sea front on Monday and then did some DIY in the afternoon, gutting a bedroom, pulling plasterboard of 2 walls to put acoustic insulation in, and reboard a textured artex ceiling.
Tuesday, spent the morning unable to see or breathe due to the effects of the dust on Monday, struggled with some work in the morning… So went back to the sea for a walk at lunchtime to clear my head, nose and eyes, had a nice lunch and picked up some cakes for us both for supper that night.
Weds… sat around all day doing some work and waiting for a delivery… Delivery never arrived.
Thurs have spent half the morning dealing with company I ordered insulation from, that wasn’t delivered for the 2nd time… they promised the 19th, then the 24th… Now say they can deliver next week… in OCTOBER!!! Told them I needed it by Friday because they’re costing me time and money… the fuckers decided to cancel the order entirely and said they’d refund. Meanwhile, I needed that to finish the prep for the room as the plasterer was due to start on Monday… So now I’ve had to order the insulation elsewhere, who say 48hrs DPD delivery (should have go to them first) and am actually saving some money as there was a 20% off voucher available. Ordered some expanding foam, gun & cleaner to do all of the gaps around the door frame and studwork, as well as some gaps around the edges of floorboards on external walls (can feel a slight draught where joists sit in the walls and have breached the cavity a little).
So I’ve been getting more and more annoyed as the week went on.
So this afternoon, I went for another 15 mile bike ride to the coast and sat on a bench overlooking the estuary, listening to the birds squawking and flying around, the occasional light aircraft or helicopter from the small airfield about 15 miles away and the countless doggo’s who came to say hello as their owners took them for walks down to the forest a mile down the path.
I finally started to feel a little calmer and relaxed… Which is the entire reason I moved from a city to be near the sea and mountains to begin with… serenity now!!!
Plasterer called back, and can reschedule for next Friday to board and do the ceiling, and pop back the following Monday to skim the walls… insulation scheduled for a 29-30th delivery, which gives me two days to install it… and I can do it in a few hrs.
I know that’s supposed to be a joke, but depending on the construction, you might have to build a new stud wall on your side, leaving a small 25-50mm air gap and then the stud wall with the acoustic insulation in it.
Getting more pissed of as it goes on.
Started fine, Went for a nice 15 mile bike ride on Sunday
Went out for a walk along the sea front on Monday and then did some DIY in the afternoon, gutting a bedroom, pulling plasterboard of 2 walls to put acoustic insulation in, and reboard a textured artex ceiling.
Tuesday, spent the morning unable to see or breathe due to the effects of the dust on Monday, struggled with some work in the morning… So went back to the sea for a walk at lunchtime to clear my head, nose and eyes, had a nice lunch and picked up some cakes for us both for supper that night.
Weds… sat around all day doing some work and waiting for a delivery… Delivery never arrived.
Thurs have spent half the morning dealing with company I ordered insulation from, that wasn’t delivered for the 2nd time… they promised the 19th, then the 24th… Now say they can deliver next week… in OCTOBER!!! Told them I needed it by Friday because they’re costing me time and money… the fuckers decided to cancel the order entirely and said they’d refund. Meanwhile, I needed that to finish the prep for the room as the plasterer was due to start on Monday… So now I’ve had to order the insulation elsewhere, who say 48hrs DPD delivery (should have go to them first) and am actually saving some money as there was a 20% off voucher available. Ordered some expanding foam, gun & cleaner to do all of the gaps around the door frame and studwork, as well as some gaps around the edges of floorboards on external walls (can feel a slight draught where joists sit in the walls and have breached the cavity a little).
So I’ve been getting more and more annoyed as the week went on.
So this afternoon, I went for another 15 mile bike ride to the coast and sat on a bench overlooking the estuary, listening to the birds squawking and flying around, the occasional light aircraft or helicopter from the small airfield about 15 miles away and the countless doggo’s who came to say hello as their owners took them for walks down to the forest a mile down the path.
I finally started to feel a little calmer and relaxed… Which is the entire reason I moved from a city to be near the sea and mountains to begin with… serenity now!!!
Plasterer called back, and can reschedule for next Friday to board and do the ceiling, and pop back the following Monday to skim the walls… insulation scheduled for a 29-30th delivery, which gives me two days to install it… and I can do it in a few hrs.
Is it possible to do acoustic insulation on a party wall? I swear I can hear my neighbours picking their nose
I know that’s supposed to be a joke, but depending on the construction, you might have to build a new stud wall on your side, leaving a small 25-50mm air gap and then the stud wall with the acoustic insulation in it.
(not a joke, really appreciate the input!)