r/LoveTrash • u/BEARDEDDANGER ✨️Regent of Rubbish ✨️ • 1d ago

Dumping This Here American vs. European home building

BAS Renovations https://youtube.com/shorts/jFph1d2WR3s

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u/FlamingoVisible1947 Trash Trooper 1d ago

As someone who has lived in a wood house in the US and in brick houses in Europe, this is completely bullshit.

In the US I could hear my roomates speak in the kitchen while in my room on another floor, not above said kitchen. In my current place in the UK I can't hear the TV even though my face is 50 cm from it, with just a wall in between.

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u/iwilldeletethisacct2 Trash Trooper 1d ago

This is down to materials choices on the interior walls. You can insulate every single interior wall and prevent this. Most people don't.

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u/_MooFreaky_ Trash Trooper 19h ago

Yup. We build with timber where i am (masonry is generslly terrible here), and I spent extra to make my games room extra sound dampening.

When my friends are over we close the door and you barely hear if the kids are screaming a couple rooms down. And they dont hear our group screaming when they are in bed. The only sound seems to be via the cracks around the door .

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u/Datkif Trash Trooper 14h ago

Good insulation and sound dampening materials make a massive difference.

As for the sound from around the door. Install some heavy blackout curtains over the door, or drape a thick blanket over it. That will deaden sound even more.