Hi. I wonder if anyone knows whether you can get insulation batts anywhere. I've never seen them in shops and now am miles from Homepro etc. I want them for soundproofing an inner wall.

 

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You can buy most anything to build a home in Thailand. Just not on display at your local HomePro | Thaiwatsadu | Global House | Home Mart or local family owned builders merchants store. However I picked up catalogs and spec sheets for sound proof wall insulation last week at the Architect Expo. I visited over 800 booths in a four day period to pick up brochures for modern building materials to consider and price for my next home building adventure in Buriram Province.  The blue is what the batts look like when installed in your Thailand house wall. The grey is the actual material to stop sound. Gypsum drywall boards would be a common wall material when using the wall insulation in Thailand. 

Hey Bob. Thanks. I am really keen to get some. Are you saying I'll find a supplier or can you suggest a company from your brochures. I am near Trat.

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7 hours ago, kamalabob2 said:

You can buy most anything to build a home in Thailand. Just not on display at your local HomePro | Thaiwatsadu | Global House | Home Mart or local family owned builders merchants store. However I picked up catalogs and spec sheets for sound proof wall insulation last week at the Architect Expo. I visited over 800 booths in a four day period to pick up brochures for modern building materials to consider and price for my next home building adventure in Buriram Province.  The blue is what the batts look like when installed in your Thailand house wall. The grey is the actual material to stop sound. Gypsum drywall boards would be a common wall material when using the wall insulation in Thailand. 

Any material that no insect can love in some of the products? The gypsum board are covered by paper, so they could be food for the critters. I guess you could paint all side and hope they cannot munch through.If its fibreglass, then I think that would be a sound  product (pun intended).

Mineral wool and fiberglass are both common in sound attenuation products in Thailand.

Fibreglass bats are quite expensive here whilst styrofoam sheets are inexpensive, Thaiwatsadu carries both and I understand that of the two, styrofoam is a better noise insulating product, although this being TVF somebody will be along shortly to announce how wrong I am on this point. 

I often suggest to use some kind of white noise to attenuate. A fan or a air purifying machine works quite well. Low recurrent frequencies are much better accepted than their high frequencies counterpart. And when they are irregular, both are annoying. I am looking into a really comfy ear plug that works. After that, I suggest to analyze the sound profile that you want to attenuate, mask (frequencies, db levels,...), and then use this website (http://www.soundproofingcompany.com/soundproofing101/triple-leaf-effect/). However, if birds bother you, a complete new species could compromise the initial idea. This is why I think the first 2 methods are better. Fortunately, insulating heat does improve noise attenuation a tad.

There might be a dealer of the Unipro group  in your Thailand Province. Koolteg is a brand they also distribute. From the web site:

• Unipro Manufacturing Co.,Ltd is a leading and fast growing insulation materials manufacturer in Thailand. We are committed to produce high quality products which are complied with the applicable sections of international standard and the most important thing our products are environmentally friendly.

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Thanks for all the info. Onto it now. Cheers

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On 07/05/2018 at 6:30 AM, simoh1490 said:

styrofoam sheets are inexpensive,

They are and the wildlife really likes eating it or nesting in it 

They are and the wildlife really likes eating it or nesting in it 

Not to mention the very poisonous smoke produced if it ever gets set alight or how quick the flames spread...I would go with rockwool /fiberglass.

I don’t think bugs or moisture is a concern with styrofoam, but fire and smoke is.

That said, if it between concrete wall and smart/gyp board it should be okay. In the ceiling not so much.

On 09/05/2018 at 4:55 PM, mogandave said:

I don’t think bugs or moisture is a concern with styrofoam

A Friend who is now dead would disagree as would the rats who loved the styrofoam

A Friend who is now dead would disagree as would the rats who loved the styrofoam

Sorry about your friend.

I know styrofoam is getting more and more popular in the US.