Uncoupling a kitchen unit

Insulating kitchen units and sinks
Kitchens can potentially cause more impact noise at the neighbours than you might expect. Every kitchen appliance can sound like a drill in the neighbours house and every cup placed on the counter as a dull thump. Some examples of an improperly installed kitchen are:

Worktop milled into the partition wall, kitchen unit right on the floor and rigid against the partition wall that divides your own home from your neighbour's home, pipes milled in the partition wall, and a steel sink which is not noise-resistant. By preventing these kinds of things you create a lot less neighbour nuisance. We have the following solutions for you:

How to insulate impact noise kitchen unit counter
Place the kitchen unit or counter on pieces of purple Regufoam D220 (art. no. M0716). Cut pieces of approximately 100 x 100 mm, from one sheet, and place a piece of wood between the legs of the kitchen and the Regufoam in order to distribute weight. This way you reduce the amount of vibration that is transferred from the kitchen unit to the floor.

How to insulate a steel sink
Most steel sinks are already provided with a black layer of material underneath, this material is called 'anti-drumming'. Without anti-drumming, washing the dishes would sound as if you were putting the dishes in a washing machine, even the clatter of water in the sink would make noise. In some cases the insulation of steel sinks can be improved with Vibraflex anti-drumming.

Noise insulation against noisy neighbours
More about neighbour noise can be found on our neighbour page.

Soundproofing in the Kitchen