The Magic Padding

Now that the shelf is down and the wall is, errr, out, I need to come back to the thorny subject of putting some padding in the wall to drown out the hoons reving their suped up Supras outside.

Bunnings have raised it to new depths their green credentials, by deciding to stop selling sound insulation, so I’ve been forced to use normal thermal insulation. I guess the Aussies don’t care much about being quiet. For me, Silence is Bliss.

However, I have been offered a great way of getting it into the wall. As I mentioned in one hand flapping, trying to stuff thick insulation down the wall from one side is pretty hard. However, with both sides of the wall free, and slightly more spongy thermal insulation, it becomes a whole lot easier.

Indeed, it’s one of the eureka moments, I was so excited my heart about fell out of my stomach. Instead of trying to prize apart weatherboards from the inside, when they’re locked together with a tougne and groove, so the only way to get em up is to split the two... from the outside the weatherboard is simple feather-edge. It pretty much just levers up, just like magic!