I am finally enjoying the silence in my home. Last week I had a tradesman come in and install insulation in the walls I share with the neighbours living on one side of me. Before the insulation was installed, in my living room and bedroom, I could hear everything on the other side of the walls, and, presumably, they could hear everything going on on my side of the walls. The neighbours can be counted on to make a plethora of disturbing sounds from their fighting and humping to disgusting snorting and horking sounds. The snorting and horking sounds could usually be expected whenever I sat down to eat. I do my best to keep the noise down at home, for the sake of the neighbours on either side of my house. As you may have surmised, I live in a row house. The noisy neighbours never hesitate to complain if I, or anyone else, is disturbing them, but can be counted on to tell you to "it's our house and we can do what we want" when you ask them if they can be a little quieter. Their methods of communicating their displeasure typically consist of damage to your property. My television cable connection was mysteriously severed a few times. This only stopped when I put a webcam out to keep an eye on the cable and informed them I had filed a police report. Why they never thought to come ask me to lower the volume on my tv, assuming that was what was bothering them, I have no idea. I am a reasonable man.

I can still hear the murmur of their voices through the living room wall, but it is nowhere near as bad as before. I may add another layer of drywall to the living room wall later this year to make the sound barrier that much more secure. The bedroom wall was already quite soundproof. The new layer of insulation adds a little assurance for peace and quiet. It is such a relief to be spared the disgusting sounds coming through the walls I share with these people.