Knowing these types of noise will help you in your soundproofing efforts.
Condo upstairs neighbors hardwood floors footsteps.
I love the look and feel that hardwood floors can bring to a living space.
Has anyone had an upstairs unit change floors and ultimately sued them for nuisance because of sound issues.
Heavy heavy footsteps from upstairs neighbors.
Let s look at some of the ways you can soundproof your condo hardwood floors.
Spray foam insulation may help provide a noise barrier.
Examples are the footsteps on the upstairs and downstairs floors of your condo the washing machine the door been slammed or object been dropped on the floor.
Hardwood floors are fashionable but in condos they can be noisy for neighbors below who hear your footsteps.
The hardwood floors are supposed to have a sort of subfloor under them to prevent sound as per tartan s the builder website and documents say.
When the upstairs unit sold our new neighbors installed a new hardwood floor and we can hear every footstep booming through our ceilings.
I had goals of renting it out in the next year but i don t think anyone would stay given the noise issues and i m concerned if i don t disclose i could get sued if i sell it.
The noise intrusion can be characterized as either impact noise or airborne noise and too frequently both.
Apartment dwellers have dealt with noise coming from upstairs neighbors since the invention of the apartment building.
I am not sure whether the top neighbors are owners or tenants no existing mls trail that my realtor friend can find and google search comes up empty.
I don t have any sound issues coming from shared walls but the hardwood floors from upstairs neighbors transmits all footsteps thru the floor to the joists and down to my ceiling.
Learn to tolerate some amount of noise from both upstairs and downstairs neighbors.
Buy your neighbors a thick carpet or rug.
At the same time while owners have sought ways to provide a reasonable amount of protection from the transfer of footsteps and other day to day upstairs noise.
It s in my personal residence condo.
We never heard noise from our previous upstairs neighbors.
They will definitely need carpeting over the floor.
New hardwoods can give your upstairs condo the aura of a downtown loft.
It s christmas eve in phoenix and i have been listening for footsteps up on the roof.
One of the increasingly frequent complaints by apartment town home and condo dwellers is noise from loud upstairs neighbors in the unit above.
These rules are intended to reduce the transmission of noise from an upstairs unit.
So they are either the original owners or renters.
They say the best way to tackle a noise problem is to tackle it at the source.
