anyone work nights and live in a flat?

Fire_Fox

Insomniac666 wrote: »

ear plugs and blackout blinds...

I was going to post the same thing except to say WAX ear plugs ... I am also an insomniac.

PasturesNew

How do people who wear ear plugs hear their alarm?

Kyrae

Currently renting in a new build flat and i'd say the noise isn't too bad when you have nice neighbours. Only sounds that I hear are when someone upstairs is hoovering or someone has the washing machine on. That said, you never know if you're going to have nice neighbours or noisy neighbours!!

googler

Ear plugs and a black eye mask.

I never had a problem hearing the alarm; either something about my body clock knowing when I routinely had to wake up, or the ear plugs working loose during the night.

It wasn't a problem if they worked loose - I was asleep by then!

poppysarah

It does depend on how soundly you sleep, how insulated soundwise the flats are, and who lives there. And who might live there in the future. If you have neighbours all around you are almost certainly going to be driven mad if you're sound sensitive.

welshy_2002

Recently built flats are super insulated. After living in my apartment block for 5 years, I can count the times I heard people on one hand...

Insomniac666

PasturesNew wrote: »

How do people who wear ear plugs hear their alarm?

regular ear plugs for sleep purposes opposed to some of the type you can get for industrial work, will not totally block out sound but just "dull" the noise. Think of it like submerging you head in water, sound waves doesn't travel direct to your inner ear, but they are not completely blocked.

but it should quieten out sounds from a distance such as traffic and neighbours, but most peoples alarm clocks are close by so they can hit them throw them punch snooze button a few times, so they shouldn't be drowned out.

Fire_Fox

PasturesNew wrote: »

How do people who wear ear plugs hear their alarm?

Wax ear plugs cut out background noise - music, televisions, conversations, traffic - they won't silence a loud alarm clock.

BexInLondon

Our flat's a new build (2008) and having lived there a year I'm yet to hear a peep out of any of my neighbours, some of whom are in all the time and we all have hard flooring. I can't even hear sound from within the flat - once popped up to my bedroom in the middle of a party of about 50 people and couldn't hear a thing! So I guess new builds must vary.

Also, as others have said - ear plugs! I get the orange foam ones from superdrug. They got me through uni!

black_taxi_2

i work nights--sleep during day--live in tenement flat

never had a problem

if postie buzzes you--dont answer---if you do--he will use your entry phone forever