Ground floor flat noise

nickyg2000

Any reports on how effective it was? Think we will give it 6 months and if we have adjusted or not.

Just wonder if staying drunk, smoking a lot and selling in a years time beats the hassle and cost of sound proofing?

Read an article in the guardian from a colomist who did his flat for 5k but with no details of its effectiveness. If I could garentee they comply with the new sounds ergs i'd be happy

warmhands.coldheart

nickyg2000 wrote: »

... The ceilings are quite high. Think its just timber and plasterboard.....

If the ceilings are quite high then adding another 100mm to it wouldn't really be an issue so it might be worth looking into adding some sort of acoustic absorption product to your ceiling... but as you say, it will cost a bit. If it's mostly impact noise it would have to be suspended as opposed to mechanically fixed to your ceiling as the noise would just pas through. May need a specialist company. Even if it was a case of just doing your bedroom as really that's where you would want it to be quiet

Might be worth holding out a while and seeing if you get used to it..... would seem a shame to have to sell up again if you like it there......

budgetdiyer

Welcome to the club, we had almost the identical buying scenario to you. Ours is a early 50's build too, and my neighbours don't have much consideration.

The sound insulation literally consists of:

Floorboards
Air / Joists
Single layer of plasterboard

Unfortunately effective soundproofing is expensive. I dropped the ceiling in our second bedroom last year and insulated between the joists with rockwool soundpro, resilient bars and two layers of acoustic plasterboard.

This has effectively stopped normal airborne noise coming through from the room above but there is still impact noise although it is a little muffled.

If we stay in the flat, i will probably do the rest of the ceilings. I have spoken to my neighbour and said if they ever replace the carpets i will happily pay an underlay of my choice for them to have installed!

robatwork

Did you check the lease? They sometimes have clauses about what kind of flooring is allowed in any non-ground floor flat.

However if all he is doing is moving around and talking I think you have no business at all asking him not to after 11pm.

nickyg2000

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Noctu

We spent a lot of money on soundproofing in a similar situation. Pretty much ineffective against impact noise even with the best materials (which we used). Noise can travel through the structure of the building which you can do nothing about.

Do yourself a favour, don't spend thousands of pounds for very little improvement. Just put up with it for a while then move when you can afford it. Seriously. The heartache of going through days/weeks of upheaval whilst it is installed, only for pretty much no difference (perhaps 20% in our case)... is awful.

nickyg2000

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Jojo_the_Tightfisted

nickyg2000 wrote: »

They are home now, stomping around talking loudly. Doing my nut in, honestly feel like sleeping in my car. I feel like asking him to keep it down to keep me sain. If we swapped flats they no way he would hear me so loudly. The one year count down to moving starts here. Such a shame been saving for years for my first home with my girlfriend.

You can't reasonably expect people to not walk on their own floors. If one of them was a champion Irish dancer, you'd have a point, but walking and talking is normal.


You do get used to it. Unlike getting used to having an ongoing feud with the Bloke Upstairs. Which is what you could start if you have a pop at him for doing nothing unreasonable.

worried_jim

Keli wrote: »

The woolley shepherd does sound proof clouds you hang on ceiling tehy really help reduce noice.

W W W dot woollyshepherd dot co dot uk have a look hope it helps

http://woollyshepherd.co.uk/natural-acoustics

anotherginger

You'll either have to get used to it, look into soundproofing, or move.

If they are just talking and moving around their own flat you can't really ask them to do anything different. People move around and talk - human nature! You will never achieve not being able to hear anything. Is this the first time you've lived in a flat?