New build snagging - upstairs noise when people walking around

SharkMoney

Is it a snag to raise that when downstairs in the lounge, I can hear people walking around upstairs, sounds like elephants? Occasional woodwork creaking etc
I can also hear built in wardrobes being opened.
Should I expect absolute silence?

RelievedSheff

I think you are expecting too much expecting silence!!

davidmcn

SharkMoney said:

Should I expect absolute silence?

No, especially if you're talking about other people within the same house.

Splatfoot

And in a new build.

RelievedSheff

Splatfoot said:

And in a new build.

Any single dwelling property!

I can't think of a single house we have been in ever where you can't hear people walking around in the upstairs rooms.

Alter_ego

Have you laid carpets yet?

vw100

Some of the creaking may reduce as the timber work settles and gets climatised to the house moisture levels. But expect living noise from upstairs.

FreeBear

Late 1920s semi here. After replacing the ceiling in the lounge, I am much more aware of footsteps upstairs. Carpets with a decent underlay helps to reduce the sound levels.

Noise reduction is a complex subject and it is difficult to eliminate noise transmission in a building. Unless you want to live on your own in an isolated location, you will never find a totally silent house - Even then, wind, wildlife, and general environmental  effects will produce some noise.

EmmyLou30

Never lived in a house where sound doesn't carry within the house, floorboards creaking, hearing built in wardrobe runners as you slide them open, sounds of people peeing into the toilet bowl! All normal. 

UnderOffer

Is this a house or flat? 

Splatfoot

RelievedSheff said:

Splatfoot said:

And in a new build.

Any single dwelling property!

I can't think of a single house we have been in ever where you can't hear people walking around in the upstairs rooms.

True. I can hear my kids up in their rooms and my house is 70 years old. Can't hear the wardrobe doors though, although that might be because they never shut the damn things.