Soundproofing flat

Grenage

stevoh said:

Grenage said:

No, it's not normal with concrete.

I once lived in a flat of concrete construction and I wouldn't have heard a neighbour being murdered with an axe.  The closest thing to noise was a big thump when their 50" plasma fell off the wall.

Yeah I thought the same. Did you have wooden floors?

No, everything was concrete.

Norman_Castle

stevoh said:

If it is concrete, that could mean we have an easier solution, in that the noise could be due to our wooden flooring, and if replaced by carpet, we could solve the issue.

Replacing laminate with carpet on a concrete floor would make even less difference to you than it would on a wooden floor. Try banging on the floor, does it sound like concrete or wood.

Its possible there are air gaps between the flats if quieter sounds are getting through.

stevoh

Norman_Castle said:

stevoh said:

If it is concrete, that could mean we have an easier solution, in that the noise could be due to our wooden flooring, and if replaced by carpet, we could solve the issue.

Replacing laminate with carpet on a concrete floor would make even less difference to you than it would on a wooden floor. Try banging on the floor, does it sound like concrete or wood.

Its possible there are air gaps between the flats if quieter sounds are getting through.

Hi- tried banging floor but not sure I can tell if it’s concrete. Another neighbour told me they were told it was concrete when they had a survey done.

Why wouldn’t replacing the laminate with carpets help? Surely that would dampen the noise? What’s the alternatives? 

MovingForwards

If you have a cupboard, bath or something similar. Lift some of the flooring and see what's under it, that's the only way you will know what flooring you have.

My survey said concrete floors, only I've got floorboards and checked in a few places where anything I did wouldn't be seen when walking room to room.

stevoh

MovingForwards said:

If you have a cupboard, bath or something similar. Lift some of the flooring and see what's under it, that's the only way you will know what flooring you have.

My survey said concrete floors, only I've got floorboards and checked in a few places where anything I did wouldn't be seen when walking room to room.

Just looked under kitchen units and its concrete

Wanderingpomm

Then Uluru best best is acoustic underlay under carpet

fenwick458

try a pair of noise cancelling headphones. or try rightmove

MovingForwards

It won't be the floors the noise is coming through then as they are concrete, more likely the walls are allowing the sound to travel.

carefullycautious

Do you have a chimney breast as this could also be the conductor of noise. 

Norman_Castle

stevoh said:

 At present we can clearly hear their conversations. Infact when they're on the phone, we can sometimes hear the others person they're speaking to, its that bad!

Lightweight sounds such as talking from a speaker phone wouldn't travel through a concrete floor. I'd look for gaps around the edges where the skirting meets the floor or other open voids between the properties.