I need some help here guys. My downstairs neighbors are driving me nuts. Any ideas how I can reduce the sound coming through the floor? I have hardwoods so I thought of putting that foam stuff they use in gyms and putting an area rug over it. Not quite sure what else to try.

We use some material called dynamat for cars w subwoofers etc , might get pricey trying to use it on your whole floor of the appt

Carpet???

I would put down carpet with a heavy liner.. you should go to a good carpet store and ask if they have a sound barrier you can install under carpet their has to be something out their..

 

That was easy google is your friend..

 

http://www.soundprooffoam.com/floor-products.html

1) what kind of noise? Low pitch or high pitch?

 

2) Are they not making "enough" noise to ask them to tone it down??

 

3) Most apartment complexes with hardwood floors actually REQUIRE second floor tenants to carpet the floors to prevent sound transmission downward (from walking...).

How about sell all your guns and buy a house.......

asking about sound proofing on a gun forum eh?

 

You are not the first to think of setting up his own at home .22 range

http://soundproofing.org/infopages/flooring.htm

 

We had an issue in our queens apartment where the upstairs bitches would walk around with their boots and heels on all day and all night as well as doing stair step aerobics for an hour.

 

We had the managemnet company invoke the part of the lease that required them to put a carpet down. An area rug made a huge difference for us on the below floor. This (the above) was mentioned as an option that the landlord could put in.

I would put down carpet with a heavy liner.. you should go to a good carpet store and ask if they have a sound barrier you can install under carpet their has to be something out their..

 

That was easy google is your friend..

 

http://www.soundproo...r-products.html

 

Thank you sir I'll look into it. I did googling on soundproofing an apartment and all I found was ripping the walls open and putting in sound deadening insulation or applying some vinyl to the drywall.

 

1) what kind of noise? Low pitch or high pitch? Mostly low pitch and bass from music. His wife is high pitched and whiney though.

 

2) Are they not making "enough" noise to ask them to tone it down?? I can hear them snoring. Floor appears to be paper thin.

 

3) Most apartment complexes with hardwood floors actually REQUIRE second floor tenants to carpet the floors to prevent sound transmission downward (from walking...). Nothing in the lease about that.

 

How about sell all your guns and buy a house.......

Blasphemy

 

asking about sound proofing on a gun forum eh?

 

You are not the first to think of setting up his own at home .22 range

 

I wish

Im with HD, if the sound is coming from underneath you, then a carpet is the best way to go.

i had the same problem, i used 2 layers of throw rugs that came close to the size each room. cut down the noise by about 85%

http://soundproofing.org/infopages/flooring.htm

 

We had an issue in our queens apartment where the upstairs bitches would walk around with their boots and heels on all day and all night as well as doing stair step aerobics for an hour.

 

We had the managemnet company invoke the part of the lease that required them to put a carpet down. An area rug made a huge difference for us on the below floor. This (the above) was mentioned as an option that the landlord could put in.

 

Yep, unfortunately it works much better inside the room where the source of the noise is located. Once the sound causes vibration in the structure you are doing damage control to dampen it on your end.