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    We live in a house convereted to a 2 unit strata plan – upstairs and downstairs. We bought this place about 8 years ago and at the time of purchase it was covered with new carpets. After couple of years living in the unit, the floor developed few creaky spots and well as constant moisture issue. We asked around and the consensus seemed to be that carpeted floors stop ventillation and trap moisture. When we lifted carpets we saw that the wooden floor underneath was damaged in several areas. We consulted with owners of unit below and since noise was issue regardless, we all agreed that removing carpets was best solution. When floors were repaired we lifted the planks and inserted best sound insulation bats that we could find on the market (R3.5 from memory). That was few years and one owner ago. New owner seems to think that carpets will improve noise issue. What are our options? I do not mean to be selfish but we picked lesser of two evils and we have been told that the noise is bad, but not noticeably worse from the times when carpet was installed. As side issue, we have been told that our building would not have been approved for separate dwelling under new regulations – one reason being is noise separation 

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  • #17595
    Darthygrahm
    Flatchatter

      Hi,

      If the noise still comes, check whether there is any leak or break between flooring, or might be the carpet may not be fitted properly, and if noise is still coming call the company from whom who you had repaired your flooring. Smile

      #17608
      Whale
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        PanKot – there are a few possible solutions.

        The simplest is to talk with your downstairs neighbour about the worst areas of noise transmission into their Unit, and for you to place some rugs or some similar coverings over those areas in your Unit. Maybe hire some in the first instance to assess their effectiveness together with your neighbour; there are some companies who hire floor-coverings for special events and the like, so check those.

        The least simple and possibly the most expensive is to again insulate the gap between your neighbour’s ceiling and your floor boards. There are some newer techniques available such as strategically drilling into your neighbour’s ceiling and injecting low-expansion foam which takes-up the space and fills any voids between there and the undersides of your floor.

        The last solution, and one that’s certainly the most aggressive (and expensive) is to install an insulated false-ceiling below the one that exists in your neghbour’s unit.

        There are a number of companies in Greater Sydney and elsewhere that specialise in floor /ceiling insulation, but as I don’t know where you’re located it’s better for you to source those yourself.

        The advantage of the last two (2) options is that your neighbour would be sharing the costs, and that would focus his/her mind upon how bad the noise transmission issue really is.

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