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Hello,
My EC wrote a bylaw regarding the installation of hard flooring. In summary owners must submit plans including noise transfer information and there should be no noise transfer to adjoining units.
The unit above me applied for floorboards and provided information that the noise to adjacent apartments would be reduced by 60dB. Without advising me they approved the installation.
My understanding of the dB noise scale is every 3dB represents 1/2 the noise. So 60dB is 20 lots of half. (If it started off at 100 after 20 halves numerically it would be 0.00019!)
Now I can hear every step they make above. I believe I can even pinpoint where they are walking the noise is so clear.
After (many) months of asking my EC to look into the issue they have finally come back and said it is not their problem.
Is this fair? How should I tackle it? Any advise is appreciated.
TIA!
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Hi G,
60dB seems an astromonical level, are you sure its not 6dB? I don’t think carpet alone can achieve that.
I’ve too installed a floating timber floor with acoustic underlay. In hindsight, timber floors are not good for running kids and it actually echoes high heels.
Personally, I’ve never lived with a timber floor above above me (touch wood), but asked the owners downstairs for feedback. Rugs and hallway runners all improves the dampening further.
If you are on the EC, why don’t you invite them to your unit on the next meeting?. If you’re lucky, th EC can hear it first hand.
DV
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