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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 214521" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>I had a downstairs neighbor that disrupted my "quiet enjoyment" of the property I leased, so I filed a complaint with my landlord and at 2am, called the police, who I allowed into my apartment - they observed that the noise was such that a reasonable person would not be able to sleep, and I signed the complaint. This did not lead to good neighborly relations. I had to repeat this a couple more times before they figured out that if they'd be reasonably quiet by midnight on weeknights and 1am on weekends, I'd stop complaining. Eventually they were evicted for not paying rent so finally took care of itself.</p><p></p><p>To answer Richard's question - you've gotten lots of good advice so far and the distillation of "it requires mass, sealants, and money" are spot on. You may need landlord permission for some of the work. Without an acoustician and an engineer to evaluate your space, any estimate of how much additional isolation you'd achieve is simply guessing. Actual reduction of noise in your apartment will require treatment at the source (good luck).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 214521, member: 67"] I had a downstairs neighbor that disrupted my "quiet enjoyment" of the property I leased, so I filed a complaint with my landlord and at 2am, called the police, who I allowed into my apartment - they observed that the noise was such that a reasonable person would not be able to sleep, and I signed the complaint. This did not lead to good neighborly relations. I had to repeat this a couple more times before they figured out that if they'd be reasonably quiet by midnight on weeknights and 1am on weekends, I'd stop complaining. Eventually they were evicted for not paying rent so finally took care of itself. To answer Richard's question - you've gotten lots of good advice so far and the distillation of "it requires mass, sealants, and money" are spot on. You may need landlord permission for some of the work. Without an acoustician and an engineer to evaluate your space, any estimate of how much additional isolation you'd achieve is simply guessing. Actual reduction of noise in your apartment will require treatment at the source (good luck). [/QUOTE]
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