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Hi there,
I am looking to reduce noise from my next door neighbours in a rental unit. They have 3 kids who runs and jumps around. The stomping echoes directly to my bedroom. At first I thought it was my neighbor above me but turns out it’s my neighbor next door.
Interestingly, the echoes and vibrations is not too bad in my living room which is next to their place but unbearable in my bedroom! I think the sound travels through the ceilings? What can I use for this instance? Nothing permanent please as I am only renting.
Thank you, any advice would really be helpful
Hi @agster
Hi know the stress of your situation.
I personally put on my own music and listen to that and kids will hear it to and they may calm down. I am creating my own sound space the local sounds block out much incoming noise.
Even if you owned the house you could do a dozen of remidies in house improvement and it may not be enough.
Also Consider noise cancelling technology the chaepest is noise cancelling head phones. Basically this technology inverts the incoming sound waves and plays them into the head phones or sound space all but nutralizing the incoming sound.
But as there is a tiny time delay to inverter incoming sound waves this means part of the sound wave gets through. The smarter systems will phase shift the inverted sound wave to more completly cancel incoming noise. This works best on things like lawnmower engines as it is constant and predictable where as it wont be as effective as random sharp sounds or kid noises.
Some companies profess to be able to make quite sound bubbles in a roon utilizing surround sound system I have not seen any solid facts on such a good development
Well that is the best i have good luck
A warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, @agster. We're delighted to have you join us.
Sorry to hear about your noisy neighbours. Great to see you've received advice from @Jewelleryrescue. Our resident Bunnings D.I.Y. expert @EricL will also be online later today and will be happy assist.
While waiting, I recommend reading the guide How to soundproof your home by experienced renovator @Adam_W. We also have a Best Advice article on How to soundproof a bedroom which might come in handy.
You might also like to have a read through these previous topics on a similar subject in case they help:
Hope this helps.
Akanksha
Hello @agster
The ideal solution is to either add sound batts in your ceiling cavity if you have one or build a timber batten frame from which you can install sound insulation.
However, since you are in a rental property, I propose drawing a professional plan and doing a cost analysis for the project. I then suggest meeting up with your landlord at a nice cafe and making the proposal of altering the ceiling structure. You can then write down the reasons of how this will benefit them in the long run.
I'm afraid temporary solutions will not be effective as any type of insulation will need to be anchored to the ceiling somehow. This means that it will be necessary to screw or nail a structure that will hold the insulation in place.
A more radical approach would be to build a cubby house type structure that will isolate your bed from all the noise. A sort of room within a room chamber. The only drawback of course would be that it would get very hot inside that room.
If you need further assistance, please let us know.
Eric
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