Hi all,
Just moved into my new joint which a a 14 story unit. I'm hearing the regular squelch noise like someone is backing out of their chair or pushing a table across the floor in the morning and at night. Sometime sis frequent as in 5 or 6 times within a 5 minute period.
I also hear walking and the occasional bang noise like they hit someone against a wall or drop something heavy. I def thought the unit above had floating boards until I paid a visit the other day.
They have carpet but the underlay in the carpet has pretty much had it so it's pretty much like 10 year old carpet against the concrete slab. It's pretty hard when you bang on the carpet. I looked around and the only chairs I could see not on carpet are on the tiles beside the kitchen area which didn't seem to be the issue. With tiles cemented onto the concrete slab, could this be the issue? But I hear this at both ends of the unit like it occurring in bed room and over the other wide where their dining table is.
I'm starting to think it could be the floor below? Can sound in these complexes play tricks on your ears? I even visited the apartment upstairs that wasn't directly above me who has boards but they seem to be very extra careful and said they don't even touch their dining table at all.
Is this acceptable noise to hear footsteps when they stomp, frequent banging noise and furniture moving. By the way, with 10 year old carpet and pretty much no underlay left, does this breech a bylaw in that they do not have the sufficient underlay? My new carpet has thick underlay and even if I had boots on and stomped my feet, it doesn't even penetrate to the concrete slab.
Last note is there is peace at around 10:30pm to about 6am when everyone is in bed.
Just moved into my new joint which a a 14 story unit. I'm hearing the regular squelch noise like someone is backing out of their chair or pushing a table across the floor in the morning and at night. Sometime sis frequent as in 5 or 6 times within a 5 minute period.
I also hear walking and the occasional bang noise like they hit someone against a wall or drop something heavy. I def thought the unit above had floating boards until I paid a visit the other day.
They have carpet but the underlay in the carpet has pretty much had it so it's pretty much like 10 year old carpet against the concrete slab. It's pretty hard when you bang on the carpet. I looked around and the only chairs I could see not on carpet are on the tiles beside the kitchen area which didn't seem to be the issue. With tiles cemented onto the concrete slab, could this be the issue? But I hear this at both ends of the unit like it occurring in bed room and over the other wide where their dining table is.
I'm starting to think it could be the floor below? Can sound in these complexes play tricks on your ears? I even visited the apartment upstairs that wasn't directly above me who has boards but they seem to be very extra careful and said they don't even touch their dining table at all.
Is this acceptable noise to hear footsteps when they stomp, frequent banging noise and furniture moving. By the way, with 10 year old carpet and pretty much no underlay left, does this breech a bylaw in that they do not have the sufficient underlay? My new carpet has thick underlay and even if I had boots on and stomped my feet, it doesn't even penetrate to the concrete slab.
Last note is there is peace at around 10:30pm to about 6am when everyone is in bed.