Peyta
2016-11-07 21:07:58
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Hello,
I am not sure if I am in the right place here, but I think that construction or material experts, independent of deep knowledge about acoustics, can help me the most.
It concerns the following: I have the opportunity to move into an apartment that is actually perfect, but I know from experience of an acquaintance who has lived there so far that the apartment, especially towards the apartment above us, has absolutely miserable sound insulation.
This is expressed by the fact that the neighbor above already feels disturbed by conversations at normal speaking volume; he would understand every word. Surprisingly, he can hardly perceive music, even at volumes above normal speaking volume.
The apartment building was built around 1960, the ceiling is a wooden ceiling and supposedly insulated/filled with straw (attached a picture). Otherwise, heating pipes run behind a strip across the apartment, but I don't think into the apartment above.
Do you have any ideas where one could reasonably start to reduce the sound transmission upwards and make living “livable” again for both parties?
Thank you very much
Peter
I am not sure if I am in the right place here, but I think that construction or material experts, independent of deep knowledge about acoustics, can help me the most.
It concerns the following: I have the opportunity to move into an apartment that is actually perfect, but I know from experience of an acquaintance who has lived there so far that the apartment, especially towards the apartment above us, has absolutely miserable sound insulation.
This is expressed by the fact that the neighbor above already feels disturbed by conversations at normal speaking volume; he would understand every word. Surprisingly, he can hardly perceive music, even at volumes above normal speaking volume.
The apartment building was built around 1960, the ceiling is a wooden ceiling and supposedly insulated/filled with straw (attached a picture). Otherwise, heating pipes run behind a strip across the apartment, but I don't think into the apartment above.
Do you have any ideas where one could reasonably start to reduce the sound transmission upwards and make living “livable” again for both parties?
Thank you very much
Peter