Hello everyone.
We live in an extremely thin-walled house and it's starting to get on my nerves.
It's a one and a half-story house. The sounds from the upper floor come down to the lower floor, every step/movement of a chair is heard from upstairs when you're downstairs. The house we live in is made of wood I-beams, i.e., 45-studs with routed grooves and oil-hardened masonite as support. Great from an insulation perspective since they are not cold bridges, but sound-wise it's a disaster.
The house is a Keyhouse from Skyttorp, built in '79.
The construction of the floor in between is:
wood panel (on the ceiling below)
light beam 30c with 10cm insulation between each "stud"
fiberboard with vinyl flooring upstairs (which was supposed to be somewhat soundproof!!!!)
What should I do to fix the noise from upstairs? Zippo and 95-octane and start over? :banghead:
Extremely grateful for suggestions.
We live in an extremely thin-walled house and it's starting to get on my nerves.
It's a one and a half-story house. The sounds from the upper floor come down to the lower floor, every step/movement of a chair is heard from upstairs when you're downstairs. The house we live in is made of wood I-beams, i.e., 45-studs with routed grooves and oil-hardened masonite as support. Great from an insulation perspective since they are not cold bridges, but sound-wise it's a disaster.
The house is a Keyhouse from Skyttorp, built in '79.
The construction of the floor in between is:
wood panel (on the ceiling below)
light beam 30c with 10cm insulation between each "stud"
fiberboard with vinyl flooring upstairs (which was supposed to be somewhat soundproof!!!!)
What should I do to fix the noise from upstairs? Zippo and 95-octane and start over? :banghead:
Extremely grateful for suggestions.
Buy yourself a pair of Peltor earmuffs and enjoy the peace.
Joking aside... does it echo a lot on the lower floor when you're there??
I was thinking if the sound from above gets amplified on the lower floor, maybe there's some form of soundproof panel to install on the ceiling down there.
Joking aside... does it echo a lot on the lower floor when you're there??
I was thinking if the sound from above gets amplified on the lower floor, maybe there's some form of soundproof panel to install on the ceiling down there.
Carpet, soundproof tiles to place on the ceiling. Additionally, you can replace the insulation with a special one intended for soundproofing.
We have eswa ceiling heating on the ground floor, so the function disappears if you install soundproofing tiles. Wall-to-wall carpet is not a favorite since it's cumbersome to keep clean.
Perhaps we will install soundproofing tiles on a new ceiling grid system that is not connected to the existing grid system. The ceiling heating will be turned off, and it will be oil-filled radiators instead.
Perhaps we will install soundproofing tiles on a new ceiling grid system that is not connected to the existing grid system. The ceiling heating will be turned off, and it will be oil-filled radiators instead.
Maybe you can put floor gypsum upstairs as well? It should dampen the sound.