Hello,
Need some tips and advice...
Long story short...
Condominium. Concrete frame. We have torn out all the flooring, laid new, and built 2 new internal walls. For various reasons, the walls were mounted directly on the old floor before we tore out the old floor and laid the new one. So now the internal wall is mounted as follows:
Concrete frame. Between the sill and the concrete is the old floor. On the sides, there is a "cavity" of 1 cm to the new floor, covered by baseboards.
We have noticed some strange things after the construction. Directly beneath the wall, the neighbor has their front door in the same direction as the wall. When they open/close the door, there is a loud bang, and the walls shake significantly. It's like the vibrations from opening/closing their door are amplified through the joist.
Of course, we want to fix this without having to rebuild everything. The walls are built with wooden studs against the floor, wall, and ceiling. The studs inside are vertical.
We also discovered that the old wall's sill was poured into the concrete. Why is this done? Have we missed a crucial step? Previously, it was a regular internal wall with single gypsum. No complications.
All tips are WELCOME on whether/how it is possible to reinforce the wall without demolition and make it more stable. Maybe something can be done to reinforce the sill from below?
Attached are before and after pictures.
Need some tips and advice...
Long story short...
Condominium. Concrete frame. We have torn out all the flooring, laid new, and built 2 new internal walls. For various reasons, the walls were mounted directly on the old floor before we tore out the old floor and laid the new one. So now the internal wall is mounted as follows:
Concrete frame. Between the sill and the concrete is the old floor. On the sides, there is a "cavity" of 1 cm to the new floor, covered by baseboards.
We have noticed some strange things after the construction. Directly beneath the wall, the neighbor has their front door in the same direction as the wall. When they open/close the door, there is a loud bang, and the walls shake significantly. It's like the vibrations from opening/closing their door are amplified through the joist.
Of course, we want to fix this without having to rebuild everything. The walls are built with wooden studs against the floor, wall, and ceiling. The studs inside are vertical.
We also discovered that the old wall's sill was poured into the concrete. Why is this done? Have we missed a crucial step? Previously, it was a regular internal wall with single gypsum. No complications.
All tips are WELCOME on whether/how it is possible to reinforce the wall without demolition and make it more stable. Maybe something can be done to reinforce the sill from below?
Attached are before and after pictures.
