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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel your pain OP. My best friend lives in a 1940s rowhouse in Alexandria.  Her common wall with the neighbors in question is a staircase wall, with plaster walls and some material like cinder (my husband thinks) between the plaster walls on both sides.  These neighbors frequently smoke weed and you can smell it in her house.  She's had my husband and our contractor over several times to see if they can help her figure out where it is coming from.  The odor is strongest in two points mid-staircase that seem to have no point of entry.  Our thought is that they have a broken step or two with small cracks that are sucking in the air, which is then being pulled into her house somehow.  It is very annoying for her.  Good luck.  Maybe your neighbors will move and you'll have better luck with the next group!?![/quote]

They need to caulk around any corners and gaps but there is no insulation between the walls so they would either need to remove the wall or build out the wall with insulation, sound blocker fabric with caulk (especially round things like outlets) and then two layers of drywall.[/quote]
Hey, that's good information, thank you!  I think she would be willing to do it.  It really bothers her.[/quote]

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