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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This can get very expensive very quickly to do after the fact. You also have to identify whether the issue is airborne noise or impact noise ([b]noise transfer/vibrations traveling through structure of the house)[/b]. It’s sounds like you might have both but that impact noise from foot traffic on the stairs is the culprit. White noise machines can help mask ambient airborne noise (barking, conversations etc), but may not be as effective with staircase impact noise. If you aren’t prepared to pull up floor boards, you can try fixing squeaky steps and sound absorber material on stairs along with soundproofing wall adjacent to staircase and white noise machine.[/quote] This is so interesting. My kid can hear me padding through the kitchen and it drives me crazy. I haven’t even made coffee and they know I’m up. How can you reduce impact noise? Or are some people more sensitive to them? [/quote] The easiest way to address soundproofing is before the floors are finished. You need to separate the joists (the parallel rows of lumber you see when floors are exposed) that support the subfloor (big sheets of plywood that lay on top of the joist to create the base for your flooring). You install joist isolators to create space between the subfloor and support joists to reduce sound transmission. You also would fill in that area with sound absorbing insulation material. Unless you are going to tear up your floors you, you just have to try different things to see if it helps. If you do not want carpet you can still make sure you are limiting sound issues. You might also have sound traveling through your HVAC ductwork. You might upgrade your hollow core doors or close the gap between floor and door with a new threshold or door sweep. You can search around, but unless you are a musician or do some sort of sound related business out of your house soundproofing quotes are going to be high and not worth it. [/quote] Thank you. We are ripping up carpet in the hallway and replacing the carpet in bedrooms and I am going to look into this. We used to live in a 100 year old home. It had its issues (mostly, age) but it was solid. Our new home (built in 00s) feels like cardboard in comparison [/quote]
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