| Complaining neighbors [message #87749] |
Sat, 07 April 2018 22:14  |
ABtoJayZ
Messages: 14
Registered: March 2018
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I live in a duplex and try to be as respectful as I can with my music volume. My new neighbor complained about the volume of my music. So I've been careful about it. Lo and behold, they're complaining again. There's no way I'm making that much noise. They keep threatening to get our property manager involved. What's a good tool/way to measure noise levels?
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| Re: Complaining neighbors [message #87755 is a reply to message #87749] |
Sun, 08 April 2018 11:18  |
johnnycamp5
Messages: 354
Registered: June 2015
Location: NJ
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A db meter.
Will the property manager allow you to make modifications?
Putting up an additional layer of drywall can help dramatically, and it's not very difficult.
A layer of 5/8's adhered (16" on center) with a soft adhesive or "green glue" can work wonders.
Don't forget to remove the few screws that held the sheets up once the glue dries...you want the new drywall layer decoupled from the old wall, and leaving the screws can help create a sonic "short circuit" to the original wall.
Better yet is to frame a wall directly across (but not touching) your shared (common) wall, using flimsy 1-5/8ths metal studs or resilient channel, 2' on center, with 5/8ths sheathing.
This flimsy wall (aside from acting as a large panel bass absorber) will almost completely decouple your room from theirs, except for the attachments at the ceiling and floor.
These points can also be somewhat decoupled using rubber strips (I use cheap 10' lengths of rubber, garage door bottom seal from the depot) above and below your ceiling and floor starter tracks.
In the past, all common/shared walls where always built out of solid masonry, to avoid the possibility of noise disturbance from the adjacent living space, and also to act as a fire stop.
Of course this way of construction is more exspensive.
Good luck!
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| Re: Complaining neighbors [message #96931 is a reply to message #87749] |
Sun, 20 August 2023 15:11 |
Csharp
Messages: 86
Registered: April 2012
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JohnnyCamp's suggestion was a good one.
Drywall comes in 4' x 8' sheets, though, so you might want to get the home improvement store where you buy them to cut them down to a more workable size.
And don't attach them in a way that makes them hard or impossible to detach.
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