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Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor?
      19/10/04 07:04 PM
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I lived for 10 years in a flat above a neighbour with a wooden floor between us. I built a floating floor, which worked to some extent, but was not really satisfactory. My sounds still vibrated the walls and the family below were never very happy with my experiments in hard house.

A flat above a shop is a much better option and these flats are usually cheaper to buy as well.

I now live in a flat above a Mon-Fri business so I can make as much noise as I like in the music room away from the party wall.

I reckon it is often cheaper and easier to find premises where there are no neighbours to annoy than it is to carry out sound insulation work. I spent maybe 800 pounds to build floating floors on 2 12' by 10' rooms and the level of insulation was still not enough to stop the neighbour banging the broom on his ceiling.

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* If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith 15/10/04 02:44 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Studio Support Gnome   16/10/04 03:35 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   16/10/04 08:31 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   17/10/04 12:31 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Steve Hill   18/10/04 10:27 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   19/10/04 08:11 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Matt Downing   19/10/04 09:16 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   19/10/04 09:28 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Wease   19/10/04 10:59 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   19/10/04 11:04 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? thefruitfarmer   19/10/04 07:04 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   20/10/04 08:30 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? thefruitfarmer   20/10/04 08:57 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   20/10/04 12:02 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Matt Downing   20/10/04 03:59 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Escapee Planes   20/10/04 04:13 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The real musiclover   20/10/04 11:08 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   21/10/04 08:22 AM
. * Options? thefruitfarmer   21/10/04 08:41 AM
. * Re: Options? The Beatsmith   21/10/04 08:55 AM
. * Re: Options? Matt Downing   21/10/04 11:33 AM
. * Re: Options? The Beatsmith   03/11/04 10:58 AM
. * Re: Options? thefruitfarmer   21/10/04 09:19 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? thefruitfarmer   20/10/04 02:28 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Matt Downing   20/10/04 09:24 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Studio Support Gnome   15/10/04 03:18 PM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   16/10/04 12:02 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? Adam Inglis   16/10/04 04:49 AM
. * Re: If you have a top floor flat... how much sound travels through the floor? The Beatsmith   16/10/04 05:15 AM

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