ᐅ Terraced house with service shaft transmits noise from neighbor
Created on: 4 Nov 2011 20:00
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fanalordHello everyone,
We’ve been living in our newly built mid-terrace house for less than a year now, and sometimes I get quite frustrated. The main issue seems to be the installation shaft, or at least that’s what I suspect. The neighbors walk normally on their floors, regardless of the level, and we hear a dull thudding noise and banging all day long... after a while, it really gets on your nerves because it’s hard to find a quiet moment on the couch. Sometimes I’m just about to fall asleep, and the noise starts again. Almost exclusively, it’s impact sound that is transmitted.
The walls consist of 10 cm (4 inches) of concrete on each side with a separating layer in between. However, in the other terraced houses built by this company, we have noticed that the walls sometimes seem slightly misaligned or not perfectly parallel. I fear there might be a sound bridge somewhere causing this constant disturbance.
Since the water pipes run continuously through the terraced houses (community of owners), I assume they continue in the screed floor at the neighbor’s side and transmit noise that way. Would it make sense to retrofit insulation inside the installation shaft, for example by filling it with mineral wool like Rockwool, or do you think it’s unlikely to reduce impact noise that easily? In the bedroom, I might install a double drywall partition to keep nights quieter, but I’ve also read that such constructions help more with airborne sound and less with structure-borne sound.
Best regards,
Fana
We’ve been living in our newly built mid-terrace house for less than a year now, and sometimes I get quite frustrated. The main issue seems to be the installation shaft, or at least that’s what I suspect. The neighbors walk normally on their floors, regardless of the level, and we hear a dull thudding noise and banging all day long... after a while, it really gets on your nerves because it’s hard to find a quiet moment on the couch. Sometimes I’m just about to fall asleep, and the noise starts again. Almost exclusively, it’s impact sound that is transmitted.
The walls consist of 10 cm (4 inches) of concrete on each side with a separating layer in between. However, in the other terraced houses built by this company, we have noticed that the walls sometimes seem slightly misaligned or not perfectly parallel. I fear there might be a sound bridge somewhere causing this constant disturbance.
Since the water pipes run continuously through the terraced houses (community of owners), I assume they continue in the screed floor at the neighbor’s side and transmit noise that way. Would it make sense to retrofit insulation inside the installation shaft, for example by filling it with mineral wool like Rockwool, or do you think it’s unlikely to reduce impact noise that easily? In the bedroom, I might install a double drywall partition to keep nights quieter, but I’ve also read that such constructions help more with airborne sound and less with structure-borne sound.
Best regards,
Fana
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