Squeaking floor
I paid $8,000 to a contractor who promised me that I would not hear the squeaking of the wooden floor from upstairs. He added another layer to my bedroom ceiling and stuffed it with material – it did not work. Did anyone have the same problem and found a solution to it.
I paid $8,000 to a contractor who promised me that I would not hear the squeaking of the wooden floor from upstairs. He added another layer to my bedroom ceiling and stuffed it with material – it did not work. Did anyone have the same problem and found a solution to it.
Also, because it’s a coop or condo, you can and should complain and ask that the owner above you put down wall to wall carpet WITH PADDING. Which will muffle the sound a lot. (It did on our creaking stairs.) NYC law is something like 85% of an apartment or condo has to have rugs or carpeting. It’s likely in your coop or condo rules too.
For $8,000 in one room you should have received more than a little stuffing between the upstairs floor and your ceiling. You seriously could have done that yourself. In MN, my parents paid $10,000 for their entire 2BR condo Summerplace to get a new ceiling and some kind of system that sends the noise down then bounces it back again. It has something with spiral metal springs in there. I think. Now I sound like a babbling idiot. But there really is a specific way soundproofing companies do this stuff. Soundproofing the bedroom ceiling in a coop or condo is not a bad idea. But hire a soundproofing expert, not a general contractor. This is a sad tale! Do look into any recourse or reimbursement you may be entitled to. Good luck.
it sounds like you’re experiencing noise from a floor above you (another condo/coop?) if you don’t own the floor from whence the noise comes, your options are limited. impact noise is hard to contain in any case. you could have a ‘decoupled’ ceiling installed that has several layers of drywall and other soundproofing materials in between, that would probably take care of squeaks, but not the sound of footfalls. but if you have access to the floor in question, yes, you gotta nail down all the squeaky parts!
Your floor squeaks because of things rubbing together. it has nothing to do with how much insulation or drywall you have. Your contractor conned you. The only real way to fix this problem is to install a new floor and put several layers of tar paper down between the joists and a new subfloor, as well as between the new subfloor and the new wood floor and install an acoustical sound barrier as well as isolate the drywall ceiling and stuff the cavity with sound attenuation batting.
I’m afraid you were taken, my friend. Ouch. I’d ask for your money back. If you had a contract and he guaranteed his work, you should get at least some of your money back. Good luck.
Have you tried putting baby powder in the creaking floor?