Subway Vibration
A friend of mine has moved into a new apartment (new construction)and noticed (after the fact) a bit of subway noise/vibration. The apartment doesn’t shake and it is not audible enough to disturb conversation. However, if you are sitting in the room without any radio or television on, you will notice the trains pass underneath…
A friend of mine has moved into a new apartment (new construction)and noticed (after the fact) a bit of subway noise/vibration. The apartment doesn’t shake and it is not audible enough to disturb conversation. However, if you are sitting in the room without any radio or television on, you will notice the trains pass underneath every 4-5 minutes (sounds like an AC’s white noise except it starts and stops every 4-5 minutes making it not a white noise). Has anyone dealt with this type of noise with insulation or noise reduction devices? She is on the fourth floor btw.
If your friend is sensitive about such noises he/she should have checked it out before moving in. Now it’s too late. Either move out or get used to it.
In the grand scheme of things subway noise is the easiest noise to get used to it (and the hardest to get rid of). Your friend lucked out it could have been much much worse believe me.
I lived over a subway tunnel for many years, and now I’m within earshot of open-air tracks further out in Brooklyn. In both situations, it’s not loud enough to affect conversation or TV/radio, and is only noticeable late at night when it’s really quiet otherwise.
Earplugs work wonders when trying to sleep.
There is no practical way to reduce the vibration. You can build a sound isolated room within a room, basically a recording studio, but it is very expensive. Chances are you,ll get used to it, I did.
I also really liked being able to feel the train. I could time leaving my apartment right after a train went by, and would get to the station as the next one was arriving!
I live half a block from the subway line and my house shutters a bit. I noticed it more when I first moved here now I hardly noticed it.
My son’s preschool is on the subway line and in the basement so it really shakes. But I assume he’ll get used to it.
You get used to it – except when you’re trying to hear speech on radio or t.v. & the audio isn’t up enough.
I live on garden/parlor floors and 100 ft from corner where subway tunnel is. And if you go to certain movie theaters like that the angelica on houston street you feel the train there.
It is vibration that must feel. Surprised on 4th floor..but then you say only when everything else is quiet. I doubt much can do ..except not have things placed that can rattle from a little vibration. such as my copper plates propped up on mantle against brick.
I would think will quickly not even notice it. Unless starts to obsess and foucs on it. Am sure others in bldg happening to also.
I lived literally up against the Elevated in Chicago for 2 years. You actually get used to a lot of noise and don’t even hear it after awhile.
Now I have the Mockingbirds!!!
Although I get your point, it may be louder than what you are hearing. It is more like the vibration/sound of a large truck passing by except the noise is not from outside, it seems to be coming from inside (i.e. below).