Conversations Heard Through Pipes!
We live above the laundry room and can very clearly hear the chatter beneath us! Which means, anyone in the laundry room can hear us just as clearly. I think they’re some gaps by the riser and radiator in our apartment. What steps can we take to sound proof this area in our apartment?
We live above the laundry room and can very clearly hear the chatter beneath us! Which means, anyone in the laundry room can hear us just as clearly. I think they’re some gaps by the riser and radiator in our apartment. What steps can we take to sound proof this area in our apartment?
Just talk in a low voice when gossiping about the neighbors.
Start with Hilti fire stop to help remedy jockdeboeria’s point and then use acoustic caulk.
It sounds like you have a nice hole around where the pipes come up and unless the shaft is fire rated, if there were to be a fire in the laundry room, it will be in your apartment too. If there is no shafte, than the floor shoudl be properly fire rated. You should tell the building manager.
There are fiberglass insulation tubes made for heat risers. Lowes, HD or any decent-sized hardware store has them. The purpose is to insulate against heat loss, but it should help with the sound.