{"id":36177,"date":"2009-09-18T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T10:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=36177"},"modified":"2009-09-22T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T10:44:25","slug":"the-upstairs-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/09\/the-upstairs-th\/","title":{"rendered":"The Upstairs Thumping Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible that a new wood floor can be installed in a way, an improper way, such that the new floor transmits sound, or rather the THUMPS of foot steps much more than it should?  My new upstairs neighbor in my PSlope &#8220;brownstone&#8221; has begun driving me crazy with the thumps of his floor\/my ceiling; I am trying to figure out why this would have not occurred with the prior upstairs tenant who was, actually, a larger person.  Additional fact:  I live on the third floor; Thumper is upstairs on the 4th floor, which was added decades after this 1980&#8217;s building was built.<\/p>\n<p>The followup question is how likely are carpet\/rugs to reduce the thumping?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible that a new wood floor can be installed in a way, an improper way, such that the new floor transmits sound, or rather the THUMPS of foot steps much more than it should? 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