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HOGEPH said:
Find out what make it is, buy a remote, spend the evening pissing around with their volume/channel/colour settings.
Ah, Viz top tip !!I'd give it a day or two and if it's still loud then I'd go and knock and just ask them if they realise that you can hear their TV over yours. If they say Pardon, you're s**t out of luck.
I live in a big one bed house with neighbours at the back and side of me, unfortunately I can hear one neighbours tv quite loudly sometimes. I have got used to it now. Usually you can only hear it if you are listning out for it.
Sometimes they do put loud films on but its only for an hour or so at a go and thankfully rare.
How loud is it, is it like you can hear iit if you are concentrating, or is it like big bassy thumping noises? Some poeple are sometimes unaware that bass travels.
Sometimes they do put loud films on but its only for an hour or so at a go and thankfully rare.
How loud is it, is it like you can hear iit if you are concentrating, or is it like big bassy thumping noises? Some poeple are sometimes unaware that bass travels.
Are you renting or have your bought your flat, if the former then firstly talk to the occupant/s in the flat below yours, they may not have the sound up that high, if so then talk to your landlord. If your flat is an old conversion or old build, then the sound insulation may not be up to modern building regulations, in which case, again only if you are renting, then contact your local council’s environmental health department, who will impose a notice on your landlord to upgrade the sound insulation.
As another poster mentioned underlay and good quality carpets will help, but the best solution is either to lift the floor of your flat, and install between your floor and the ceiling of the flat below sound insulation, or to insert in the flat below a false suspended ceiling, inserting between the old and new ceiling sound insulation.
As another poster mentioned underlay and good quality carpets will help, but the best solution is either to lift the floor of your flat, and install between your floor and the ceiling of the flat below sound insulation, or to insert in the flat below a false suspended ceiling, inserting between the old and new ceiling sound insulation.
I would say yes, an empty room would make a difference, however carpet will only provide some sound deadening to be honest. With a room full of stuff there is not as much space for the sound to echo but it depends on a lot of factors.
If the noise coming up is very bassy, you will hear it no matter what.
If the noise coming up is very bassy, you will hear it no matter what.
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Some poeple are sometimes unaware that bass travels.
Educate them.
As an aside, I knew someone who lived next door to some Thai people who used to come back from wherever they worked at until late and enjoy a spot of karaoke until 4am. By the power of drum n bass, my friend convinced them that he could hear them.
Edited by ShadownINja on Sunday 13th December 22:01
if the flat is yours and they won't co-operate try here, it was a godsend with our neighbours. http://www.soundstop.co.uk/
Update - Knocked on his door 5 times over 48 hours, he was in but he either couldnt hear due to the volume of the TV or he may has hearing problems which I have heard before. Any I left his a polite letter with a bottle of beer outside his door yesterday and that has now gone so he must have read it but the tv is still loud!!! He may genuinly have a hearing problem.
The Fly Fisher said:
hman said:
just buy a detached house.
Its not the most economical solution, but by god it works - trust me on this.
HTH
Unless the people round the corner have a teenage son who plays drums. That's what I have; thankfully band practice is only Thursday evenings so I can avoid it!Its not the most economical solution, but by god it works - trust me on this.
HTH
HTH
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