Anybody have any experience with soundproofing ceilings?

[acri1]

Moved recently, like the new place but unfortunately I have some annoying loud upstairs neighbors stomping around all the time.

Not sure if they're just loud or if the floors just don't have much insulation, but either way it's becoming an annoyance, especially them stomping around at night. Anybody have any tips on dealing with this type of issue? I'm thinking about maybe installing some ceiling clouds to help absorb sound.

 

[the elastic]

I don't think soundproofing gon help, big dawg

It would be like soundproofing the inside of a room...it would contain YOUR sound but if someone knocks on the door you gon still hear that shyt....

 

[ba'al]

Moved recently, like the new place but unfortunately I have some annoying loud upstairs neighbors stomping around all the time.

 

[ndthentherewasx]

Can't even imagine. I'd for sure lose my shyt

Going to have to get some noise canceling

 

[New Jeruz Jewelz]

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Been having the same issue. Talked to them a million times about controlling their big azz kids. I just bought a subwoofer and mounted on the ceiling. Finna return that same energy they give.

I would just move, but the spot is perfect otherwise.

 

[Bunchy Carter]

When I got my first place, my upstairs neighbors were like that. I heard that Nigerian food stinks, so I would cook some Nigerian food every night and stink would go upstairs and they ended up leaving because of the smell.

 

[Lieutenant Daniels]

Sound proofing is harmonic/sound waves

What you’re experiencing is vibrational. As a builder a lot of that is controlled by subfloor glue, how the load is carried (floor joist), how thick the subfloor is, if they installed insulation in the ceiling.

I said all that bullshyt to say that nope ain’t shyt you can do about it in an apartment

 

[BlackBall]

Breh I have the same stomping bullshyt and I live on the second floor

 

[acri1]

I don't think soundproofing gon help, big dawg

It would be like soundproofing the inside of a room...it would contain YOUR sound but if someone knocks on the door you gon still hear that shyt....

Sound proofing is harmonic/sound waves

What you’re experiencing is vibrational. As a builder a lot of that is controlled by subfloor glue, how the load is carried (floor joist), how thick the subfloor is, if they installed insulation in the ceiling.

I said all that bullshyt to say that nope ain’t shyt you can do about it in an apartment

There has to be something I can do

Maybe a white noise machine would help.

 

[jeh]

A sure fire way, is too find the room in your unit with the most traffic

Once you narrow it down, begin to scape paint off the ceiling in that particular room to the point it's hanging. If your worried about damaging it too much then leave a crack with a line long enough it be seen when you point too it.

Contact landlord, leasing office or whomever about your ceiling paint cracking and or peeling in that particular room. When asked how, tell them your upstairs neighbor is constantly dropping stuff, walking heavy, slamming doors to the point it affects your unit.

When asked how come you didn't complain and or report about them, say it's not a crime to drop things or walk heavy. And it doesn't bother you.

You feed two birds with one piece of bread. By (a) making your landlord or leasing office aware of your neighbor, and (b) creates a paper trail on your loud, clumsy, peg leg neighbor

Once that room is repainted or whatever, and the problem continues, pick a new room in your unit and make it even more visible in your ceiling to the point as soon as they(leasing folks, landlord, painter's whomever) walk thru the door they immediately see it like *damn"

Your neighbor now has two strikes, no balls. All it will take now is for them to be late on rent, or whatever' and their out.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

A sure fire way, is too find the room in your unit with the most traffic

Once you narrow it down, begin to scape paint off the ceiling in that particular room to the point it's hanging. If your worried about damaging it too much then leave a crack with a line long enough it be seen when you point too it.

Contact landlord, leasing office or whomever about your ceiling paint cracking and or peeling in that particular room. When asked how, tell them your upstairs neighbor is constantly dropping stuff, walking heavy, slamming doors to the point it affects your unit.

When asked how come you didn't complain and or report about them, say it's not a crime to drop things or walk heavy. And it doesn't bother you.

You feed two birds with one piece of bread. By (a) making your landlord or leasing office aware of your neighbor, and (b) creates a paper trail on your loud, clumsy, peg leg neighbor

Once that room is repainted or whatever, and the problem continues, pick a new room in your unit and make it even more visible in your ceiling to the point as soon as they(leasing folks, landlord, painter's whomever) walk thru the door they immediately see it like *damn"

Your neighbor now has two strikes, no balls. All it will take now is for them to be late on rent, or whatever' and their out.

Diabolical lol

 

[Ghetto Denizen]

Us penthouse coli brehs don't have these issues

 

[null]

Moved recently, like the new place but unfortunately I have some annoying loud upstairs neighbors stomping around all the time.

Not sure if they're just loud or if the floors just don't have much insulation, but either way it's becoming an annoyance, especially them stomping around at night. Anybody have any tips on dealing with this type of issue? I'm thinking about maybe installing some ceiling clouds to help absorb sound.

the science ain't hard but you will have issues finding people/workers who understand it.

go figure.

this guy breaks it down

Spoiler: ...

that's the easy part. now try and find someone who understands enough about the basic physics of noise transference to understand what he needs to do.

in germany they have pre-structured systems for doing this and they might have similar in the USA.

when you start talking about noise transference eyes glaze over or they start with the babble ... see @Lieutenant Daniels below




ignore those saying it's not possible.

depending on how much sound is going from ceiling through the walls you might need to add something there too - see flanking sound.

also no air gaps allowed.

Sound proofing is harmonic/sound waves

What you’re experiencing is vibrational. As a builder a lot of that is controlled by subfloor glue, how the load is carried (floor joist), how thick the subfloor is, if they installed insulation in the ceiling.

I said all that bullshyt to say that nope ain’t shyt you can do about it in an apartment

 

[null]

Us penthouse coli brehs don't have these issues

they do in NYC