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7 Soundproofing Hacks to Drown Out Your Noisy Neighbors
And no, none of these involve moving out.
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carmen
April 10, 2022
Using Bose headphones, bring up the above excellent suggested links under streamable background noise on Spotify. I tried all the links and they are very very good. My neighbor sets up camp on the front porch and gets on his cell phone for hours. The base part of his voice is super disruptive and these background noises are are a great solution.
Milma E.
April 6, 2022
I'm going to try the soundproofing hanging art suggestion. Although I live in a suburb, there is construction next door and one of my neighbors throws a party every weekend, and ... the music is unsavory. Plus we are thinking about replacing the blinds in the living room with curtains. Now we have a reason to do so.
carmen
April 10, 2022
Get up very very early the morning following a party and set up a way for them to hear this white noise that oopsie got left on right next to their wall or window. https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/gregorianChoirGenerator.php
Smaug
April 1, 2022
Or, if you have an unlimited budget as much of this presupposes, you could have your walls replaced by 8" of windowless concrete. Still wouldn't stop the blasted leaf blowers though.
Lindsay R.
July 21, 2021
Anyone have recs for when the noise is the floor below? My neighbors have a floor shaking surround system and it freaks my (scared of thunder) dog out every night. I’m annoyed but she’s pretty on edge. I feel bad for her!
society
February 27, 2021
good tips, i hope...
my neighbors run the fan in bathroom literally all day and night! I cant sleep and while i can use earplugs, i cant hear my alarm in the morning.... I've told them about it and they pretty much said, "i dont care, I'm in my own house". I'm this close to being petty and leaving my radio on full blast all day while i am at work so they can see how annoying it is!
my neighbors run the fan in bathroom literally all day and night! I cant sleep and while i can use earplugs, i cant hear my alarm in the morning.... I've told them about it and they pretty much said, "i dont care, I'm in my own house". I'm this close to being petty and leaving my radio on full blast all day while i am at work so they can see how annoying it is!
GigiR
February 27, 2021
Just a thought. If your mobile has this ability, put your alarm on vibrate, and you could put it under your pillow. Trying to help. 🤞
HelenW
February 23, 2021
I have lived in midtown west Manhattan for 20 years and when the Hudson yards were being built, the construction noise was insane: the hydraulic drilling at 7am would cause ripples on my cup of coffee like Jurassic park. Not to mention ‘regular’ jackhammering at 3 am. Construction still going on. How does one deal with that?
redrose
February 23, 2021
I have neighbours who have there tv very loud and very annoying is there any device of any kind that can be purchased
GigiR
February 23, 2021
There is another solution. (I was in the building business a while ago.) If you can afford the annoyance of mess and a little construction, adding another layer of 5/8” drywall to the party wall will help, but nothing’s perfect. Once again, good luck.
GigiR
March 1, 2020
Sound conduction hack:
A client of mine had a problem with the noise of pounding veal on a butcher block next door. The dead easy solution was 4 hockey pucks. One puck was placed under each of the butcher block legs to stop the sound travelling through the building materials between the restaurant and my client’s premises. It worked well. You might want to put a puck under each point where your bed legs touch the floor, or under your sofa legs. Can’t guarantee it in the reverse, but it might work. Good luck.
A client of mine had a problem with the noise of pounding veal on a butcher block next door. The dead easy solution was 4 hockey pucks. One puck was placed under each of the butcher block legs to stop the sound travelling through the building materials between the restaurant and my client’s premises. It worked well. You might want to put a puck under each point where your bed legs touch the floor, or under your sofa legs. Can’t guarantee it in the reverse, but it might work. Good luck.
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