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The problem isn't really sounds, its the vibration and shock waves which travel thru the structure. I could never hear my neighbors, but I could hear and feel e
by reza_n 11y ago
The problem isn't really sounds, its the vibration and shock waves which travel thru the structure. I could never hear my neighbors, but I could hear and feel every heal strike. Loose metal attached to the structure would vibrate (air vents, kitchen items). Wasn't trying to tear down this technology or anything, I guess I just had a really bad experience living in a wood constructed apartment (constructed in 2013, 5 floors) and I pretty much vowed to never live in a multi-family wood constructed structure again.
Edit: page 9 in the parent link addresses this. Extremely poor vibration dampening.
- alricb 11y agoNaked CLT sucks at impact damping, but so does naked concrete. You really need to think things through (methods of attachment for vents and pipes, flanking problems, etc), and to add some stuff to dampen the impact (on that same page they suggest adding a suspended ceiling with resilient mounts, giving an IIC of 62, which is pretty good).