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As someone living in a wooden house, I can say it's still problem. Even walking barefooted upstairs can be heard from downstairs. Floorboards creak and make no
by boobsbr 9y ago
As someone living in a wooden house, I can say it's still problem.
Even walking barefooted upstairs can be heard from downstairs. Floorboards creak and make noise.
Only places that don't make this noise are the bathroom and kitchen, which have tiled concrete floors.
- throwanem 9y agoHow old a house?
- boobsbr 9y agoI don't know, TBH, I rented it this year. It has been completely renovated 5 years ago. I'd guess around 20 (-ish).
- hwillis 9y agoSurprisingly, wood construction never really stopped improving and even picked up in the past decade or two. A renovation would not touch the core construction or noise. In order to make it even a little quieter you'd have to rip up the floor down to the joists and install a new subfloor. Innovations like engineered lumber, PEX and high R insulation have made a world of difference since my habitat for humanity days.
- coldtea 9y ago>As someone living in a wooden house, I can say it's still problem. Note how the parent said "modern wooden house" (though that also implies "expensively-ish insulated" I think).
- BatFastard 9y agoDon't confuse wooden building and wooden floors. The frame materials are a separate issue from how the flooring is implemented
- zip1234 9y agoCreaking floorboards can be solved by attaching the floors more securely. Just screw them down. Usually it is caused by wood moving against nails.
- rsync 9y agoCorrect. Most squeaky wood floors and stairways, etc., were just assembled poorly and you can actually fix them in situ with finish screws. I recommend the #8 GRK finish screws @ 2.5 inch length. Either find your biggest (heaviest) friend to stand on the spot before you insert the screw OR find a way to jam the floor down from the ceiling. You lock the floorboard in place, fully compressed, and then seal it in place with the screw(s). For new wooden floors, I highly recommend a layer of cork between the floorboards and subfloor for a variety of reasons ... insulation, noise, squeak avoidance, etc. I would not build a wooden floor without that layer.
- peterwwillis 9y agoThere are a half dozen ways to silence a squeaky floor. Nobody does them because it's an expense and hassle and they don't mind the noise. The more difficult problem, reverberation and sound travel, is really a simple acoustics problem. If you have something that makes noise and there is nothing but a big gaping box with flat sides for it to reverberate in, then you're going to hear stuff. Often the simplest solution is to install carpeting. But if a tenant prefers wood floor, you can install sound-deadening insulation between the subfloor and finished floor, or subfloor and lower ceiling.