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> Detached no matter the cost - so close they may as well be terraced, but they'll be detached 'gah-damnit'! The difference between "so close" and "terraced" i

• strken 5y ago
  Through nearly a foot of solid clay bricks, you can't hear anything. My neighbours across the road with a window facing towards them are more audible than my neighbours next door. I think US homes are usually timber, so they might not block sound so well.
  • ohazi 5y ago
    In California they're definitely timber because earthquakes.
  • Karrot_Kream 5y ago
    US soundproofing code has always been lacking because code was mostly invented to solidify single-family detached housing. For example, the 2019 California Residential Code doesn't actually mandate anything related to soundproofing, but includes an _optional_ section on soundproofing in Appendix K[1], which mandates walls and ceilings have an STC of 45, about the same insulating capabilities as a 4" brick face wall [2]. Some cities have opted into these requirements. Notably if you live in the SF Bay Area, neither San Francisco nor Berkeley mandate any soundproofing (e.g. they do _not_ mandate adherence to Appendix K), but the City of Oakland _does_. This is the real reason shared dwellings are so noisy; code doesn't care. [1]: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/CRC2019P1/appendix-k-sound-transmission https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/CRC2019P1/appendix-k-sound... [2]: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_16419.PDF https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_16419.PDF
• oblio 5y ago
  In a half decently built apartment building you can't hear that, let alone in terraced housing. Are those houses made of paper? :-)