Neighbours complaining about TV volume

[Jay H.]

This thread is bringing back ugly memories of my apartment days...

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

This thread is bringing back ugly memories of my apartment days...

At my aunt's apartment, her neighbors would add their two cents to whatever we were saying through the walls. That was fun.

It also reminds me of a bit in a Cosmopolitan magazine I read once. I'll clean it up a bit, but it should be obvious. "When we were done, I sneezed, and the neighbor next door yelled, 'Bless you!'

Needless to say, my date never called me back."

[HotRats]

UK law is nowhere near as strict as Swiss but it is pretty tough. Noise complaints aren't handled by the police, the local council will have a complaints unit and will send out staff to hear the noise and if they think it's a nuisance and causing distress to the complainant they'll send warning letters. If the noise continues they'll begin legal proceedings which will end in a court case.

British buildings are shoddy and poorly sound insulated, flat conversions are the worst because the floor/ceiling void. Much of British housing dates back to when the loudest thing available was a Dansette, if you were rich enough to afford one. Sound insulation is difficult to retrofit as it's usually the bass frequencies that cause the most nuisance and are hardest to break up. Carpet or thick rugs with a dense rubber crumb underlay is a good place to start and rugs may be hung on the wall for decoration and sound muffling.

Cheapest solution is headphones, if you want to block out other people's noise then the Sony MX range are the class leaders but they are hot when worn for prolonged periods. But the sound leakage from open back headphones shouldn't be a problem, so find any that suit and if you want more comfort look at replacement pads by makers like Yaxi