On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:05:55 GMT, "Calab" wrote:

After reconsidering this I think that even when the TV is at a normal
volume level that I can still hear the TV through the floor. That just
doesn't seem right to me. I hope all houses aren't built like this.

I don't think so, though the last time I lived with someone else in a
two story house was 50 years ago.
I
can even hear him snoring and coughing through the floor. My personal

That's because he's going deaf, so he has to snore and cough more
loudly.

favorite (I'm being sarcastic) is when I can hear him burp through the
floor.

Might sound silly, but put a folded blanked under the TV to absorb any sound
transfer. Can't hurt to try!

And perhaps getting a big throw rug to put on top of the carpet, one
with lots of knap. You can probably find a color that doesn't clash.
And might be able to find the rug used, or a carpet remnant at a cheap
store.


I was in the opposite position once. I played the piano, but not
well. I learned -- they told me -- that my next door neighbors, a
couple in their 60's, liked Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, so I played that
last every time, so they'd know I was done.

But downstairs live an organ tuner, who had both a piano and a
moderate sized pipe organ. My playing bothered him, so when he saw a
piece of paper in the elevator advertisiing a free rug, he gave the
paper to me, and I got the rug. We had beautiful hardwood floors in
these apartments, and I left the oriental-style rug folded so that
there were about 8 thicknesses between the piano and the floor. He
didn't complain again.

I lived on the fourth floor and he lived on the third and ironically,
there used to be a sick old womanon the second floor, right below him,
and a neighbor told me he would play his piano or organ at all hours
while she was dying. But I moved from 4C to 5A and never had to
discuss anything with him again. I don't even remember seeing him
again.