Noise - What would you do?

kaiserkai

I have my bedroom underneath a living room/office of a young student.
He seems to have his active hours from midnight to 6 in the morning, coincidentaly the same hours that I try to get some sleep.

I can hear every step he takes in his apt and hear his office chair rolling on the floor.

I went upstairs last night and confronted him, calmly and nicely, to please try to keep it down.
He was very nice about it and told me he was going to watch the noise.

It didnt help much, the noise still kept me awake.

Now, what can I do about this, I would be more than willing to pay for some carpets of his liking (I was a broke student myself once) but I cant enforce him to use these.
I have read about this on Tenant.net, that hard wood floors need to be covered 80% by rugs, but my lease does not have this clause, so I doubt his will.

He is a nice kid and I dont want to start a long battle with him, but I do need my sleep.

Any ideas?

jayce

wax earplugs.
or a white noise maker.

kaiserkai

I have been looking into the White noise systems.
Does anyone have any real experience with them?

Will they even help for hardwood floor induced noise?
As far as I could research they will help against loud talking and TV noise.

Earplugs is always an option.

Maybe I am just oversensitive.

shishkab

kaiserkai wrote: I have been looking into the White noise systems.
Does anyone have any real experience with them?

i use mine every night and i love it. so much so that i bought a travel one (i.e. uses batteries) so i can sleep well at hotels, too. i absolutely swear by mine, but i'm sure your going to find some people here who prolly have the exact opposite opinion as mine.

jayce

kaiserkai wrote: I have been looking into the White noise systems.
Does anyone have any real experience with them?

Will they even help for hardwood floor induced noise?
As far as I could research they will help against loud talking and TV noise.

Earplugs is always an option.

Maybe I am just oversensitive.

used one for years. loved it. kept the noise of the man humping his pillow to bhangra music above me toa minimum, which for me was key. :shock:

but i'd start with the ear plugs, honestly. its cheap. they are relatively comfortable once you get used to them. its an easy place to start. and if that doesnt work out, move up to white noise makers.

but i would stay steer clear from the electronic white noise ones. get something like this: http://www.naturestapestry.com/whitenoise2.html its the one I had.

shishkab

jayce wrote: but i would stay steer clear from the electronic white noise ones. get something like this: http://www.naturestapestry.com/whitenoise2.html its the one I had.

agreed. i have the marpac one, too. electronic ones don't work nearly as well.

kaiserkai

Thanks all.
Well, i tried the Ear plugs approach last night and it worked.
Will probably take some time to get used to them but at least I can sleep.
I am not particularly happy about it but worked and I feel much better today.
Peace of mind is invaluable.

I will still hope that my friend will get a job soon and have to get his sleep like the rest of us from midnight to 6am.

I still might get a White Noise machine, i find the concept intriguing.

doctorj

Subject: Re: Noise - What would you do?

kaiserkai wrote:
Now, what can I do about this, I would be more than willing to pay for some carpets of his liking (I was a broke student myself once) but I cant enforce him to use these.

If it's really the office chair that's the problem, then this is a great idea, if you can get him to agree. A nice rug under the chair of his choosing. Or a large mat that's hard transparent plastic on the top-side and carpet/felt underneath so he can still roll around.

erikka

I wear earplugs and http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0031405227184a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&QueryText=ear+protection&N=4887&Ntk=Products&Ntx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&Ntt=ear+protection&noImage=0
shooting ear muffs and I can still hear my fucking neighbors. I just hear them 35 db less.

laura

I have a musician neighbor who plays guitar and sings, practicing the same songs over and over and over for hours. I can't stand earplugs, they make me feel weirdly cut off from the world and amplify internal noises (like swallowing). Ugh. So I just ordered one of these ... I thought, as long as I'm going for a white noise generator, why not something that will be good for my pesky sinuses as well ...
http://tinyurl.com/296rdn