SomeGuy
Veteran Member
I'm hoping someone here can at least point me in the right direction about this.
Recently my downstairs neighbor has installed SOMETHING that vibrates all of the floors in my condo units so badly I get dizzy and can hardly stand up on the floor. Given that she is normally quite noisy and TV noises and such have reduced in volume, I expect it is some kind of electronic sound reduction system.
Except it doesn't really work, as all of the sound seems to be converted in to low frequency rumbling that gets transferred in to my unit. It's weird - someone walks around down there and it feels like someone is walking around up here.
It vibrates and pulsates everything, my chair, my bed... and I'm even worried it could damaged my hard drives in my vintage systems if I turn them on. I'm also worried it might be slowly ripping the floor apart.
I'll try asking this person eventually, but - long story short - she has been very angry about something lately and I don't want to get in the way. She pumps whatever this thing is up to over 9000 if I even make the smallest noise. BTW, she is a renter, but I am a unit owner.
My current theory is she may have mounted whatever these are on the ceiling - and if these are noise cancellation things then they would work by sending out a pulse to cancel or dampen the sound within their unit. Except every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so they push up on my floor, vibrating it. Brilliant.
I didn't even know these sorts of things were available for residential use.
My current conundrum is I have no idea how to document this. The rumbling is, I think, too low to record with a microphone. I don't see any visible shaking. I was thinking if I could find something metal that would rattle when is it running, that might help but I couldn't find anything off hand.
Of course noise ordinances only apply to high decibel sounds. But it is a serious health issue as I can hardly stand or walk on the floor when it is running. (When it is off, everything is fine.)
What can I DO about this?!
Hell, its vibrating my chair right now. I feel like I'm sitting on someone's vibrating dildo.
Recently my downstairs neighbor has installed SOMETHING that vibrates all of the floors in my condo units so badly I get dizzy and can hardly stand up on the floor. Given that she is normally quite noisy and TV noises and such have reduced in volume, I expect it is some kind of electronic sound reduction system.
Except it doesn't really work, as all of the sound seems to be converted in to low frequency rumbling that gets transferred in to my unit. It's weird - someone walks around down there and it feels like someone is walking around up here.
It vibrates and pulsates everything, my chair, my bed... and I'm even worried it could damaged my hard drives in my vintage systems if I turn them on. I'm also worried it might be slowly ripping the floor apart.
I'll try asking this person eventually, but - long story short - she has been very angry about something lately and I don't want to get in the way. She pumps whatever this thing is up to over 9000 if I even make the smallest noise. BTW, she is a renter, but I am a unit owner.
My current theory is she may have mounted whatever these are on the ceiling - and if these are noise cancellation things then they would work by sending out a pulse to cancel or dampen the sound within their unit. Except every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so they push up on my floor, vibrating it. Brilliant.
I didn't even know these sorts of things were available for residential use.
My current conundrum is I have no idea how to document this. The rumbling is, I think, too low to record with a microphone. I don't see any visible shaking. I was thinking if I could find something metal that would rattle when is it running, that might help but I couldn't find anything off hand.
Of course noise ordinances only apply to high decibel sounds. But it is a serious health issue as I can hardly stand or walk on the floor when it is running. (When it is off, everything is fine.)
What can I DO about this?!
Hell, its vibrating my chair right now. I feel like I'm sitting on someone's vibrating dildo.