Erin Weiss
Odd Question - What is this noise in my new rental house wall?
This is an odd question but maybe someone can help. I just bought a new rental house and found out there is a very loud vibration noise coming from the wall. It will vibrate really loud in the house and I ca...
Geritt Shipley
Sound proofing a noisy basement ADU
Hello, I'm a new investor and just baught my first Duplex, which is a single family 3 bed 2 bath bungalow and a basement adu. My first tenants just moved in downstairs and I can hear almost every word they are saying ...
Michael Doherty
Best Way to sound proof your walls/floors while house hacking
Hi all,
My girlfriend and I have been house hacking and sharing walls with tenants for about 4 years now. It's been great, we have saved a lot of money and our portfolio has grown because of it. However, the 11pm foo...
Aaron Frances
Noise coming through floors from 2nd floor apt "Sound Insulation"
Thought i'd start this on a new thread in a few different forums, don't think enough people saw it when I first posted. My first tenants moved into the 2nd floor apt above me. I made every attempt to insulate them fro...
Shawn Mcenteer
Preventing noise between 1st floor unit and 2nd floor unit
I live in duplex MFR, units are on top of each other. Floors are very old, 3" wide fir installed directly to floor joists. I specializes in wood flooring so installing, sanding etc would be done by myself. I want to...
Paul Sian
Running HVAC without filters?
I recently bought a 4 unit multifamily. When going through with the home inspector I saw the furnaces did not have any filters in them. It was warmer at the time and since they were not being run I did not think too...
Bruce Woodruff
Appliances for your own homes - what do you like?
We are going to replacing our appliances in a house we just bought. Well almost all of them, the refrigerator is brand new and works great. It's this model LG. So I typically like to buy from the same brand so everyth...
Sean Sloop
How do people fix Noise in a Duplex?
Hello BP, How have people that owned 2-4 Units dealt with noise transfer between units?I have a Triplex I am living in that is 3 levels. The First floor is my unit a 2 bed, Second Floor is the same floor plan, and the...
Taylor D. Jenkins
Thin walls and soundproofing
When you’re living in a multifamily and are able to hear people next door or downstairs, people will say it’s because the “walls are thin.” Is this literally due to having thin drywall? Is there not good insulation? N...
Kyle Penland
Wood floors
Hey Everyone,I bought a property...Paid 12.5k for it. Has hardwoods throughout...Was covered by carpets, pulled up the carpets today and was ready to install vinyl sheet flooring over it. Lets be honest, the house i...