Completely off topic but writing this post out of a bit of desperation. Any help would be much appreciated. Live in a 3 bedroom apartment with 2 roommates in NYC. My room and one of the other roommates rooms are right next to each other separated by just a thin wall (The apartment used to be 2 one bedroom apartments that they converted to a 1 three bedroom so my room is the old living room of one of the apartments.) Any way since it has gotten cold the last few months (assuming from wood shrinking in the cold so hoping this is only a winter problem) any time one of us walks in there room the other persons floor will vibrate. This includes if one of us is sleeping our bed will start shaking if the other one walks around in their room. It has been driving me absolutely insane, we both work different schedules and there are times I'll get home extremely late and then he's up for the day four hours later doing errands for hours while I'm getting no sleep.
I've spoken with Landlord twice about it, he came with a carpenter and nailed some nails into the floor panels, which helped a little bit but not much. From everything I've read the solution is basically tearing up the floor and tightening the panels underneath. The landlord has already said he would let us out of the lease early if we wanted but would not tear up the floor (moving out isn't an option as we just moved in 5 months ago and spent a fortune to move in here plus really like everything else about apartment and location.) I've tried switching my bed to the other side of room farther away, getting anti vibration blocks, a sound machine, nothing works. Sorry for the rant here but desperate for any solutions anyone may have.
Good luck
It's hard to correct actual movement without access to the subfloor from either above or below. Some squeaking you could get away with something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Squeeeek-OBerry-Enterprises-3252-Replacement/dp/B0002YU4XM
Just that you'd need a shit ton of them and you'd have to fill the holes that are left from drilling them in (your landlord would, and would have to be OK with the work. A good carpenter should have no problem doing a decent job filling in the holes to the point where it's not that noticeable.
For parquet - our old floor in Astoria was practically turn of the century parquet and would practically sing and dance when you took a couple of steps. Before we had the money to replace it, my friend's dad suggested we sweep some graphite lubricant through it (basically, pencil dust). Didn't "fix" the situation but made it a lot quieter. We're not talking movement here though, just noise.
Good luck!
MD - The other roommate would not be willing to switch with me. The roommate who is in the back by me besides having different sleep schedules, is constantly out during the week, has a revolving door of women sleeping over on weeknights etc. So not fun to say the least.
Wait, jcn...are you saying you're from the Goondocks up in Oregon? Goonies never say die!
MD - The other roommate would not be willing to switch with me. The roommate who is in the back by me besides having different sleep schedules, is constantly out during the week, has a revolving door of women sleeping over on weeknights etc. So not fun to say the least.
sounds pretty fun for him
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I will start looking into some of your suggestions.
MD - The other roommate would not be willing to switch with me. The roommate who is in the back by me besides having different sleep schedules, is constantly out during the week, has a revolving door of women sleeping over on weeknights etc. So not fun to say the least.
sounds pretty fun for him
Hope you have thick walls.
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...our old floor in Astoria...
Wait, jcn...are you saying you're from the Goondocks up in Oregon? Goonies never say die!
No though I've been there and I think they've got better fishing, I grew up in the one in Queens - currently known for it's overpriced apartments with very squeaky/shaky floors.