But thankfully there are several easy tricks to drown out your noisy neighbors without your landlord.
Floor pad to drown out noise.
Let s start with the floor.
Or fight noise with better noise.
White noise is a great way of masking out external sounds.
If not try a large thick area rug.
Rubber floor mats help absorb and reduce noise from machines in your home such as televisions stereo systems washers dryers and dishwashers.
Signing a lease might limit what you can do to fully soundproof your pad.
Then your best option for floor insulation is carpeting if the landlord allows it.
To further reduce sound transmission add carpet padding to new or existing carpets.
For mass a standard technique when soundproofing a floor is to put down one or more layers of mdf or osb.
When weather permits using a box fan an air conditioner or space heater will help drown out noise.
This will be helpful to those who aren t bothered by the hum from fans or heaters.
To do this there are special white noise machines that play a combination of sounds at different frequencies and at the same time.
If noise from downstairs neighbors is coming through your floors your first step should be to add carpeting to help dull the sounds.
Put a rubber floor mat under machinery to absorb noise.
There s no need to fully carpet the floor as even a selection of scatter rugs will help.