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Discussion Thread 🍗🐔🍆 Thursday 27 March 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by StudChud@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] stevied71@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Blurgh, another apartment had their washing machine going on spin cycle at 3:40am. Made our apartment hum and rattle. Then furball decided she wanted food at 6:40am.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is my hesitation about ever living in an apartment. I’m a light sleeper and neighbours being noisy through paper thin walls would be a nightmare. I think there’s a desperate need for legislation to set minimum sound proofing standards for apartments. It would make them much more desirable.

[–] stevied71@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A couple of weeks ago I took the plasterboard off a party wall in one of our bedrooms, only to find no sound proofing material in the cavity at all.

The wall was constructed as follows: One layer of 16mm plasterboard (my bedroom wall), then the cavity, then another layer of 16mm plasterboard (their kitchen wall).

I put Earthwool soundshield batts in the cavity and sealed it all back up.

I haven't heard anything from next door since.

I'm going to glue a layer of 6mm cork over that.

I guess I'm "lucky" that I'm an owner occupier and can do work like that.

But I have no idea on how to deal with the washing machine, it's coming from somewhere else but I couldn't identify the apartment (could be from anywhere).

[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Um... shouldn't there be a fire wall in between two apartments? .eek

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