I've posted about the Owners Corporations Network before (see OCN Spreads the Strata Message in June) but now they're making noise about noise ... or more correctly about noisy floors.
OCN says that apartment residents say that the most contentious issue facing
them today relates to noise coming from the apartment above with hard flooring and that
The noises from patter of feet, clattering of heels and scraping of moving furniture from the neighbours above with timber floors can have huge detriment on quality of life, and that “Poorly installed or non-compliant hard flooring is the cause of much dissension within many apartment buildings” according to OCN spokesman Brian Wood.
So, the OCN has organised a seminar to address these problems on Saturday, 16 October 2010 between 9.00 am and 12.00 noon at the Kirribilli Club in Sydney.
The seminar speakers are an acoustic engineer, a builder, a strata lawyer and a company experienced in apartment renovations to assist owners who are proposing to install hard flooring and they will address the problems of residents who are currently affected by problems from badly installed flooring from their neighbours above.
So, why not come and hear what all the fuss (and noise) is about on Saturday ?
The seminar costs $35 for OCN members and $45 for everyone else. To book go to http://www.ocn.org.au
See and hear you on Saturday.
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BTW ... speaking of noisy floors (as the OCN is doing on Saturday) here's a specialist US blog about rugpads -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rugpadguide.com/blog1/?p=3
What's a rugpad you ask?
Well its a thick covering that goes between rugs and hard floors to stop the rugs moving around and to reduce sound transmission.
Whilst I realise this method of sound attenuation depends on resident goodwill (putting them down, covering sufficient floor area to make a difference and then keeping heavy activity away from unprotected floor areas) it's better than nothing and clearly works if it keeps Americans happy.
So why not try this as an option if things get desperately noisy ?
Francesco ...