First post, so bear with me.
I live in a 3 bedroom flat in Glasgow. It is timber framed and four years old. The flat above (as well as ours) has chipboard flooring in the lounge and hall with a lacquered oak wooden floor 'secret nailed' straight onto the chipboard. This 'extra' was fitted by the original developer who is now out of business. The impact noise from this has always been present but has now become excrutiating as his girlfriend has also now moved in. I didn't realise, it could be so stressful.
He is a good neighbour and recognises the stress that the impact noise is causing. The problem is, is that he has just lost his job and is no position financially to do anything about it. It looks like I will have to fork out for some peace and quiet. He will allow me to have a tradesman access his flat and the plan, if practical, is to lift the floor and fit some kind of underlay before replacing the floor.
As a novice, I would appreciate some advice on how best to do this. Is an underlay practical and can it be fitted without having to nail the floor down again? Looking through some of the threads on here, 'Elastilon' has been mentioned. Is this a practical route to go down, or is there an alternative? Can the floor be lifted without damaging it? All advice will be greatfully received as I have yet to commission the work.
I live in a 3 bedroom flat in Glasgow. It is timber framed and four years old. The flat above (as well as ours) has chipboard flooring in the lounge and hall with a lacquered oak wooden floor 'secret nailed' straight onto the chipboard. This 'extra' was fitted by the original developer who is now out of business. The impact noise from this has always been present but has now become excrutiating as his girlfriend has also now moved in. I didn't realise, it could be so stressful.
He is a good neighbour and recognises the stress that the impact noise is causing. The problem is, is that he has just lost his job and is no position financially to do anything about it. It looks like I will have to fork out for some peace and quiet. He will allow me to have a tradesman access his flat and the plan, if practical, is to lift the floor and fit some kind of underlay before replacing the floor.
As a novice, I would appreciate some advice on how best to do this. Is an underlay practical and can it be fitted without having to nail the floor down again? Looking through some of the threads on here, 'Elastilon' has been mentioned. Is this a practical route to go down, or is there an alternative? Can the floor be lifted without damaging it? All advice will be greatfully received as I have yet to commission the work.