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Soundproofing Harlem

Harlem is brownstones and pre-war apartment buildings, with the Metro-North viaduct running up Park Avenue and 125th Street carrying traffic across the middle of it. Brownstone conversions and viaduct noise account for most of what we are called for.

Local Noise Problems

What we are called for in Harlem

Metro-North viaduct noise

The elevated viaduct on Park Avenue puts train noise beside apartment windows at close range, arriving as repeated passing events rather than a steady level.

Brownstone conversions

Brownstones divided into apartments usually have original joist floors between units and no separation at all. Footsteps and voices arrive together, from the same assembly.

Churches, studios and community spaces

Harlem has a concentration of music and worship spaces inside ordinary buildings, where the requirement is keeping amplified sound and drums contained.

Working in Harlem buildings

Brownstone work has to respect the original detail: plaster cornices, shutters and stairs. We cut and contain carefully, keep original windows where an interior insert will do the job, and finish to the existing trim lines rather than over them.

Services available in Harlem

Nearby areas we cover

Soundproofing services in Harlem

As a soundproofing contractor Harlem residents and owners call in, the two recurring jobs are the floor between converted units and the window facing the viaduct. Residential soundproofing Harlem brownstones need is therefore mostly ceiling work, and apartment soundproofing Harlem tenants ask about is the same assembly seen from below.

Commercial soundproofing Harlem businesses need covers restaurants and retail on 125th Street and the music and worship spaces that are a feature of the neighbourhood. Where a hall is reverberant and speech is hard to follow, acoustic treatment Harlem spaces need fixes that directly.

The noise reduction Harlem owners get from glazing against passing trains is real but partial, and we say so at the assessment. As a soundproofing company Harlem landlords and congregations have used, we design to the actual sound levels present rather than to a generic specification.

Frequently Asked

Soundproofing in Harlem

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Can train noise from the viaduct be reduced? +
Substantially, through the windows. Sealed laminated glazing or an interior insert will take passing trains from intrusive to noticeable, which is as much as any honest contractor should promise.
We converted a brownstone into apartments. What should we treat first? +
The floor and ceiling assembly between units, every time. It is the path that generates complaints, and treating it from the lower unit avoids lifting the original floor above.
Can you soundproof a church or rehearsal space? +
Yes. Amplified music and drums need a decoupled envelope and attention to doors and shared structure, and we design to the actual levels rather than to a standard detail.

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Soundproof phone and meeting booth installed in an open-plan office