Soundproofing Upper West Side
The Upper West Side is mostly pre-war: 1920s apartment houses along West End and Riverside, brownstones on the side streets, and the 1, 2 and 3 running directly beneath Broadway. The buildings are generous and well built, and almost none of them separate floors well.
What we are called for in Upper West Side
Footsteps through pre-war floors
Pre-war apartment houses here have wood joist floors with a thin topping. Footsteps and chairs from above arrive clearly, and the building’s carpet rule is rarely enough to settle the complaint.
Party walls and courtyards
Many buildings are planned around a courtyard, so sound crosses between apartments through open windows as well as through the shared wall. Both paths have to be addressed or the problem returns.
Broadway subway and bus noise
Apartments near Broadway get subway rumble through the structure and bus noise through the glazing. The two feel similar from inside the room and need opposite treatments.
Working in Upper West Side buildings
Most buildings here are co-ops with an alteration agreement, a permitted hours window and a freight elevator to book. We prepare the scope, insurance certificates and schedule the managing agent needs, and we work to the building’s rules rather than asking for exceptions to them.
Services available in Upper West Side
- Ceiling Soundproofing
- Floor Soundproofing
- Wall Soundproofing
- Window Soundproofing
- Residential Soundproofing
- Acoustic Treatment
Nearby areas we cover
- Soundproofing Upper East Side, Manhattan
- Soundproofing Harlem, Manhattan
- Soundproofing Hamilton Heights, Manhattan
- Soundproofing Midtown, Manhattan
- Soundproofing Chelsea, Manhattan
Soundproofing services in Upper West Side
As a soundproofing contractor Upper West Side residents call directly, the enquiry we get most is footsteps from the apartment above. Apartment soundproofing Upper West Side buildings need is usually an isolated ceiling, and residential soundproofing Upper West Side owners ask for in a brownstone is the same principle applied to joists rather than a slab.
Commercial soundproofing Upper West Side businesses need is mostly restaurants and medical offices with apartments above them, where the obligation runs upward. Where a large pre-war living room simply echoes, acoustic treatment Upper West Side apartments need will fix that and isolation work would be wasted on it.
The noise reduction Upper West Side owners get depends on which of the two paths, structure or air, is actually carrying the noise, and we establish that before quoting. As a soundproofing company Upper West Side boards have approved before, we handle the alteration package as part of the job.
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