Comments on: Hard Flooring – what you need to know

By: Gerard

Gerard — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 01:51:33 +0000

In reply to Wendy. The body corporate may request acoustic testing and/or details and evidence of the underlay used, or an Adjudicator may make such a ruling.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 01:49:10 +0000

In reply to Rusty Linnane. In answer to your questions, it would have been best to add some suitable underlay beneath the floating flooring. There are instances of Adjudicator's ruling that new hard flooring must be removed and suitable underlay added because the noise has impacted the "peaceful enjoyment" of other Lots.

By: Rusty Linnane

Rusty Linnane — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 01:37:47 +0000

We purchased a second story unit about 15 years ago. At tge time tge floor was covered in a terracotta tile. We thought to remove the tiles and polish the flooring, but the glue made it impossible to remove the tiles and had seeped into the wood staining it.
We decided to put a floating timber floor over the tiles and as we had previously lived down stairs we purchased the best underlay we could get.
Now we have new neighbors who are complaining about the noise levels and are looking at filing a case against our choice of flooring.
Have we done the wrong thing by putting floating timber flooring over existing tiles?
And could we be made to remove our flooring?
We never wear shoes and try to reduce our noise knowing of how noisey it can be living under a timber floored apartment.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:42:05 +0000

If a unit above has put in Vinyl flooring without asking B.C. approval and without underlay can i then insist on a accoustic reading from the above unit at their expense.If so what would the reading have to be for my unit to be safe from noise.