Carpet Making Noise

Adding padding and carpet to your flooring will greatly reduce noises such as footsteps.

Carpet making noise.

Foam carpet padding can help soundproof a room by providing your carpet with some extra cushion. For some reason the underlay was making the squeaking noise. Consider it a gift to your neighbours. The cause of noise from the padding can not only be a defect in the.

Can heavier carpet or thicker padding help reduce noise stomping feet and bothersome sounds from neighbors. The noise reduction coefficient nrc is a grade given to a material to show how well it works with controlling the sound in a room. Since carpet is an exceptional sound absorber carpet can reduce the sound of walking by 25 to 34 decibels whereas laminate flooring reduces surface sounds by only 1 to 6 decibels. Carpet and padding can even be installed over your existing hard floor if necessary.

At the same time carpet reduces noise in the living space itself as well as noise from neighbours. The thicker the pad under the carpeting the more noise reduction you will receive. Even with proper installation however there s a risk that the foam carpet padding could make just as much noise as it deadens. The installers came around and lifted the carpet.

They re not 100 sure why it was making the noise possibly a manufacturing fault. A material s power to absorb sound varies with frequency. They cut a small section away around 1 inch squared and the noise went away.