Apartment Noise Reduction

I am not sure how thick the the floor for you, and the ceiling for the people below you is. But that would be the big issue. What you would do, ideally is go into your downstairs neighbor's apartment and have someone in your apartment jump around a little and do some shadow footwork drills for you to see how it sounds. Because the feet are going to be a much bigger issue than the balls bouncing.

For music, usually what you would do to soundproof is build a room within a room with insulation in the space between the original floor and the elevated floor and between the original walls and the inner construction walls. And same for the ceiling above. But with music, usually someone is not moving the way you move for table tennis.

And the moving and footwork can really shake a whole building. So, not sure the room within a room would work.

By the way, if you are on the first floor, is there someone directly below you?

I guess, another question: When people directly above you walk around and talk, can you hear them in your apartment? This will give you an indication of what people below will hear. If you hear people walking, two people playing TT will be exponentially louder.

Your first job is to find out if there is anyone below you. Because, if you hear people talking, puking, or alarms, then what people would hear from you if they are below you would be a l little like being in the heart of a thunder storm with some earth shaking added. You playing, there would be parts that would still be exponentially louder than the drilling. And they likely would be sudden noises that go with the building shaking. So, there is a sudden startling aspect to the sound.

In the video below, this guy starts talking about some of how to keep sound in a room from getting out which would also make it so you don't hear your neighbors at about 2.20 of the video. A hint, this is expensive construction:


Hopefully that helps you understand why you would need to build a room within a room if you really want to dampen the sound enough so it does not disturb people.

If you were in your own home and there was nobody downstairs and nobody upstairs and the walls to the next apartment were brick from your building and brick from their building, then you would not need to do much. But if you hear someone vomiting and you don't them to hear you play TT, you probably would need to build a very solid raised floor with air space between the original floor and the raised floor, inside walls with air space between the inner wall and the original wall, and a drop ceiling with air space between it and the original ceiling as well.

Yeah. It sounds like your best bet is to try and if neighbors complain, then talking to them and trying to work out times with them where they are okay with you playing. But hopefully the times you are already thinking of work.

And if you watch that video, the guy is pretty clear that putting stuff on the walls isn't going to cut it. So, your best bet is to play and then, if people happen to be disturbed, then you work out when it is okay for them for you to practice. Hopefully it does not disturb anyone.

Okay. Then the stuff on the walls makes sense and you seem to know what to do and what you were asking about.

What about soundproofing your rooms from the outdoor noise as well as decreasing the level of noise that can come from your flat? There are a lot of videos on youtube and other sources about how you can do this on your own using different materials. While doing this you can ask your neighbors to test how they hear you and what you are doing in your flat.

Bro, you have been CONFUSED about people living under you. You surely need to go outside your house more.