Noisy neighbours

[Mark]

All these suggestions very good and some quite funny. Not sure what

condo is as i live in UK. My house is brick built and semi detatched.

A few more points tho. I have a 4 yr old daughter so thrash metal a

3am would probably be pointless. On the earplug thing, great for whe asleep but you know when you want to watch a nice film on the box the the movie goes quiet, all you can hear is some jazz or elvis music fro next door. Not saying elvis or jazz is crap, but not my cup of tea.

On the police front tho, I called them and they said they wer powerless because its on their property, however if they were causing disturbance in the street then it would be a public disorder offence. They suggeted ringing council environmental health. they would d bugger all probably.

Would have to go the sound deadening way but I know its gonna b expensive.

If I had my way I would move but the wife loves the house and is goo for local school for daughter.

AND they have two yorkshire terriers that d> Mark wrote:-

-- Mark

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

When I was in college the guy in the next room over used to play his stereo loud all the time. He finally tore it when he decided to throw a party in the suite lounge (directly across from my room) right in the middle of exams. Enough was enough.... he left his speakers in the lounge when he finally crawled off to bed at 0200.

Shortly after that, I went to work. I opened the back of each case and installed a 1000 ohm resistor in series with the speakers. The next day he put the speakers back in his room and turned it on. You could hear sound out of them but the volume was almost nonexistent. He turned them up. The resistors got hot and I assume they melted because shortly after that all sound ceased.

Being the emotional sort, he heaved his amplifier out the window (we lived on the third floor of the dorm). Problem solved. I didn't have to listen to his stereo the rest of the year. Since he then flunked out, I didn't have to listen to them the following year either.

God helps those who help themselves.

[effi]

meet the neighbor and get them to read this discussion group, this thread

[Erma1ina]

I can't think of an effective way to sound proof.

HOWEVER, used low-watt CB AM radios (e.g., Cobras) with antennas are pretty cheap, so here's a thought in the "fight fire with fire" vein:

[Joseph Meehan]

Generally it means one unit of a group of units or apartments commonly owned by all the residents who commonly take care of all the shared and outside facilities. They would have an association to make rules and decisions.

[Jim Yanik]

"JustDave" wrote in news:U9qwd.121898$ [e-mail]:

THAT'S ballsy!

[Stormin Mormon]

Some years ago, I had a friend who was a TV repairman. He had an oscilloscope, and some of that other odd equipment. Well, one of his neighbors was busy playing some kind of music. Opera, I want to think.

He built an oscillator, and got a couple tweeters. He rigged a high pitch noise th at was outside his hearing range (like dog whistles that people can't hear). Anyhow, every time she turned her opera on, he turned his oscillator on.

She complained to th e landlord. Who was male, and elderly. He couldn't hear a thing, and thought she was loony.

Now, as to your concerns, I suggest the direct approach. Talk to your neighbors, and ask them to turn the music off after 9 PM.

Failing that, call the town and ask about noise ordainances.

Failing that, check out the soundproofing stuff.

Failing that, move house.

[Stormin Mormon]

Reminds me of the Andy Griffith Show. "Wow, that was some jugging, Pa Darling".

[Stormin Mormon]

Start reloading shotgun shell blanks for skeet practice in the back yard?