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Buses make my floors shudder

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  • 31-05-2020 10:15am
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    SwordofLight
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭


    Hi all

    Buses going by the house are making the floors in the house shake badly, can't figure out a way to get rid of the buses :P

    Any ideas how to reduce the shaking? There is a bit of bounce in the floors - maybe new joists to stiffen it up? Or some kind of underlay?

    I've seen a foam tape run along the top of joists before, would that do anything?

    Any ideas appreciated!


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    Yellow_Fern
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Yellow_Fern


    SwordofLight wrote: »
    Hi all

    Buses going by the house are making the floors in the house shake badly, can't figure out a way to get rid of the buses :P

    Any ideas how to reduce the shaking? There is a bit of bounce in the floors - maybe new joists to stiffen it up? Or some kind of underlay?

    I've seen a foam tape run along the top of joists before, would that do anything?

    Any ideas appreciated!

    I dont know anything buses shaking buildings as such but a skilled carpenter, can lift the boards and add extra wood which can stiffen. Some underlays will add a lot too. If you wanted to spend more there are cement and wood boards that would feel more like a concrete floor.


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    vrusinov
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭vrusinov


    Not a structural engineer but just an idea: try to figure out why there is so much vibration coming from the buses. It may be possible that the road is of a poor quality causing road surface to move too much under heavy load.


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