Replacing Wood Floors

soundproof wood floors???? do those exist? i think you need to define more clearly what you really need.

Would like to insert a soundproof underlayment in the subfloor. This requires ripping up the existing wood floor and replacing it with a new wood floor.

Footsteps? Music? Old townhouse?Loft? There are a lot of issues to nail down.
Are you sharing floor beams and joists with a neighboring apartment? etc.

I am having problems with the neighbors above my apartment (footfall, noise). Rather than rip out my ceiling, I'd like to replace the flooring to get at the source of the problem. This would drastically improve the ICC and STC numbers. As of now, I hear everything above me. It's an old wood frame building.

How does changing your flooring help when the problem is above you.

Anyway, take a look at different sound deadening material at home depot. Then choose the floors you want. Those vary widely in price. Multiply both those materials sqft price by 625. Then add $2-7 per sqft for labor depending if its click together engineered wood or nail down solid wood.

saiyer
Obviously he means replacing the upstairs neighbor's floor.

Id have to guess a bare minimum $20 per square foot material and labor not including the soundproofing part.

And of course getting your neighbor to agree on the type, work of the floor and putting them out of for at least a couple weeks.

Yes. My neighbor's floor.

no matter what you do, you will not be able to remove the noise from upstairs by replacing the floors. replacing your ceiling and doing soundproofing that way will end up being cheaper as well.

to remove foot fall sounds the best items are Clips that the sheet rock gets attached to. you can look at this site and speak to them as they are very knowledgeable... (http://www.soundisolationstore.com/)

The easiest solution is to move. You should have never moved into a wood frame structure in the first place.

If that is not an option, replacing a wood floor with another wood floor is not an answer. The percussive sound of footfalls will still telegraph through the floor joists. You may mitigate the sound somewhat by replacing your upstairs neighbor's flooring with wall-to-wall carpeting with the most squishy padding money can buy. Combine this with a new ceiling using sound deadening material. On the off chance that your neighbor is okay with wall-to-wall carpeting, this is going to be a very costly project with limited benefit. Even after doing all that, you will still hear footsteps, albeit, not as loudly.

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What is on the floor now? Does it include demo of existing. You also will need new base moldings: You probably could get it done for $6,000 and up

Sounds about right - starting at $6k. Get multiple quotes from Wood Floor Refinishers - try JC Martin & Sons Wood Floor Refinishing - you can contact them at http://www.jcmartinrenovation.com/wood-floor-refinishing

Just hired them for a job and they were great - estimate was spot on their references helped me close the deal.

Good Luck,
Adam K.