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Re:Dear Architects: Sound Matters by robmiller on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @01:31AM (#10811052)
Honestly, I would too. Having plywood subfloors might be ok if they topped it with gypcrete, but living with floor squeaks and footfalls from another tenant above is no fun.

Plywood has it's place in economical housing that's earthquake safe. The shame is just if the market rent is high enough that better construction could have been afforded by the developer in the first place.

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Re:Dear Architects: Sound Matters by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @05:38AM (#10811563)
Sounds like the entire of Japan, no wonder you have to take your shoes off before entering. All in China is concrete, I don't think I've ever heard my neighbors above me. However, I remember in my old place, they had a small dog and I heard his paws all the time. Never people feet, just paws (well, we are supposed to take off our shoes here also, floors are all hardwood, no carpet in the entire country).
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Re:Dear Architects: Sound Matters by amalag on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @11:03AM (#10812565)
Gypcrete is better than plain old floors and probably the best that can be done with wood framing.
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