From easiest over-the-floor solutions to more difficult treatments that need to be applied under the surface level of the floor.
1. Lay down some rugs or carpets. Best are: thick and soft, and tightly-woven.
2. Put a rug underlay under the carpet. Ideally the mat should be about an inch smaller than the rug you want to slide it under on all sides, allowing the carpet to slope and create a beveled effect to prevent tripping. Consider also crawling area rugs.
3. Use rubber mats. If you want to layer, put the rubber down first, then a memory foam underlay, and top it off with a carpet.
4. Interlocking floor mats. Could glue them to the floor, which may increase the mat's dampening abilities, especially if you use an acoustic caulk or Green Glue.
5. Cork Tiles. Have to be at least half an inch thick to have any soundproofing properties.
Numbers 6-11 are too labour intensive for me to consider.
I will continue to add to this list.
We already have thick carpets in each room. In one of the rooms there is a cork underlay under the carpet. I'm thinking of trying the rubber mats under the carpets.
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