Live in flat what time can I run a bath on a sunday

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  • hmass01
    hmass01 Online Community Member Posts: 42 Contributor

    If they have heating loss they wouldn't be able to hear any noise so not sure what point you are trying to make

  • hmass01
    hmass01 Online Community Member Posts: 42 Contributor

    Sorry but not sure what your point is?

  • Sharebear
    Sharebear Online Community Member Posts: 77 Contributor

    Thank you all for your comments , many of which are alike. Thank you for taking time to respond. In the end I went in the bath just after 8am. Nice to see points of view from those living on the ground floor. I try to take this I ro account I don't usually put my washer on before 9am. My anxiety makes me worry and I really don't want to fall out with my neighbour.

  • whistles
    whistles Online Community Member Posts: 2,027 Championing

    I do actually have hearing loss due to tinnitus.

    But I still wouldn't be putting the machine on at 4am or having a bath.

    Saying all that, surely the property should be sound proof in this respect to be considered suitable housing?

    You shouldn't really be able to hear every day sounds.

  • Kimmy87
    Kimmy87 Online Community Member Posts: 3,544 Championing
    edited January 12

    Flats aren't generally sound proofed, especially social housing.

    Purpose built flats are better in this respect than coversions.

    For my own building (2 up & 2 down, seperate front doors no communal entrance), I very rarely hear my adjacent neighbour, I do very often hear my upstairs neighbour.

    Yes living in a flat you do often hear every day sounds.

    You tune them out after a while as background noise, as you would something like traffic if living on a busy road.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 3,749 Championing

    Did you watch the program that Chris Packham did with a few autistic people last year?

    There was a really interesting section in it about noise. (And smell, light, heat, etc). It turns out that 'normal' people block out the vast majority of sensory inputs as standard without even realising it. But autistic people don't seem to have that 'filter', which is why they never get used to a sensory input and get quickly overwhelmed by multiple sensory inputs at the same time. That is exactly the issue I have myself but never realised before just how differently other people were experiencing exactly the same situation.

  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 8,814 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    It was a very interesting show @OverlyAnxious and although I know many autistic folk have sensory issues, I'd never really thought about it for myself as I studied music, played in bands and used to DJ, but the more I think about it, the more I realise I really do need some levels of quiet, or ordered noise to be able to function normally.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,459 Championing

    OA, I hope I did but not sure!

    I had no idea just how horrendous noise pollution was until lockdown. None of my ear protection is enough when I'm out and about.

    CP is my autism hero 😍

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,459 Championing
    edited January 13

    Noise carries up and down walls. Laminate flooring accentuates noise.

    My flat is purpose-built in a time when neighbours were more considerate of one another.

    Outdoors, people routinely yell into their mobile phone in any public place and there is no escape from that. Drivers take calls on loudspeaker with a window open. I could go on. I won't.

  • egister
    egister Posts: 700 Empowering
    How much does an active noise cancellation system for the whole room cost, for example?
    
                            
  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 3,459 Championing
    edited January 14

    But is there any such thing?

    I think it's called a house to yourself 😄

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 642 Championing

    We all have different tolerance levels, and sometimes have to give and take with our neighbours.

    I used to live in a ground floor flat too, and it wasn't uncommon for folk to bang on my living room window to open the security door. I felt more like a concierge than a tenant!

  • DavidJohnson
    DavidJohnson Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener

    I suggest after wake up you should take bath.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 642 Championing

    My wash/dry toilet is noisy as he'll! I used it with a vengeance, whatever the time.

    Anyone wanting silence in a tenement, they can get real. Lol.

  • Ranald
    Ranald Online Community Member Posts: 642 Championing

    I haven't had a bath in years, I do miss it. A shower just isn't the same.

  • Sharebear
    Sharebear Online Community Member Posts: 77 Contributor

    I mostly shower at i find it hard to get out bath due to arthritis in my knee. I do try to be good neighbour where noise is concerned.

  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 1,756 Connected

    Hi @Sharebear ,

    i would like to write to you please that im sending you warm hugs and my support and i really do hope that you will not have any more problems with your neighbour.

    Please take care, and have a peaceful night, kind regards.

  • Sharebear
    Sharebear Online Community Member Posts: 77 Contributor
  • Agnia
    Agnia Online Community Member Posts: 1,756 Connected

    Dear @Sharebear ♥️

  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 867 Trailblazing

    I don't see any reason for not having a bath or shower any time, night or day, as long as you don't have a radio on loud to sing to.

    I'm in a flat & my neighbours above, below & beside don't give a flying hoot what noise they make at all hours. Dragging furniture across laminate (that they're not allowed to have) from 6:30 am until the small hours. Then there's very loud music, could come from all angles. Banging doors all hours, drilling & hammering until late evening. A screaming fishwife & then screaming kids, any hours. Then there's drunkenness not me, but sometimes I seriously think about it. None of it is just now & then, it is very regular. All in all, bleddy wonderful here! The sound of anyone having a bath or shower (minus music) at any hour would be quite relaxing really. 🙃