Living in cruddy apt. Anger management neighbor slamming doors constantly. Bed shakes, waking me up.
Previously, what works is anti vibration layers under bed. Prosourcefit exercise puzzle mats, quietwalk flooring underlayment, felt rug pad with rubber backing, thick cut high pile rug, anti vibration pads.
That normally works. But not with this insane dude. Can I build some sort of platform under bed, on rollers, like how buildings cope with earthquakes?
I'm looking for creative engineering solutions, out of the box ideas.
Man that really sucks.
I'm guessing that it's not reasonable to get the guy to chill or get the builsing tuned up so that it doesn't transmit so much vibration.
The "ideal" wouls be a platform that can move laterally (and a little vertically) but that damps the vibration. Imagine a platform the bed sits on, but with springs below it. Or something fancier that acts like a spring but uses another mechanism. This way, the bed will move less initially (the floor will move and the bed will have to "catch up" based on the weaker + delayed pull of the spring) ans be damped.
Keep in mind that I haven't tested any of this, but here are a couple ideas.
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Casters/rollers, each of them on a little square (maybe silicon?) that keeps them from rolling too far. This will have weak lateral damping ans probably zero vertical. Imagine something like this but you actually buy one larger than specified so it can still move a bit: https://www.amazon.com/Yupeak-Bed-Stopper-Furniture-Pack%EF%BC%88Black%EF%BC%89/dp/B07MPR999F/
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Put a box spring under your mattress and literally attach springs on the bottom and sides so that it only contacts your bed frame / floor (not sure what your setup is) via springs. Strong springs so that they don't bottom out when you lay on the bed but not so strong that they don't damp enough. Probably bed springs, basically.
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A second soft mattress to put under your mattress. It's basically just a set of springs and is already the right size. This is probably the best option.
Also, if your bed is next to the wall, move it 2-3 inches away from it.
Hope this helps!
You gave a serious response, what I was looking for. Tyvm, I'll look into what you suggested
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Have you complained to the supervisor's office yet?
They might care if enough people complain and evict the guy.
I'm already tried most all suggestions. Bed away from wall, low bed frame, made of wood, not metal, anti vibration pads. This is an old apt filled with addicts, mental health issues. No job, on ssi, can't move, unless I want to be homeless again. Trying to make what I have works. Only response I got, haven't tried, was platform on springs, rollers. Tks to everyone.
Oh, talking to neighbor, landlords, not applicable. Cops, screaming, fights breaking out, meth heads, everyone smoking cigs in their apartments... someone with anger issues simply slamming doors ... it can be so much worse. Trying to cope best I can
Have you tried applying a baseball bad to the problem? This, and inserting the heads of livestock into their bed are effective deterrents of bad behavior
