What's a polite way to tell your neighbors that the sound of their headboard hitting the wall repeatedly?
602993
Wait for them to finish, then go knock on the door, clapping.  Applause, applause....Offer them a hot towel and a cigarette.  Go heavy on the sarcasm.
513758
i heard  that sound the other night when my husband had me bent over the kitchen  cupboard.kind of  wrecked the mood for me tho
628590
If I understand, it is your tenants that are making the noise?  I think partially it is your responsibility to let your tenants know this type of behavior will not be tolerated. I don't know that you can really make an impact now though. In the future, maybe put something in the lease about noise violations.  The neighbors need to call the police though and register a complaint.  If the law comes several times, the tenants will begin to get the idea.  Good luck with that.
433658
Set numerous alarms to go off two minutes apart.  You'll never have time to fall back asleep, and you'll get out of bed to stop the noise!
1166328
Second choice.\n\nAnd please, put the music very loud so I can't hear any of these fanatics screaming!!
806478
If no one will be disturbed by this I suggest you try it. Get a third alarm that plays music as the alarm. Set it to play loud dance music. Instead of turning it off, once you get out of bed try dancing to it. It should wake you up.
1171805
I would look in your lease to see if there is a clause about there being a "quiet time" during certain hours.  If you know your neighbors, see if any one of them have complaints and/or have called the landlord.  If it is say, 2AM, and you hear unreasonable noise, you could always call the police and report a public disturbance.  But I wouldn't do that unless the landlord fails to act.  You may just have to face the possibility that you might have to move to get away from it.
624655
I'm with sassy. If he has the nerve to POUND his headboard he probably deserves to be imPOUNDED. Now if you are POUNDING your fists on the table laughing so hard, it might be difficult to go tell your neighbor that his car is being towed. So bite your cheek really hard to try to prevent the laughter. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a POUND of cure. Once you tell him, if he wants to POUND your face in because you started laughing, invite him over to your place for a cook out. You have a POUND of hamburger in the freezer and could POUND out hamburgers in no time. Once you've made nice with the man, remind him to pay his bills on time otherwise he will be POUNDING the pavement looking for a new home. If he doesn't understand this reasoning, perhaps you could exPOUND on the subject for him. \n\nI hope this advice helps you......meanwhile....what are you going to do about the neighbor on the OTHER side of you whose dog is being picked up for the POUND?
42025
My friend had a great idea when it came to her neighbors' barking dog. \nRecord the dog barking, then set up your recorder with an extension cord to the edge of your property (next to the barking dog neighbor) hit the PLAY button and drive away for the afternoon.\nOR you could just call the city and complain.
1148018
just get a a cardboard paper with adhesive glue (the kind used for building) put it around your room, but be careful you dont march on it!! once people's feet get glued to the cardboard a couple of times they'll stop disturbing you!
44224
Since your mystry noise question is already closed, I'm answering here.\n\nI think it is unlikely that your walls would resonate.  The table top seems a lot more likely to me.  The sound would be transmitted directly to the table top by the computer frame.\n\nTry setting the computer on the floor and see if that stops the noise.  If it does, then the resonance of the table top is it.\n\nIf you can't leave the computer on the floor, you need to physically isolate the computer from the table top.  Cut a 3/4" board to the size of your computer.  Put something that absorbs sound on the table top, the board on it, and the computer on the board.\n\nClosed cell foam rubber or plastic would be good to use.  You will find that in pipe insulation, "noodles" swimming pool toys, kick boards, and styrofoam sheets.
447358
Tell them you have to go somewhere. They will get the hint! Also, this really works, so don't laugh. If you stand a broom with the bristles up, right beside your door, it will keep away the people that you don't want to have at your house. :)\n\nBlessed Be!
1138944
Tell them "please, I don't need that on my roof." And if you don't know, tell them why they are installing it there. Or you can yall at her/him.
750143
Dunno I hear them screaming across my window and upstairs, it's annoying when I am trying to sleep
883135
tell them to shut up.
657383
Go ahead and call the cops!  The general rule is that if you can hear it from 25 feet or more away, the person making the noise is disturbing the peace (of course, this has reasonable exceptions like construction work, emergency vehicles, and so on).  Ask the police for a copy of the report number, and present a copy of that to the building manager.  Continuing to disturb other tenants like that is usually an evictable offense.
281965
Well, you COULD make it thick enough to keep the sound inside, but that's too much work.\n\nOr do what the guy above me said.  Considering this is a science project, I doubt you have the means to do that... so...\n\nThe key is to line the walls with as much AREA as possible.  Like.... something with a lot of sides.  Have you ever seen the sound booths, with the cones and stuff sticking out of the walls?  The more the sound reflects off the walls many different angles, the less gets out.   Also something nice and obsorbent like carpet would be good.\n\nMaybe take a box, line it with carpet, and then cut some cardboard into wave like shapes and glueing them onto the carpet.