Take the tour ×  Currently I'm living in an apartment that has
poor soundproofing. My upstairs neighbors get up at 4:30 am to
go to work. They have two dogs. So there's a lot of noise
between 4:30 am and 5 am. Like any sane person, I don't want to
wake up at 4:30 am.  I've had many issues with noise in this
apartment so I'd like to solve the issue at the source.  Is
there an effective way to soundproof a ceiling that's not
permanent? Inexpensive would be great too. I'd like to put less
than $200 into the whole endeavor if possible.  share|improve
this question I hate to say it, but the solutions are going to
be stop-gap as best. Have you considered sleeping with ear
plugs? It could suck, but is cheap to try... –  Alex Feinman Feb
9 '11 at 18:06 @Alex: already doing that –  jcollum Feb 9 '11 at
19:55 Look into your apartment contract ... I once had one that
required tenants to have a run that covered 80% of the floor ...
of course, no one did. But it's easier to slow the noise from
above than below in this cas