shared wall with a hallway and a french door

[nadine]

Hi!
I have a question. I have a room that shares a wall and an old french door with my neighbour's hallway. I'm on the main floor of a house, they are on the top floor. Most noise doesn't bother me (tvs, talking, working etc). But I do get off put when they come home, slam the door, put their bikes away, etc. Its short, loud passing through noises. I know one solution is to replace the french doors with solid doors (they currently have frosted glass panelling). But i'd also like an option for the wall. I rent, so construction is out of the question, and I would need something temporary. The wall itself is plaster and an original retaining wall which means its about 14 feet high and curved into the ceiling.

Any thoughts?

Nadine.

[Mark Davies]

If its impact noise then you have some real problems but airborne noise is much easier to deal with.

[Randy S]

Since you rent, there is really nothing temporary that you can do to stop the impact noise. I still would replace the french doors with solid core doors and use a Transom seal and seal tape for the jam to reduce the ambient noise in the hallway.
http://www.soundproofing.org/infopages/soundproofing_doors.htm