Q.I live in a small condo. My upstairs neighbor put in creaky wood floors. I hear every step he takes. I have heard that you can insulate between floors, but that mostly it helps with television noise ...

Q: In this coldest of winters, I need help! My family room floor is like a block of ice and my several attempts to fix the problem have failed. I've read many of your columns about insulation problems ...

While it has long been common practice to insulate upper floors to reduce noise and to cut heat loss, only since 1990 have Building Regulations required that ground floors be insulated in order to ...