David W. Seidel, AIA

In 2012, we completed a major remodel of a 1928 Craftsman house in Palo Alto. At nearly the last minute, we discovered that the sound transmission between our main house and our attached in-​law unit was unacceptable. We contacted David Seidel. He promptly reviewed our construction diagrams and inspected the wall situation on site. He initially and correctly made some suggestions that would have completely solved the problem but that we could not implement due to complications with city requirements (we had already constructed a firewall, etc.). He made other suggestions that our contactor was able implement without complications. These changes did mitigate the situation sufficiently so that the sound transmission reduced to only a minimal issue. We would recommend David Seidel for advice on acoustic issues. (We would also recommend calling an acoustic engineer or architect like David Seidel early in the design process, not at the end like we did.)