I am on the board of a NYC co-op apartment. Residents of the building have ongoing issues with excessive noise and vibration resulting from inadequate floor coverings and unrestrained activity of children in apartments on the floor above. Some noise in communal living is expected. However, there are situations which seem out of control. What, if any, equipment is available that could provide an effective measure of this type of impact/vibration noise so that our residents are not forced into situations where one person's word is pitted against another's?
I know very little about electronics so simple explanations would be extremely helpful. Would a seismometer be useful? Something using an accelerometer? It doesn't seem like an ordinary noise meter would register the problem when the jarring vibrations of the impact are frequently more the issue than the actual noise. And just how prohibitively expensive would such equipment be?
Thank you.