Treadmill on second level of home?

[runwny]

Anyone have a treadmill on their second level? We don't have a basement and there simply is no good spot for it on the first floor. It would be over the garage, no bedrooms nearby.

Thoughts? Should we get special flooring/risers?

[donutsmakemegonuts]

I am waiting for my delivery from Nordictrack soon and we plan on putting ours upstairs as well. We have made a spare room our gym room. Following this thread also.

[picaflora]

Ours is upstairs in a corner of the guest bedroom. I didn't even think about needing special flooring/etc. There are no bedrooms on the 1st level, and I can't really hear it if I'm in the living room and H is using it.

[Deleted]

We have a loft in our bedroom (so 3rd floor) and the thought never crossed my mind to get something special. 10 years later and no issues.

[textbookcase]

My mom has had hers in the master bedroom on the 2nd floor for many years without issue.

[awick14]

Ours is in the the living room on the main floor. (Basement bedroom underneath) It never dawned on me to put it on special flooring. I can run on it and people in the bedroom below can't hear me run on it.

[muffin0]

We didn't but only because if my kids jump from furniture the whole fucking house shakes, and we knew running on it would probably cause the same.

But the one we had was older and pretty loud, so I would think a newer one would be better?

We just dragged it to the curb with a free sign this weekend because it barely got used. I hate running inside, and H only used it when the kids and I were out of town (so like twice a year?)