What is impact noise?
Impact noise accounts for 60% of all domestic noise complaints
Sound transmission through floors is an important issue, and impact noise (footfalls) accounts for 60% of all domestic noise complaints. Together with the sound of technical installations, elevators, water pipes, etc. it can be a great source of irritation.

(Source: The Building Performance Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, 2002)
Impact noise is mainly transmitted through the floor, but it can also reverberate through the walls. (Source: The Building Performance Centre, Napier University, Edinburgh, 2002
Source: Scottish House Condition Survery by Scottish Homes – 1996