Soundproofing Rooms Solves Noise Disturbance Problems
Author: Marti Sims
Author: Marti Sims
Whether you live in a condominium, office building, hotel room, apartment block or in your own house, finding that you can't get some relaxing peace and quiet, is a pain. Even in brand new homes and buildings it's still possible to hear straight through the walls and ceilings, often it's even louder than in older buildings.
Loud disturbance is constantly a problem as it can be heard through floors of apartments and houses and is usually more of a problem when there is no background noise to help mask it inside your own house. However, normal commonplace noises such as normal speech, normal tv and radio volumes and sounds should not be heard by the next door neighbor. The present-day regulations for noise control through separating walls have been introduced to stop this.
If you are experiencing this kind of noise problem, there are sound insulating materials that will offer a solution. Nonetheless, before corrective processes can be attempted, it it should be determined what type of noise is being experienced.
Is it airborne, flanking or impact noise?
Floating noise is the sort emitted by speech or music. Impact noise is created by for instance doors opening and closing in the building and so on.
Or Impact noise?
Impact noise is usually constructual sound which is directly transferred through walls or floors whereas the route of floating sound actually penetrates dividing structures i.e. walls and floors - without any other helping factor.
Or is flanking noise?
Flanking disturbance is noise reaching a room by an indirect path. For instance noise coming to the room above your home theatre from a path other than through the ceiling above, noise reaching an adjacent room by a route other than through the wall etc.
Noise from above is usually coming through uninsulated floors and ceilings in properties that were built or converted before the present-day strict rules for sound control through floors and walls were introduced. Any noise coming from above should be undertaken from above, and usually can only be accomplished with the co-operation of your neighbor.
Window noise insulation is a little more tricky, as when these can be opened and they invariably can, they normally can't really be sealed. Windows are especially vulnerable and the route to least noise resistance for noise entering or leaving your home and the most sound seeping are those with single glass pains and wooden window frames.
Electrical boxes i.e. AC outlets, wall plates and heating ducts as well as air ventes and so on should also be taken into consideration in the soundproofing process. Electrical boxes and wall plates for example can be sealed with a non-hardening silicone caulk and can prove invaluable.
There are a lot of ways to soundproofing rooms in your home so you can get some peace and quiet or at the very least give your neighbours the same courtesy. If you'd like to learn more about soundproofing, search online or read this book on soundproofing rooms to gain more diy home improvement knowledge.About the Author:
Marti Sims has an old house, that frequently needs some
home improvement maintenance and tlc. Visit her website at
http://homediyprojects.info for some great ideas on home improvement projects and how to save money doing it.
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