I am trying to reduce the noise I hear from inside and outside my home. The noise is a constant hum and vibration from the cars on the Main Street in which I live .30 miles from. Speed limit on the street is 40mph with 2 lanes in each direction. Are there any remedies I can implement to help reduce this noise? I have double glazed windows as well. Any recommendations? Looking for some cheap options as well as any possible costly ones.
Trees, bushes, sound wall.
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From "Architectural Accoustics; Functional Requirements Design & Technology" (U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Design Manual 1.03; May 1985; page 27):
*****In my house, on the street-facing walls, I put a set of double-glazed windows in the usual "outside" position, and another set on the inside walls, with mini-blinds in between. Truly a pain to clean the larger ones, but the blinds stay nice and clean ;-), and the sound-reduction is very noticible.
I've also heard of double-glazed windows where one of the panes is thicker glass than the other, in order to "decouple" the vibration.
For walls, you can "stagger-stud", so that the interior (usually sheetrock) is attached to every-other stud, and the exterior is attached to the alternates. Using rock-wool for insulation helps a bit, too. Of course, re-doing existing walls is expensive. Tapestries, or decorative towels, or even carpeting on the walls helps a lot too.
I experimented one time, putting egg-flats on all the interior walls of a room in a house that was situated much like yours. One small furniture tack in each flat. Did all four walls, and the two doors, floor to ceiling (Floors were carpeted concrete). The sensation was startling. It was very much an an-echoic chamber. The only traffic sounds to make it thru, were the low-freq, ground rumbles, which I had never even heard before putting up the egg-flats. Unfortunately, it's not a popular decorating technique :-(
Do a search for sound absorbing paint. You'll find several.
Yes, trees and bushes are excellent sound absorbers.
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Perhaps electric cars will reduce noise if they ever get going.
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They absorb much of it but then later they emit some of the sounds they've absorbed. Late at night when the traffic has stopped, if you put your ear next to the bush you can hear that day's traffic noise.
Police who know about this and get there soon enough have gathered audible evidence about crimes committed close to the bushes.
The paint may absorbe the sound, but later it emits much of the absorbed sound, and that can make it hard to sleep.
I hadn't heard of this but for the sake of these two posts, I'll assume it works:
I'll admit I haven't looked, but unless he's going to paint his windows, doesn't he have to paint the rooms that face the windows?
I think the sound is coming in through the windows, not the walls, so even if his house is painted and he paints the house outside, won't that just change how much is reflected back at the street, not how much comes into the house?
Nyknba posted for all of us...
Put a toll booth in front of your house.
micky posted for all of us...
Sort of like "The Whispering Pines"?
Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
Glazed over...
Maybe he can collect the sound and sell it for rock concerts and such. It can be a money maker!
Steal some 25 mph signs from a city street and post them in place of the
40's.
Sometimes, the only solution is... to move.
Depends on his climate and how much insulation is in the walls.
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