There is nothing worse than listening the noise of every car that gets past your home, or hearing to the neighbour’s stereo when you are trying on to read, or hearing “The Wiggles” from the children’s game room when you desire to see the news.
So here are 10 ways to reduce noise when planning a new home:
1. Hold windows on the noisy side of the house as small as possible to keep down the noise.
2. Have the exterior of the home from rich materials like stone or brick veneer. They operate more in effect at reducing noise than flat, rigid stuffs like plaster, fibre cement table or steel cladding.
3. Like theory applies to the roofing materials. Lightweight steel or metal tiles allow more noise to enter the home- especially rain- than more massive and heavy concrete tiles.
4. To reduce neighbour noise, fences in are a must. The more solid or dense the better. Brick, concrete or thick heavy density foliage hedges work well.
5. Use laminated glass to reduce high frequency sound. For low frequency sound, tempered glass is the most impressive.
6. Use heavy lined curtain to cover windows. See that they cover the entire width of the window and go exact to the floor.
7. Carpet draws a great deal of interior noise- especially in high thoroughfare areas like hallways. Instead, use area rugs or carpet runners.
8. Insulate secret wall cavities where you want to shorten sound transfer with a noise control blanket.
9. If using gypsum drywall linings concern to the producers commands for noise control. There are ways of setting up different wallboard thicknesses to reduce sound transference and they can vary depending on the brand and manufacturer.
10. Use upholstered furniture in your living room and bedrooms or wherever you want to reduce noise. Good timber or plastic furniture simply reflects sound, unlike the upholstered furniture which absorbs a great deal of noise.
To close, the only way to totally eliminate noise in your home is to go to the country and leave the children in the city! No really, by thinking ahead before you build a new home you can reduce the noise in your new home and make it a more loosening up and decent environment.
