Questions tagged [noise-reduction]
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Tips for avoiding floor impact noise
We had a 2-story extension built, complies with earthquake code in Oregon. It only has a sub-floor right now but the impact noise from the bedroom to the kitchen downstairs is shocking.
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Improving HVAC post Remodel
We are living in a house that was originally built in the 80s with a gas furnace and forced air. Prior to our purchase, the house underwent a significant remodel including the addition of two rooms ...
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How to reduce the noise from a kitchen to a bedroom?
What are some ways that I can use to reduce the noise from the same apartment of a bedroom? The room is one door and wall separated from a shared kitchen, which is sometimes busy and noisy. I'd like ...
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What could be the source of a tapping type sound coming from my upstairs air ducts? [duplicate]
We bought a new house a few months ago. I do not recall hearing this noise in the summer, when the AC was running, but then I wasn't in this room that much so I am not sure if it was happening.
We ...
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Cover & sound-suppression for doorbell transformer in utility closet
This transformer is installed in the utility closet of a 1970's condo.
Notice the wad of cut paper sheets pinched between transformer and the wall plate. This is an attempt at halting a low-tone ...
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How to reduce ear splitting intercome noise?
My landlord replaced our fancy intercom system to a cheap one, I am guessing because of maintenance. The new one does not have any controls and I am trying to reduce the noise of the buzzing or, if ...
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Sound proofing a panned floor joist return run (basement apartment)
I'm building a basement rental unit in our home. We'll be living upstairs so I'm doing my best to sound separate the upper and lower units. I'm using a seperate hvac system for the basement (baseboard ...
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Soundproofing cat door
We're getting a cat next week and we'd like to place the litter box in the cold room. There is just one catch: there is a super-loud dehumidifier running in that room and it would drive us crazy to ...
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How do I identify and fix a buzzing noise in my commercial freezer?
I have been using a second-hand TRUE commercial freezer for almost 13 years for my home catering business. It has been making a buzzing noise since yesterday.
How can I identify the source of the ...
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New floorboards upstairs now sounding drum-like when I walk on it. How do I add sound proofing after gluing the panels in?
In an upstairs bedroom, super squeaky tongue and groove planks were removed, and large panels were put in. I used that expensive tape on the joists, the panels were all cut to fit with tiny gaps by ...
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Soundproofing around water softener
I'm trying to come up with options for soundproofing around our water softener (and the mechanicals that go alongside it - not including water heater). Currently when it goes through it's regen cycle, ...
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how To Silence a Loud PTAC AC Unit?
I moved into an apartment with a loud (and somewhat not so cooling) PTAC in-wall AC unit. Each room has its own, a total of 3. The land lord is super cheap and only replaced the 8+ year old unit in ...
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What can I put under a rug to minimize impact sounds?
We want to minimize impact sounds for our downfloor neighbots from one room. The floor surface is laminate, we don't know how the exact build of the floor but assume it's wood since the house is >100 ...
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Quieting a loud shallow well jet pump
I have a ½ HP Pentair shallow well jet pump (c48h2ec11c3) installed in my utility room. It is, and has always been, loud. I can hear it run from anywhere in the house.
Almost since the day I ...
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Reducing wind noise inside
Living in suburbs west of Denver, we sometimes have rather windy nights. Tonight it's blowing about 25mph from the west, which means mostly parallel to my bedroom window.
The windows are about 12 ...
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What additions to an interior ceiling can reduce noises of creaking / pacing from apartment above?
I live in a UK apartment with the one above currently being used as an AirBnB (or something similar). The only noises I typically hear from the occupants are in the form of stomping, creaking of what ...
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How can I mitigate humming from a streetside electrical transformer?
I have humming coming in and I think it is from the green box on ground, electrical transformer, in the front yard. It also has a hum. I have reported to electric company, but I don't think they will ...
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Best style of toilet when there's a long run to the drain line
Is there a style of toilet that does better when there is a long (mostly horizontal) run from the toilet to the vertical drain line? It seems to clog every few months (I think there might be a corner ...
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Is there a way I can soundproof an exterior apartment door from outside noise?
Its made of steel but hollow (though I'm not sure if completely hollow or if it has divisions like cells) with zero sound absorption.
I already weatherproofed it with foam strips, but even then every ...
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Constant humming noise in house
I'm looking for ideas on what might cause the very deep hum I hear in my house when it's quiet. It's been present 24/7 for many years. When I'm alone in the house and nothing is turned on it's ...
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Noise transmission characteristics of dome structures?
Is a dome structure (e.g. geodome or binishell) more or less likely to transmit inside noise to the outside world, compared to the usual parallelepiped structure, at equal other conditions (same ...
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Reducing noise from hardwood floors
We have a ranch (single-story) house with hardwood floors on most of the ground level. The basement below this level is finished, and is where I work out of at home. We have kids that like to run ...
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Noise insulation of apartment right above noisy pub
How good can you isolate an apartment that's right above a very noisy rocker's pub? Could we install a thicker floor, or would the noise go through the walls anyway?
What material would work best ...
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How do I stop the ticking noise coming from my furnace duct? [duplicate]
I've had some HVAC people here to look at the ticking noise coming from our furnace duct. One of them installed a brace on the piece in question. This seemed to make the ticking less frequent, ...
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Letting fresh air through a window without letting noise in
I live in an apartment and it's pretty noisy outside, so I usually keep my windows closed. It does get pretty stuffy inside though, so I'm wondering if there's a way to get air through the window ...
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Best sound-proofing techniques and recommended sound-absorbing materials?
This is fundamentaly a question about soundproofing and sound absorbtion. When working this project I've realised I don't understand the concepts as much as I though I did.
I basically set up a shelf ...
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Fix noisy washing machine spin cycle
I have a Whirlpool WWDC9440 Freestanding Washing Machine which I've had for 4 years.
Recently (or gradually as I can't remember a step change) the spin cycle has become very noisy with the vibrations ...
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How can I prevent echo from footsteps on a hollow, temporary stage?
I am working with a dance group who use a temporary stage that can be easily set up and broken down for shows. It stands between 2 and 3 feet off the ground. The only problem with this stage is that ...
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Replace drop ceiling with drywall and soundproofing
This is my basement ceiling this morning:
After a couple of hours, I removed all drop ceiling for entire basement with 1 living room and 2 bedrooms:
I would like to install drywall with access ...
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How can I reduce noise from tenants coming through my heating duct?
I live in an old house with a wood frame and forced air heating. My family lives upstairs and we rent out the bottom floor. My problem is that the sound from my tenant's bedroom travels directly into ...
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Can a motorized damper be installed inside existing ductwork?
My HVAC system consists of a fan, furnace, compressor-driven AC, and evaporative cooler. The problem is that there is a large air volume used only by the evaporative cooler that is generating a lot of ...
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Should I Insulate Between Floors to Reduce Noise?
We're in the process of turning our large unfinished attic into a bonus room and bathroom. Originally the attic floor contained the insulation that kept the house warm. Now we'll spray foam the ...
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Sealing middle of sliding window with portable air conditioner installed
In my bedroom I have a one hose portable AC unit, because my only bedroom window is a sliding window. Currently, I set up the window kit in the day and take it out before bed. The reason for this is ...
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Constructing a simple silent bedframe: felt pads for connecting surfaces?
I will construct a simple wooden bed, nothing fancy. The main concerns for it are quietness when moving, and stability to allow adding small hooks, latches and whatnot to the sides.
It'll be either ...
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Means of adjusting fan speed on Bryant gas furnace
My home is heated by a Bryant 359AAV furnace. The thermostat controls and indicates whether the fan is ON or OFF, but the furnace has a four-speed fan. I believe the installer set the fan on "HI" and ...
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noisy pipes in wall
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We live in a condo and have a problem with noisy (whistling / shrieking / whooshing) pipes in our bedroom wall. We've identified one or two fixtures in the building that are the source of the ...
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Lessen noise from adjacent room
I have a housemate who tends to snore during the night. Since our rooms share a wall, I tend to hear it. We live in an apartment building made from concrete panels.
I'd like to do some basic ...
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Remove reverb and soundproof room
I have a room I'd like to be able to record in, and I'm looking at foam panels and various items to influence the sound quality/propagation/acoustic, etc.
Thing is, the more I read about it, the more ...
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Why don't heat pumps run for a bit BEFORE starting the air circulation fan?
I'd like to think I understand how heat pumps work decently well. My home has one plus electric heat, which I try not to resort to because heat pump is more efficient, if slower.
When a traditional ...
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Ideas about sound coming from floor
I live in an apartment and there is a low frequency noise coming from the floor of my bedroom. It is coming from the ceiling fan in the apartment below. The sound is very low, but after listening for ...
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how to deal with oversized furnace
I recently got a new furnace for our 1200 sqft house in Denver CO. We are planning on adding a second story in a year and I was going to wait until we did that to replace the furnace. Then the furnace ...
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Kitchen Cabinet “Cracks” when opened
A cabinet door in my kitchen makes a loud annoying "cracking" noise when I open and close it and I'm curious if this is something that I can fix simply by adjusting the adjustment screws or if there ...
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Soundproofing bathroom/bedroom wall
I have a wall between the bathroom and bedroom.
The sound transfer between the bathroom -> bedroom is huge. Mainly the water sounds from the toilet and shower.
I'm about to tile the whole ...
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I have a chirping sound in my house that moves around
It is not the smoke detector. We have just had rain and there was a ton of tree frogs out front in the trees. Could a tree frog be in my house making that chirping noise? (The chirping sound moves ...
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Reducing traffic noise in front and back yard
Our rural house is located 200 yards from an interstate highway overpass. House is parralel to interstate, and overpass is located near a corner of property. How can we reduce the noise entering the ...
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Road noise reduction in the balcony
I am living in an apartment which has a balcony right next to the small road. Even thought the road is quite small, cars are still driving there and it makes a lot of sound if the doors to the balcony ...
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Soundproofing workshed floor & roof
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I'm planning a soundproof shed using pine posts, laid out ...
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How does the decibel rating vary with the BTU capacity of an air conditioning unit?
Across similar models from the same manufacturer, differing only in BTU, which are quietest when operating at the lowest setting to cool the same room?
In order words, are larger (and more expensive) ...
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Home Network Interference on Cat6 Unshielded cable
Background:
I live in a level two apartment and want to get WiFi in my individual lockup basement garage and install a security camera.
I have pulled a Cat6 UTP cable to the garage via the services ...
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How To Get A Noise Barrier In my Community
I moved into a new house about a year ago that's located inside a very nice well established neighborhood that's been around for decades. At the end of the neighborhood is a busy highway that has been ...
