Complaint about drum kit?

Tom_D_3

Hi guys,

I've recently started taking up drumming again. I put my kit in the shed at the bottom of the garden so my neighbours wouldn't hear as much noise, however it is a drum kit so it is still quite loud.

I live in a Beth Johnson house if that's any matter. If my neighbours did decide to make a complaint about me, is there anything they could do to stop me from playing?

I only play between mid day and I do not play past 6PM at night.

I'm just worried that I might get a letter saying I need to stop playing or face to be kicked out as drumming is my passion and it's the only thing I'm good at!

Cheers

nickj_2

have you sound proofed your shed ? stick up some old carpets on walls
why not have a word with your nieghbours and see if they mind or have a problem , probably better to be pro-active and go round with a few beers / bottle of wine etc rather than them getting the hump

loracan1

Soundproofing your shed could be a bit of a project for you - I don't think anyone is going to be thrilled at drumming going on but if you're keeping it within reasonable hours (make sure no-one's working nights) it shows consideration.

googler

Old carpet inside will deaden the sound inside the shed, but will do little to stop transference of sound to the outside world.

Building another shed around the existing one, with more substantial walls, and no physical contact between the walls of the two, might help.

Replacing the shed with a brick or block-built construction might be an alternative.

Ever considered practice pads?

Tom_D_3

andrew-b wrote: »

Foam insulation such as Celotex, or kingspan wedged in between the internal shed framework (walls and roof) should help alot. Or you could start saving up/collecting cardboard egg boxes if you want to go for the more MSE sound insulation approach!

Thanks for the replys guys. I will get some practice pads when I can, however I don't want to be using them all the time as I still want a proper feel of the drum kit.

Sound proofing is very expensive to do I heard, and there's no point in doing it unless you do it right.

The egg box method is just a myth apparently.

lindos90

A neighbours lad got spme drums for Christmas, he typed up a note and posted it to all the neighbours saying he would be considerste, but if we found it noisy to call and let him know.

We occasionally hear him, but I thought it was so polite and considerate of him to do a note, I think my I percieve the noise in a more possitive way, if that makes sense!

naypo

I think letting your neighbours know you've got the kit and are being considerate with playing times should do the trick - the egg boxes are only good to prevent echoes inside a room, they have no effect on stopping sound exiting a room unfortunately.

We got a drum kit a few weeks ago but I use the practice pads and spent £1000 converting our garage to a fully soundproofed studio using rubber, soundproof plasterboard and rockwool, our neighbours can't hear a thing so at least it work! - not the sort of thing you can do to a shed though!

I think if you've got some cash to spare and you get complaints, buy some of the rubber matting which cancels out up to 22db otherwise a 2nd wall with air inbetween the existing shed walls should help a little, otherwise use practice pads and a pillow in the bass drum!

googler

naypo wrote: »

..... the egg boxes are only good to prevent echoes inside a room, they have no effect on stopping sound exiting a room unfortunately.

Preeee-cisely. Same applies to the 'insulation' methods also posted earlier