Secondary Glazing Advice

D-Davis_2

I am new to the forum, so I hope I am posting this in the right place.

I am after some advice on secondary glazing, if anyone knows if this is the best option and if anyone can advise on a company to use (I live in Merseyside/Lancashire).

Our problem is namely noisy neighbours - a lot of car door slamming, late nights and neighbours going to work early. It's not so much an issue to us, but we have a little boy who is not a good sleeper anyway and he is continually getting woken up and our nerves are in tatters. We have tried dropping hints to the offending parties and even had a polite word, but nothing is changing.

We have some spare cash and are thinking that secondary glazing in his bedroom may help dampen the noise (we already tried a "window plug" using acoustic foam - didn't help.

The window (from memory) is about 1.4 x 1m so have no idea how much this would cost. I don't think the window that is in now is fitted very well, but it is double glazed.

Does secondary glazing work? Can you recommend a company?

I had heard some people say it makes high pitch noises louder? and as we have a lot of car horn honkers too, don't want to make it worse.

Thanks :beer:

alleycat`

Will he sleep with something like a fan on in the room?
We found that the "white noise" stopped our son getting disturbed whilst he was settling to sleep.

It didn't have to be blowing on him just the noise cancelled out the neighbours idiotic child winding up their dog.

111KAB

Cannot fully help but I will pass on a bit of my research which may assist plus I may get some 'pointers' from others posting. Informed the best 'gap' between current window and secondary glazing is between 100mm and 200mm (4" to 8") and the heavier the glass for the secondary unit the better. I am having a lift out unit as I only need to open the window for cleaning purposes which shouldn't be that often. Informed the internal reveals (between existing window and secondary unit) are best finished in someting like cork floor tiles as this will stop/reduce any sound reverberation. I am currently seeking a quote for a white aluminium framed unit, installed - size is 1300mm h x 880 mm w. I will put price on here when received.