Son's noisy bedroom

shellsuit

pimento wrote: »

In three or four years he'll go to university. It's wonderful.

Are you a fortune teller?

zomble

fletch3163 wrote: »

Could afford to lose the space (so long as it's not feet). If I definitely KNEW it would work I'd pay for it. I was more thinking doing it cheaper if I was merely going to deaden the noise only a bit.

Thanks for the heads up on the door shutting too. I am trying so that it doesn't end up like the walls, ceiling, floor are all coming in to meet you.

I had a very large open-plan living room/dining room which I split with a stud wall - filled it with acoustic insulation slabs from Wickes (cost was around £100 to fill the wall)

Worked perfectly, can now relax in living room without kitchen/dining room noise - cant hear washing machine so it worked really well for me.

LannieDuck

Is it just the click-click-click of the keyboard that's the problem? I'm pretty sure you can get quiet keyboards...

e.g. this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cherry-eVolution-STREAM-MultiMedia-Keyboard/dp/B000WF3KDW/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url) on Amazon is advertised as "Ultra-silent, it features whisper keystroke for particularly low-noise use."

You'd probably need some advice on which keyboards are best for this purpose. I found this thread (although a little old now): http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2500 Maybe your son could put a question about quiet keyboards on a techie forum and get some reccs?

pimento

shellsuit wrote: »

Are you a fortune teller?

Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell you.

ian103

I'd suggest you try a dummy stud wall built against the current wall, lined with accoutic insulation and soundbloc plasterboard. Make sure you use the proper isolating fixings / trims etc - you'll loose about 150mm of the room. Not sure it will eliminate all noise but it should help. Maybe a door closer on his bedroom as well?

A bit over the top
http://www.karma-acoustics.co.uk/acoustic_partition_system.htm

fletch3163

Thanks so much :T

Lots more to think about I think.

150mm? Is that not a lot to lose in a room?

It's not just his keyboard clicking, no. His voice is deep now so his drone travels too.

When I think about it I could do with the entire place being soundproofed. There are no thick Walls in the entire place. I wish I had thousands to spend.:o

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

fletch3163 wrote: »

Thanks so much :T

Lots more to think about I think.

150mm? Is that not a lot to lose in a room?

It's not just his keyboard clicking, no. His voice is deep now so his drone travels too.

When I think about it I could do with the entire place being soundproofed. There are no thick Walls in the entire place. I wish I had thousands to spend.:o

Bar taking him back to the maternity hospital and demanding an exchange, there's not a lot you can do about that one.


It is fine to say no computer after 10pm. Switch the broadband off if he doesn't take it seriously. He'll most likely sleep better as a result, too.

delain

drummer_666 wrote: »

wait til he gets a few yrs older and starts bringing girlfriends home

Oh don't :eek:

One of my neighbours has a son (who is about 26... you'd think he was 16!), who seems to do very little and tends to bonk his girlfriend in the middle of the day with the window wide open.

My friend (who is unfortunate enough to live right next door to them!) has to listen to him moaning and squeaking away every time she is in the garden with the kids :eek::eek:

You can't say anything to them though... they're quite a nuisance in minor ways and if they have a problem with anyone they tell the children (mum told my DD and friends DS off over minor things that were none of her beeswax) but don't think anything of being annoying themselves and ignoring polite requests for change on their part!

breadlinebetty

Can't he move his computer to the other side of his bedroom?:(