New house

bexs2247

So it's the second night in our new house (which is on a semi main road), we are sitting in the lounge and the road noise for the last hour has been busier than I thought or expected it to be.

Not really after advice as such just wanted to write it down.

Think we will get a quote for a new front window and get some thermal curtains.

Hopefully that will help!

Pixie5740

You'll get used to after a while and then you won't notice it at all. Enjoy your new home.

bexs2247

Pixie5740 wrote: »

You'll get used to after a while and then you won't notice it at all. Enjoy your new home.

Thanks 😄

Yeah that's what I'm hoping, prob just a bit sensitive to new noises. Can't hear it as much now, so might just be a busier period between 6.30 pm ish and 8 ish

rosie383

As Pixie says, you will get used to it. Then you will find a quiet road too quiet! I've moved from busy road to really quiet and took time to get used to that, then after six months, back to busy, then back to noisy. A new window and good curtains will get you over the noisy bit quicker and you will soon not be bothered by it.
Enjoy your new home. Exciting times!!

bexs2247

Apparently the window is fairly new anyway so no need to change it. Fingers crossed some nice lined, thermal curtains will do the job. Curtain shopping at the weekend me thinks!

fairy_lights

Well between 6 and 8 on week nights people will still be travelling home from work so I would expect the road to be a bit busier then than at other times of the day. Does it get quieter around 9ish?

carefullycautious

I would rather have a noisy road in front of me than the alternative that can be found on estates up and down the country.


You will get used to it, the same with trains.

bexs2247

fairy_lights wrote: »

Well between 6 and 8 on week nights people will still be travelling home from work so I would expect the road to be a bit busier then than at other times of the day. Does it get quieter around 9ish?

Yeah, I think it slowed down bout 8.30/9 last night. Just not used to living on a mainish road yet. Hopefully I'm a week or so's time it will become like white noise!

phoebe1989seb

We recently sold our house on a rural A-road and moved to a house on a lane in a village that sits on the edge of a large conurbation. It's actually much quieter here than it was in the country! The difference (as other posters have said) took some getting used to, as it just seemed too quiet at first - but in our case the previous house (a period property with no foundations) was prone to shaking throughout its three storeys whenever heavy traffic passed by

For us, that was far more of an issue than the sound of traffic, although I'm pretty sensitive to background noise and it did used to bug me. I should add that we fitted double glazed timber sash windows with accoustic glass which made very little difference imho - although non-sashes would no doubt have been more effective.

Thick, interlined curtains make a difference but had we stayed in that house I would have added secondary glazing.....

arbrighton

It's interesting living by a junction with a swing bridge, so I have big lorries, all the sirens, and also river traffic. Doesn't bother us much now- but new double glazing to replace incredibly awful UPVC has helped

bexs2247

We will look at new windows. There is secondary glazing in the front upstairs bedrooms but not in the bay window on the lounge. I'm sure we will sort something. We've only been in 2 days!!