Double v triple glazing for noise reduction?

SaveSomeMore_2

The window in my front bedroom is what appears to be a cheap/old double glazed one. It is badly fitted, noise seeps through and there is a draft and mildew round the edges.

I want to replace it but am wondering whether to go for a triple or another double glazed one (and if so whether with a bigger gap, denser glass, or differing glass thicknesses).

I live just off a main road and have problems with my sleep so getting as much as a noise reduction as possible would be great. Luckily I only need two windows replacing (front bedroom and rear office), the others are either better fitted or in rooms where there is already noise (kitchen, living room etc) so I could stretch a little bit.

Is triple glazing that much more expensive?

Luca_Festa

Why don't you consider a double glazing with acoustic panels?

It's cheaper than triple glazing and the result it's quite the same!

EssexExile

Triple for the price of double at some local companies at the moment.

missprice

The difference in noise reduction was amazing in my house. And it cost an average £50 extra per window. That's peanuts when you think of how long you have them.

phil24_7

New, quality double glazed windows, properly installed, may make it much quieter anyway. From what I have read on here triple glazing offers no acoustic benefit and may even be worse than double glazing. Acoustic double glazing is best, but more expensive.

Have you considered secondary glazing. This will be the cheapest option and also the best at noise reduction.

Regards
Phil

ytfcmad

phil24_7 wrote: »

New, quality double glazed windows, properly installed, may make it much quieter anyway. From what I have read on here triple glazing offers no acoustic benefit and may even be worse than double glazing. Acoustic double glazing is best, but more expensive.

Have you considered secondary glazing. This will be the cheapest option and also the best at noise reduction.

Regards
Phil

Correct.

Using an acoustic 6.4 laminated product is the way forward, that said if you really want to get technical the type of acoustic inter-layer should depend on the frequency you want to keep out or in some cases in.

Mokka

I am after exactly the same thing. Can anyone suggest specific recommendation? Which company is good? Which glass? How about frames? Is wood better than UPVC? I am retrofitting, so not quite sure if triple glazing would even fit?

I am happy to pay extra to have undisturbed sleep.

Luca_Festa

If you can choose wood!

ytfcmad

Mokka wrote: »

I am after exactly the same thing. Can anyone suggest specific recommendation? Which company is good? Which glass? How about frames? Is wood better than UPVC? I am retrofitting, so not quite sure if triple glazing would even fit?

I am happy to pay extra to have undisturbed sleep.

Frame choice is yours, just make sure you tell your supplier you want acoustic laminated glass incorporated into the DGU's that go into the frames. 99% of Double Glazing companies know nothing about the product so will have to ask their glass supplier, Google Stadip Silence for more info on this type of product.

Luca_Festa

Here we use 3.3 acoustic / 15 gas / 3.3 acoustic low-E

3.3 laminated glass with a leaf of 0.1mm
15 gas is the space full of Argon/Krypton
3.3 laminated glass with a leaf of 0.1mm

You have a 27 cm thick glass