Help with Road noise

xjay247x

We have recently purchased our first home, however it is situated on a busy 30mph Road (thankfully mostly dead in the night)

The windows on the property are all brand new, however they don't seem to do much in dampening the road noise.

We're looking to upgrade the glass in the front bedroom, and was wondering if acoustic glass will really make any difference? Or would secondary glazing be our best bet?

Thanks!

jk0

Secondary glazing though pricey is well worth it I think. Changing the glass won't make half the difference that secondary does.

boliston

If you are used to a quiet street you will probably get used to the extra traffic noise after a while so i'd give it a while before spending a lot of money. I live on a junction of 2 busy 30mph roads and got used to it after a while - at night when I'm asleep I keep my window open unless it's blowing a gale and the traffic is not that busy even though both roads are queueing traffic at 8.30am. I get more bothered at night by annoying drunk people at night who make far more noise than the traffic!

atrixblue.-MFR-.

personally would not fixate on the issue and would try and persevere to see if you become immune to it over a period of time.


A couple on my Housing association estate has recently moved into a place near the park where children play during the day on weekends and weekday evening when weather permits, at night on weekends it turns in a local youth congregation area where its subjected to abuse, which causes allot of noise for the residents next to it, the people who have been there for years are immune to it and accustom to it, but the new couple have become fixated to the point that they have locked the gates with their own chains and padlocks and putting up signs saying Park closed for the foreseeable future no children to play in this area and Park Decommissioned by order of the council aslo.
The moral here is the more you take notice and get frustrated, the more you get irritated and sensitive to the issues to the point its a must to do something about it when infact, given yourself the chance, could have become immune to it buy ignoring or distracting yourself from obsessing over things like road noise etc.


Give yourself a chance, to get used to the new surroundings and sounds, try not fixate or get irritated and see if you become immune to it, if not then look into the windows a little bit more.

jk0

It wasn't the traffic noise so much that caused me to install secondary glazing. It was the d*ckheads who drive around in summer with their car windows open and the music deafening. That and the ones with exhausts that blow raspberries when accelerating.

stator

Secondary glazing is the best. Accoustic glazing will dampen the noise but not as well as secondary.

Norman_Castle

Check they are sealed properly between the frame and wall inside and out and check vents close properly.

xjay247x

Thanks for the reply's, regarding getting used to the noise, we've been here 5 months and we have mostly adjusted to it, what is bothering us is rush hour and not being able to have a lay in most of the time due to it getting very busy.

I understand I'm not going to block out the noise completely but any reduction just in our bedroom would be a bonus and might help by not waking us in the morning.

Looking at the comments, Secondary glazing seems to be the best at noise reduction, so we'll look into this, but also get quotes to replace the glass and see from there.

We've also checked the window and its sealed perfectly, there are no vents, so would be no problems there.

phil24_7

The windows may look sealed but if you have plastic trims on the inside then they could be hiding poor installation practices.

stator

If you really want to get rid of noise get both secondary glazing and accoustic glazing