Sound/Vibration deadening mats anyone?

JohnB47

We have a new tumble drier that we use in probably the worst place for creating noise - an upstairs box room with bare wooden suspended floor. I'm thinking that some sort of mat that it would stand on might lessen the general roar and steady whump - whump sounds that it makes.


Has anyone used this type of thing and are there better/worse ones? I did a search and found one made from recycled car tyres that cost around £32. That seems a bit steep and I'd need to put some sort of wooden sheet (hardboard?) on top of it too.


Any advice welcome.


Cheers.

red_imps_2003

I bought a product exactly like the one you describe four our washing machine, which also made a racket on the suspended wooden kitchen floor. It didn't make a noticeable difference I'm afraid.

JohnB47

I thought nobody would reply to this. Thanks for the feedback.

EssexExile

Have you tried some old bits of carpet under its feet?

JohnB47

Yes, I thought of that. Might give it a try. Cheers.

phil24_7

Have you tried strengthening the joists by sistering joists, adding extra joists, glueing and nailing ply to the sides or adding extra noggins?

Le_Kirk

Notwithstanding what Phil has said (if the basic floor is not sound you probably will not eliminate all vibrations) but we used to use something called TICO packing made by James Walker, although they seem to have been subsumed into the PAR Group. We used to stand very heavy industrial mixers on it.

JohnB47

phil24_7 wrote: »

Have you tried strengthening the joists by sistering joists, adding extra joists, glueing and nailing ply to the sides or adding extra noggins?

The floor is actually sound (excuse the pun) and the joists run from one wall to another around 1.5 meters apart, so it shouldn't be too flexible.

JohnB47

Le_Kirk wrote: »

Notwithstanding what Phil has said (if the basic floor is not sound you probably will not eliminate all vibrations) but we used to use something called TICO packing made by James Walker, although they seem to have been subsumed into the PAR Group. We used to stand very heavy industrial mixers on it.

I've had a look - not sure if that stuff would do the job really. Was thinking of something more for domestic use. Thanks.

phil24_7

JohnB47 wrote: »

The floor is actually sound (excuse the pun) and the joists run from one wall to another around 1.5 meters apart, so it shouldn't be too flexible.

The span is 1.5m or the spacing is 1.5m? How big are your joists?
Mass stops vibration so the more support you have the less vibration you will have. Extra noggins would probably still help.

ceredigion

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