Soundproofing Conservatory from Rain Noise?

Rosa_Damascena

laurencewhymark said:

Soot2006 said:

I put some PVC sheeting under mine with some thick insulation boards between them and the roof itself, and it's made a big difference. The rain is hardly noticeable now.

Do you not have any damp issues in that area?

And does it not cut out a significant amount of light?

Bendy_House

LYM, are you ALSO wishing to improve the insulation/usability of the Connie?

If so, then look at the option of adding insulation to the underside of the roof.

Lots of options, but the simplest is almost certainly to just adhere the sheets to the existing joists - something like Stixall would do this job with ease. Cut the ~1" (you can go thicker if you want) Celotex-type insulation using a craft knife, landing the joints on the joists. Ideally run a thin bead of exp foam down the joining edges before fitting the next sheet, and press into place. Then foam seal around the perimeter, and foil-tape each joint.

Before doing this, remove any press-in foam strips from the bottoms and tops of each polycarb sheet (if fitted) to allow the area betwixt the poly and the new insulation to vent. If there isn't foam - if it's rubber, for example - then 'consider' drilling some vent holes instead, but this should be along the eaves end and under the polycarb so rain can't get in. I don't think there will be a cond issue anyway, as the void above the insulation will/should always be warmer that the outside temps as it'll have solar gain, and air shouldn't get to that void from inside the house either.

Then add a decorative layer to the underside. This could be as 'crude' as thick lining paper which is then emulsioned, or summat thicker like 'Walkrock' which is around 3mm thick? Or adhere lightweight (hollow plastic) cladding to it, in T&G style or whatevs.

A thought - you can get cheap and lightweight shower wall panels - I bet they'd work. Sparkly black... Hmmmm.

Bendy_House

You also have the option of leaving the odd polycarb panel exposed, if wanting some light. 

Silvertabby

cajef said:

We replaced our polycarbonate conservatory roof with a glass roof a few years ago it reduced the noise by about 80%, you can only hear very heavy rain and then it is not intrusive.  

Ditto.  Except in our case we got carried away and knocked the 16 year old conservatory back down to its (substantial) foundations and had it rebuilt as what I can only describe as a hybrid conservatory/orangery.  It looks much nicer than it sounds, and we use it all year round.

Bendy_House

Silvertabby said:

cajef said:

We replaced our polycarbonate conservatory roof with a glass roof a few years ago it reduced the noise by about 80%, you can only hear very heavy rain and then it is not intrusive.  

Ditto.  Except in our case we got carried away and knocked the 16 year old conservatory back down to its (substantial) foundations and had it rebuilt as what I can only describe as a hybrid conservatory/orangery.  It looks much nicer than it sounds, and we use it all year round.

Well, it sounds nice, so it must LOOK awesome :-)

Silvertabby

Bendy_House said:

Silvertabby said:

cajef said:

We replaced our polycarbonate conservatory roof with a glass roof a few years ago it reduced the noise by about 80%, you can only hear very heavy rain and then it is not intrusive.  

Ditto.  Except in our case we got carried away and knocked the 16 year old conservatory back down to its (substantial) foundations and had it rebuilt as what I can only describe as a hybrid conservatory/orangery.  It looks much nicer than it sounds, and we use it all year round.

Well, it sounds nice, so it must LOOK awesome :-)

We like it, thanks!

Easiest way to explain is that it is a Victorian style with glass roof.  The wall nearest next door is brick from floor to roof, then we have a 3 pane bay window with a brick dwarf wall, then a brick pillar from floor to roof, then double patio doors, and, finally, another full height brick pillar.  The floor is natural stone.

It's east facing, so doesn't get horrendously hot in summer - and only only  needs an oil filled radiator to keep it toasty in winter.

Bendy_House

Silvertabby said:

We like it, thanks!

Easiest way to explain is that it is a Victorian style with glass roof.  The wall nearest next door is brick from floor to roof, then we have a 3 pane bay window with a brick dwarf wall, then a brick pillar from floor to roof, then double patio doors, and, finally, another full height brick pillar.  The floor is natural stone.

It's east facing, so doesn't get horrendously hot in summer - and only only  needs an oil filled radiator to keep it toasty in winter.

Sounds even better

And the easiest way to explain it is...with a photo

knightstyle

As Soot2006 and Bendy_House  said insulation board covered with pvc sheets is a cheap way of reducing rain noise.  I did this for my DD using white shower panels with a sparkle, it looks really good and was very easy to do.  Her roof was a lean-to with wooden beams and triple wall plastic roof. I screwed extra battens at right angles to the beams and fixed the panels to them using the special clips provided.

Silvertabby

Bendy_House said:

Silvertabby said:

We like it, thanks!

Easiest way to explain is that it is a Victorian style with glass roof.  The wall nearest next door is brick from floor to roof, then we have a 3 pane bay window with a brick dwarf wall, then a brick pillar from floor to roof, then double patio doors, and, finally, another full height brick pillar.  The floor is natural stone.

It's east facing, so doesn't get horrendously hot in summer - and only only  needs an oil filled radiator to keep it toasty in winter.

Sounds even better

And the easiest way to explain it is...with a photo

Sorry - I don't want to identify myself due to my presence on the pensions boards!