ᐅ Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery – You Can Hear Every Word from Another Room – Is This Normal?
Created on: 30 Jul 2018 22:43
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Dodo86
Hello everyone,
We had the final inspection of our house two weeks ago. Now we have noticed that through the central ventilation system in the guest bathroom and utility room, every word spoken in the dining/kitchen/living area can be heard very clearly, as if you were sitting right next to each other. With the bathroom door open, the sound naturally carries up to the children’s bedrooms upstairs. On the upper floor, the sound transmission through the controlled mechanical ventilation system is significantly less.
Can I still report this as a defect after the final inspection?
Thank you very much and best regards!
We had the final inspection of our house two weeks ago. Now we have noticed that through the central ventilation system in the guest bathroom and utility room, every word spoken in the dining/kitchen/living area can be heard very clearly, as if you were sitting right next to each other. With the bathroom door open, the sound naturally carries up to the children’s bedrooms upstairs. On the upper floor, the sound transmission through the controlled mechanical ventilation system is significantly less.
Can I still report this as a defect after the final inspection?
Thank you very much and best regards!
Dodo86 schrieb:
Even with the newly installed sound dampers, you can still hear conversations from the main living area in the guest bathroom. It’s slightly quieter, but honestly, it’s probably not a good idea to gossip at my place when someone is in the toilet...
That’s just so annoying!!! The plumber tried to convince me this is normal and that there are never any complaints.I can’t even tell if we have sound dampers. We don’t seem to hear anything except the suction noise in the rooms.
How about placing Wi-Fi speakers like Sonos or Bose in the guest bathroom playing soft chill music? At least that way you can prevent people from overhearing.
No, this is not the right approach.
Additional telephone line sound attenuators need to be installed, or different ones like these here:
Alternatively, as a last resort, telephone line sound attenuators must be placed between the rooms; these are usually flat and look like this:
By the way, we also installed the wiring with spiral-seam ducts (but parallel), and there is no noise at all.
Additional telephone line sound attenuators need to be installed, or different ones like these here:
Alternatively, as a last resort, telephone line sound attenuators must be placed between the rooms; these are usually flat and look like this:
By the way, we also installed the wiring with spiral-seam ducts (but parallel), and there is no noise at all.
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Grobmutant13 Aug 2018 14:46@Dodo86 Is there any update on this topic? I’m quite curious to know if you were able to fully resolve the issue.