ᐅ New construction extremely sound-transmissive or sensitive to noise

Created on: 20 Jul 2020 11:48

Hello everyone!
We have been living in our newly built 145m2 (1,560 sq ft) house since Easter.
The exterior walls are made of aerated concrete with a brick veneer. The interior walls are made of calcium silicate bricks.

Yesterday, something happened that really surprised me.

We have a walk-in closet on the upper floor. My wife was hanging clothes on metal hangers there.
At the same time, I was sitting on the toilet on the ground floor. I could clearly hear her sliding the hangers over the metal rods from there.

Overall, the entire new house feels extremely noisy! You can hear every little sound, even from the bathrooms...

Can anyone explain this to me?

Floor plan of a single-family house: living/dining area, kitchen, hallway, cloakroom, utility room, and stairs.

Floor plan of the upper floor with bedroom, child’s room, guest room, dressing room, gallery, bathroom, storage room.

11ant21 Jul 2020 14:18

#19

Snowy36 schrieb:

Do you have a few tips then?

He does: he has praised his Lignotrend ceiling several times and mentioned the Helmholtz resonator twice already.

Snowy36 schrieb:

The room is simply square.

... so the length and width share the same resonance frequency.

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Snowy3621 Jul 2020 19:08

#20

11ant schrieb:

He has: he has already praised his Lignotrend ceiling several times, as well as the Helmholtz resonator twice.

... so length and width have the same resonance frequency

In this thread?

I can imagine Lignotrend being used in an open roof structure but not in a plain 20 m² (215 sq ft) room.

hampshire22 Jul 2020 00:03

#21

The gym probably doesn’t need to look perfectly clean, right? You can do quite a bit with some heavy fabric.

Snowy3622 Jul 2020 09:41

#22

That means curtains, I can’t think of anything else, as carpets are already in place...
I will look into how to build such a resonator. Do you need special equipment to measure it, or can a layperson manage it as well?

rick201822 Jul 2020 18:07

#23

We also have it in the fitness room and in the 20m2 (215 sq ft) pool pavilion.
It looks great. So no issues with the size.

Snowy3623 Jul 2020 17:39

#24

rick2018 schrieb:

We have it in the fitness room as well as in the 20m2 (215 sq ft) pool pavilion.
It looks great. So no problem with the size.

So, what now?

ᐅ New construction extremely sound-transmissive or sensitive to noise

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