ᐅ Which heating technology is best for noise-sensitive people?

Created on: 28 Apr 2016 21:46
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enkidu
*Warning, a silly question*
I have no knowledge of heating technology, but there is one thing that is important to me: the heating system must not produce any disturbing noises (and I am easily disturbed, for example by humming, buzzing, or similar sounds). It would not be installed in the basement, but on the living floor.
Are there types of heating systems that tend to be problematic in this regard?
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Sebastian79
30 Apr 2016 10:23
What exactly do you want to plan better? If you need overflow openings, there isn’t much you can do about it...

It also depends on your personal noise tolerance and what you can handle.
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toxicmolotof
30 Apr 2016 10:33
I am not an expert in building services, but I have already shared my suggestions much earlier.
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Sebastian79
30 Apr 2016 10:37
You do, but what exactly are you trying to say? A brine heat pump is also a heat pump with a (noisy) compressor, sand-lime bricks are fine, decoupling is absolutely important (and often neglected), and we have already discussed the topic of sound insulation – it is just more challenging when combined with ventilation.

And I only wrote something about the latter topic...
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Legurit
30 Apr 2016 10:42
Our heat pump is located on the ground floor in the utility room. It hums at about 42 dB. A standard door panel helps a lot but doesn’t completely block the sound – you can still hear a faint hum (not throughout the whole house, but in the rooms adjacent to the hallway connected to the utility room with the door closed). We are considering what might be done – maybe a solid core door would be enough. It’s not that bad though; otherwise, we would have already done something about it 😀

The new, good built-in refrigerator in the open kitchen operates at a similar noise level (for comparison). The dishwasher is a bit louder.
Uwe8230 Apr 2016 10:50
@Sebastian: Exhaust air and supply air in the utility room helps 😉
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Sebastian79
30 Apr 2016 10:59
You shouldn’t do something like that from a ventilation perspective because it creates a short circuit—unless you have a dance hall there 😉

@BeHaElJa:

But since you keep asking about it, it seems to bother you a bit 😉. We have the same heat pump, and I would not want it on the ground floor. That’s also because our utility room on the ground floor is separated from the kitchen on one side only by cabinets.