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| Russell Nash:
I'm in the middle of a trio of row houses. I don't share walls with the neighbors, but there is only 20cm (8 inches) between the houses. Some noise and a whole lot of vibration makes it over to the house next door. I want to put in acoustic tiles and rubber matting. Do any of you know a website with detailed advice on how to best do this? I could just go and spend thousands of Euros, but I'd rather save as much as possible to buy "fun" stuff. Also any help from Germans on the best places to buy the materials would be greatly appreciated. |
| David Jupp:
If it's vibration rather than noise, acoustic tiles etc might not do any good at all. Vibration can travel down into the ground, and depending upon ground conditions can travel a surprising distance. I used to work at a site where we could feel certain pieces of equipment in operation hundreds of metres away. It might be worth considering resilient mountings for your machines (or even bench) first to isolate from the floor/walls. |
| lordedmond:
got to agree if its vibrations then you need to put you machines on anti vibration feet and go from there as an indicator when I used to work they had a steam hammer ( converted to 100 psi air ) not a big one about 12 inch dia ram when they were really giving it some welly you could feel it half a mile away, but then it was so controllable you could put a egg on the anvil and it would just kiss it not break it something like this would help http://www.gmt.gb.com/products/machine-feet.php as you have a air gap the sound should not be a problem Stuart |
| andyf:
I would imagine that houses so close together are built with common foundations (perhaps on a single concrete raft) which might be transmitting vibration and noise. The resilient mountings which have already been suggested look like being a good starting point. If you are still on speaking terms with the neighbours, you might set a machine running and then press your ear to their floor, to check my foundations theory. Before investing in resilient feet, you could temporarily try three or four layers of bits cut from old carpet under the machines, to see if that makes any difference. Andy |
| Russell Nash:
A few more details and some clarification. 1) The acoustic tiles were a throw in. I figured if I'm doing other stuff, I might as well cut down on the echo and make it quieter for me. 2) I'm not dealing with any big machines. This is why I was thinking about rubber matting. 3) My workbench is our old kitchen. All the old cabinets and counter tops are setup along two walls. I have the thing all put together very securely, and I get almost no vibration in my coffee cup on the counter top. Before I start ripping the whole thing apart, I wanted an idea of how isolated it needs to be. 4) |
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