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Posted by Joe on February 20, 2008, 2:21 pm
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> > I am buying a house that sits about 200 feet from a train track. =A0The
> > track is on an elevated embankment. =A0They like to do a bit of
> > switching with all the banging and clanging, then they power up the
> > locomotive and shove it all away. =A0I get a combination of noise from
> > the cars and then the vibration when those engines power up.
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> > The vibration is the most annoying as the whole floor vibrates in a
> > buzzing kind of way.
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> > My house has a full block basement and is constructed of wood siding
> > under aluminum siding.
> > My windows are old wood with old wood storms. =A0My exterior doors have
> > to be replaced.
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> > This house needs lots of work from replacing the roof to new drywall
> > inside to finishing the basement. =A0What can I do as I proceed with the=
> > work to reduce the noise and vibration?
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> > Thanks
> > Jena
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> There are some good sound-dampening techniques out there, but as
> another poster said, once you open a window, all bets are off.
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> To start with, go research resilient channels. Put then in everywhere
> when you replace your sheet rock. =A0It will isolate your inside walls
> from the outside walls so the sound can't get in. =A0Some windows have
> better sound qualities than others, so get ones with good some
> dampening.
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> Use soft flooring. =A0No hardwoods or tile, except as necessary.
Expanding on the above, why not gut the place, convert it into an
anechoic chamber like the ones used for testing sound output in
industrial stuff and be assured that you will be living in dead
silence? Nah, better to cut the losses and move on I think.
Joe
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