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Sound of Car Door Slamming JimL 08-07-2006
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Posted by HeyBub on August 7, 2006, 6:02 pm
JimL wrote:
> We recently moved the country to an old homestead.
>
> Normally we like the quiet, but we are really starting to get freaked
> out by the sounds of a car door slamming.
>
> Every time it happens, we go the front of the house and look out in
> our driveway which is a quarter mile from the dirt county road and
> there is nothing there. It is half a mile to the nearest neighbor.
>
> We contacted the previous owner said she said it spooked her, too.
>
> This has been happening at least once a day for the last 3 months and
> we are frustrated.
>
> Any ideas?

Earplugs. Fifty cents. Problem solved.



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Posted by Dan_Musicant on August 8, 2006, 9:17 am
wrote:

:JimL wrote:
:> We recently moved the country to an old homestead.
:>
:> Normally we like the quiet, but we are really starting to get freaked
:> out by the sounds of a car door slamming.
:>
:> Every time it happens, we go the front of the house and look out in
:> our driveway which is a quarter mile from the dirt county road and
:> there is nothing there. It is half a mile to the nearest neighbor.
:>
:> We contacted the previous owner said she said it spooked her, too.
:>
:> This has been happening at least once a day for the last 3 months and
:> we are frustrated.
:>
:> Any ideas?
:
:Earplugs. Fifty cents. Problem solved.

Yeah, I gotta laugh too. 1/2 mile from the nearest neighbor and you are
freaked out by noise! I guess it just goes to show you can never have
enough peace. I consider myself lucky when it's quiet where I live and I
guess it's one reason I get up so early in the morning. It's about the
only time you can depend on it being quiet (well, almost depend!).

I was feeling sorry for myself until I had a conversation with a woman I
know who said she grew up in Brooklyn, NY. She told me about the ambient
noise problems there and I quickly realized it was 10x worse than what I
have to put up with. She said to keep her sanity she got into listening
to the radio all the time. It gave her an anchor amidst the chaos. She
and I volunteer at a college radio station.


Posted by lee houston on August 7, 2006, 6:22 pm

>
> We recently moved the country to an old homestead.
>
> Normally we like the quiet, but we are really starting to get freaked
> out by the sounds of a car door slamming.

it's amazing how sensitive our hearing is. especially when
things are truly quiet. train car coupling can easily be
heard for miles. as can the dropping of a dumpster by
it's handler truck.

of course, if you have kids, they're likely the cause. :-)

lee h



Posted by David Martel on August 7, 2006, 7:18 pm
Jim,

Unlike the other posters I'm not convinced you are hearing a car door.
Start keeping a diary of time, room, wind, weather, et c. Collecting a bit
of data may localize the noise and help you locate the cause. Look for loose
stuff around the house and secure it. Make sure gates shut tight. Look in
the crawl space and attic. Is something expanding and contracting during the
day?

Dave M.



Posted by Bob M. on August 7, 2006, 8:59 pm

> Jim,
>
> Unlike the other posters I'm not convinced you are hearing a car door.
> Start keeping a diary of time, room, wind, weather, et c. Collecting a bit
> of data may localize the noise and help you locate the cause. Look for
> loose stuff around the house and secure it. Make sure gates shut tight.
> Look in the crawl space and attic. Is something expanding and contracting
> during the day?

I'm thinking it's not a car either. From the water heater maybe? Too much
sediment in the bottom of the tank creates bubbles that burst when they get
heated. You can hear that happen.



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