Sleepless in Stillorgan and Triple Glazing

[taytoman]

We have recently moved into a detached house built 9 years ago, and we have replaced existing wooden double glazed windows that were not in great nick with uPVC double glazed wood effect windows with 28mm vistatherm glass with argon units & toughened glass- ie we got the top speck double glazing as far as I know

The problem is that we are close to a busy road, and there is still a significant noise problem, especially at the front of the house where there are two bay windows in the living room & master bedroom ie the two worst areas to have noise.

Any idea about what can be done, if anything?

The "nuclear "option is to admit defeat, and spend thousands more on triple glazing? If so, what type of triple glazing should one opt for, are there companies that specialize in this, and are there any cheaper & less destructive ooptions such as putting a third layer of glass over the inside of the existing units.

Help!


Sleepless in Stillorgan

 

[S.L.F]

We have recently moved into a detached house built 9 years ago, and we have replaced existing wooden double glazed windows that were not in great nick with uPVC double glazed wood effect windows with 28mm vistatherm glass with argon units & toughened glass- ie we got the top speck double glazing as far as I know

The problem is that we are close to a busy road, and there is still a significant noise problem, especially at the front of the house where there are two bay windows in the living room & master bedroom ie the two worst areas to have noise.

Any idea about what can be done, if anything?

The "nuclear "option is to admit defeat, and spend thousands more on triple glazing? If so, what type of triple glazing should one opt for, are there companies that specialize in this, and are there any cheaper & less destructive ooptions such as putting a third layer of glass over the inside of the existing units.

Help!


Sleepless in Stillorgan

What people used to do in bygone age was put up heavy curtains to dampen sound it would be cheaper than getting in new windows.

Whether or not it would work is a different matter.

There is always the option or ear plugs from a builders providers.

You wouldn't happen to live in Stillorgan Wood

 

[kudos]

Yes -You can get what I think is called inter-lining for your curtains - don't know where though but when i got mine made it was mentioned to me.

 

[S.L.F]

Yes -You can get what I think is called inter-lining for your curtains - don't know where though but when i got mine made it was mentioned to me.

Hi kudos I work in the area of window restoration and most of my customers have problems with noise because of the single glazed.

If you could find out where it comes from, a lot of people will be thanking someone called kudos.

(Just edited my post as I saw you didn't know where it came from)

 

[Sue Ellen]

Having paid a large amount of money for these windows I would be asking the providers how this problem still exists and if they have a solution. Was the point of noise elimination discussed when the quotations were provided?

 

[Oracle24]

The noise is not just coming through the windows...its also coming through walls, roof, air vents etc. You'll never get rid of it completely.

 

[davewex]

How close are you to the road? is it possible to put some planting between the house and the road? a row of trees / hedging or even a solid fence could deflect and dampen the noise significantly.

alternatively I worked on fitting out a radio station and kestrel acoustics came up while researching sound absorbing wall systems, in the end we didn't use them so I don't know how cost effective they are.

Hope this helps

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[suzie]

Also for for the future (if others are looking to reduce noise), but a friend did some research and if on the double/triple glazing you have different plane thickness it apparently helps reduce the noise. I have no proof this is true, but my friend "seems" to think it has worked.

S.