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Outdoor panels to try & reduce road traffic noise?

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  • 04-08-2015 4:28pm
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    boogaloop
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭


    hi all,

    We are looking at buying a house that is on a busy main road. Location & house itself are good, but the traffic noise is pretty dire.

    Are there any wooden panels/fence/anything that we could build out the front that could help reduce the road noise at all?

    Something along these lines perhaps?: http://www.acoustiblok.com/industrial2.php

    It's the main blocker to us buying the house and I'm really hoping that there's something out there might help!

    Thanks


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    gman2k
    Registered Users Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Just google 'acoustic motorway fencing' and a number of suppliers will come up.
    Landscaping with trees, bushes and hedges will also help.
    You could also consider triple glazing, but the wall vents in the property will still let in noise.


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    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,223 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    gman2k wrote: »
    Just google 'acoustic motorway fencing' and a number of suppliers will come up.
    Landscaping with trees, bushes and hedges will also help.
    You could also consider triple glazing, but the wall vents in the property will still let in noise.

    as above plus getting planning for anything above 4 feet at front might be a problem.
    Any high walls around already?

    No height issue with shrubs.

    The problem with noise is it is so subjective and if it gets into your head at 3 am after a bad curry the quietest noise can do your head in

    Soffit vents are another source, especially in bungalows.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    boogaloop
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭boogaloop


    Thanks all. Does anyone know if these types of panels are actually good? there are some trees & a smaller wall out the front.....but I totally agree Calahonda52, sometimes just the smallest noise is enough to break you!


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    howman
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭howman


    lived in a house on a busy-ish street in Cork with a bus stop right outside our entrance, we had a a good thick hedge that we kept at about 10ft (nothin to see out that side of hse anyways) and it did a fine job of damping out the noise.
    windows were old double glaze type


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    Dardania
    Registered Users Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    with vents, you can get ones that try to limit the noise:

    http://www.aereco.ie/product/eht#1

    http://www.vent-axia.com/range/vent-axia-freshvent-natural-ventilation.html


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