Soundproofing windows

kkelliher

Hi All

I have a client who is having issues with barking dogs on one side of a house an a road in another. She asked me about sound proofing windows but i have not had any experience of them and wonder if anyone has any comments or experience?

BryanF

kkelliher wrote: »

Hi All

I have a client who is having issues with barking dogs on one side of a house an a road in another. She asked me about sound proofing windows but i have not had any experience of them and wonder if anyone has any comments or experience?

Good quality 3G wins could help alot, but if there's wall vents or lightweight boom time construction then they may be an expensive waste of time.
I'd start with an electronic dog whistle!

fealeranger

Ther was mentioned in a few threads over the lasst 6-8 months. Some mentioned triple glazing will sound proof a window. From what I was reading and gathered from the posts here there was no person willing to say that it would or would not work. All I can tell you is I have the future proof Double glazed windows in my build with a really wide cavity(Half meter wall) and it is very good but not totally sound proof. Farmers spreading slurry can hardly be heard and they pass between 20-30meters of the house regularly. The Triple glazed window would not make a whole lot of difference IMO. Maybe contacting a few window companies with this request might get a better response with some figures to work from.

rockabaloo

fealeranger wrote: »

Ther was mentioned in a few threads over the lasst 6-8 months. Some mentioned triple glazing will sound proof a window. From what I was reading and gathered from the posts here there was no person willing to say that it would or would not work. All I can tell you is I have the future proof Double glazed windows in my build with a really wide cavity(Half meter wall) and it is very good but not totally sound proof. Farmers spreading slurry can hardly be heard and they pass between 20-30meters of the house regularly. The Triple glazed window would not make a whole lot of difference IMO. Maybe contacting a few window companies with this request might get a better response with some figures to work from.

Did you put in a 300mm insulated cavity but then only put in double glazing windows? How come?

fealeranger

rockabaloo wrote: »

Did you put in a 300mm insulated cavity but then only put in double glazing windows? How come?

I have only one north facing window so 3G was not needed. I'm not a fan of 3G windows and the 2G windows were more than sufficient for the design. Window supplier said solar gain is maximised this way.

MicktheMan

kkelliher wrote: »

Hi All

I have a client who is having issues with barking dogs on one side of a house an a road in another. She asked me about sound proofing windows but i have not had any experience of them and wonder if anyone has any comments or experience?

If sound is passing through then so is air. An inexpensive option is to ensure that not only the windows themselves but also the window frame to wall junctions are airtight.

writhen

Google secondary glazing.

braftery

24mm or 28mm double glazing will normally have about 25db noise reduction

44mm or 52mm triple glazing will normally have 32db noise reduction

Acoustic glass packages can be made in both 2G or 3G, and have at least one of the glass panes a different thickness to the others. This disturbs the sound waves and gives a bigger noise reduction upto 48db reduction.

The limiting factor will be the existing frame profiles, if your client does not intend changing them.

However in the end, a dog barking will probably still be heard through any of the above, reduced but still audible. It will have a much better effect on the road noise as this tends to have a lower db level than dogs barking.

runawaybishop

Triple glazing where you get 3 panes spaced roughly equally apart wont kill that much noise for what it costs. Triple glazing with essentially a double-glazed unit and a 3rd pane of differing thickness to the double unit placed a few inches away is what you want to kill sounds. Can't remember where i read that, feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

Reporting the dogs so they have to wear barking collars will reduce their noise more and cheaper than any window, but that won't put money in your pocket i guess.

kkelliher

runawaybishop wrote: »

Reporting the dogs so they have to wear barking collars will reduce their noise more and cheaper than any window, but that won't put money in your pocket i guess.

Reporting to who? In the wonderful laws of Ireland the only way to sort this out is to take someone to court? A polite knock on the door of the person responsible unfortunatly does not generally get the required response of a dog collar.

runawaybishop

kkelliher wrote: »

Reporting to who? In the wonderful laws of Ireland the only way to sort this out is to take someone to court?

Not really, noise complaints can be made to the relevant authorities.

kkelliher

runawaybishop wrote: »

Not really, noise complaints can be made to the relevant authorities.

Not for dog barking, you have to take a case to district court