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Soundproof bedroom air vent

  • 10-11-2015 6:46pm
    #1
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭


    Just bought a house that was renovated recently. It's fantastically insulated and ventilated. Only issue is that the vent in the bedroom is on the windy side of the house and so leaves in a lot of noise.

    I don't want to block the vent but I was thinking about inserting some acoustic foam to act as a baffle. Has anyone done this successfully or have a more elegant solution?


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  • #2
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    A cowl on the outside should probably help.

    I've never done it so that's only an opinion!!


  • #3
    west79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭west79


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Just bought a house that was renovated recently. It's fantastically insulated and ventilated. Only issue is that the vent in the bedroom is on the windy side of the house and so leaves in a lot of noise.

    I don't want to block the vent but I was thinking about inserting some acoustic foam to act as a baffle. Has anyone done this successfully or have a more elegant solution?

    Partel.ie will sort you out with the correct vent


  • #4
    Murphy14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Murphy14


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Just bought a house that was renovated recently. It's fantastically insulated and ventilated. Only issue is that the vent in the bedroom is on the windy side of the house and so leaves in a lot of noise.

    I don't want to block the vent but I was thinking about inserting some acoustic foam to act as a baffle. Has anyone done this successfully or have a more elegant solution?

    You can install an acoustic wall vent will still give you required levels of ventilation while also taking care of noise issues


  • #5
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Is it much of a job to swap one vent for another?


  • #6
    Murphy14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Murphy14


    Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »
    Is it much of a job to swap one vent for another?

    If the diameter/size of existing ope is the same should be straight forward however if you have to increase the size of ope it's a bigger task best getting a core bit (from hire centre) to increase the size to suit


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  • #7
    Binky Bricktop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭Binky Bricktop


    Hi all, just looking for an update on this. Did you get an acoustic vent? Did it work, was the noise reduced?

    We are looking to get an acoustic vent for our front room and don't have a clue where to get one - any help much appreciated.


  • #8
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Binky Bricktop wrote: »
    Hi all, just looking for an update on this. Did you get an acoustic vent? Did it work, was the noise reduced?

    We are looking to get an acoustic vent for our front room and don't have a clue where to get one - any help much appreciated.

    'ventilation attenuator'


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