Stopping vibration in house from traffic.

BrokenArrows

My house is near a road where double decker buses pass.
There is about 8 meters from the road to the front door with the footpath and my driveway in between.

The buses and other large vehicles cause some vibration in the house which is pretty annoying and has gotten bit worse recently.

The road authority has basically told me where to go.

Is there anything DIY i can do to help with this?

Currently the driveway is just paving slabs with a layer of compacted sand underneath.
The soil underneath that is most likely of a clayish type.

listermint

Without being funny


Move.



There is nothing whatsoever you can do to contain this that would be anyway cost effective.

I would think that there is very little you could do construction wise to reduce the vibration. Digging a trench between you and the road and filling it with sand/ gravel may be an interesting project, but it probably wouldn't work.
Petitioning to lower the speed limit on that section of road maybe?

I wonder what would happen if you could theoretically build a moat around your entire house.

Lumen

Google: anti vibration trench

It's a thing, apparently.

Maybe a trench with a hard barrier on the road side and filler e.g. polystyrene beads on the house side would reflect and disrupt vibrations.

But I assume there will be important services running through that zone, so maybe not practical.

BrokenArrows

listermint wrote: »

Without being funny


Move.



There is nothing whatsoever you can do to contain this that would be anyway cost effective.

Ya we will be moving in a year or so. Just looking for a temporary thing that can help.

Czhornet

The resonance from the traffic is travelling through the air, maybe a noise barrier like those seen on a motorway would help, like some garden fencing panels
http://www.abwood.ie/product-category/fence-panels

BrokenArrows

Lumen wrote: »

Google: anti vibration trench

It's a thing, apparently.

Maybe a trench with a hard barrier on the road side and filler e.g. polystyrene beads on the house side would reflect and disrupt vibrations.

But I assume there will be important services running through that zone, so maybe not practical.

Ya ive research a vibration trench but filling a hole with concrete is very expensive.

Currently the driveway is contacting the house. I wonder if i dig down about 50 cm deep and 20 cm wide along the front of the house, it might prevent some of the vibrations from reaching the house. I could them fill this with some loose aggregate I guess it depends on how much of the vibrations are coming along the surface vs deep under the surface and vibrating the house via the foundations.

listermint

If your moving within the year , keep your money in your pocket and just buy earplugs. (seriously)