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SOUNDPROOFINGSHOP.COM- Soundproofing Products for Walls, Floors, Ceilings, Music Studios, Schools and Offices
If you have ever experienced uncontrolled or unwanted sound in your home, recording studio, school or work place then you will know how annoying it can be and the need for such places to have soundproofing in place. Apart from getting on your nerves, noises can lead to serious health hazard (cause damage to your ear drum), especially sounds with high-frequency and high-intensity. This is as a result of the force and number of sound waves transmitted by such sounds. Even the slightest adjustment to the level of decibel (used in measuring sound level) can significantly affect the sound you hear.
Most of us find ourselves living in noisy environments and more often than not, we find it very frustrating living in such environments. Consequently, this has prompted so many into looking for ways to avoid the noise. The big question therefore is, how can you control the sound you hear? As pretty straightforward as this question may seem, it has however posed a big challenge to many over the years. One reason it is so is that there are so many alternative products to pick from on the internet when it comes to soundproofing products. But the good news is, we found the perfect solution in SOUNDPROOFINGSHOP.COM soundproofing products.
EXAMPLE OF DECIBELS
DECIBEL |
SOUND |
EXAMPLE |
10 |
Almost inaudible |
A leaf falling |
20 |
Audible |
Rustles of autumnal leaves |
30 |
Very quiet |
Whispering |
40 |
Living room, quiet classroom |
|
50 |
Limited sound |
Refrigerator working, car driving past |
55 |
Percolating coffee-maker |
|
60 |
Audible |
Sound of human voice, machinery |
70 |
Irritating |
Television set on loud, vacuum cleaner, several people on the telephone |
75 |
Constant sound |
Busy restaurant around lunchtime |
80 |
Unpleasant |
Alarm clock, freight traffic, doorbell |
85 |
Loud |
Sawing, mixer |
90 |
Extremely unpleasant |
Truck close by, screaming, yelling, shouting |
95 |
Noisy |
Drill, violin |
100 |
Extremely unpleasant |
Machine in a factory, compressor, fighter jet at 300 m |
105 |
Even louder |
Helicopter close by, large drum |
110 |
Extremely loud |
Rock concert, chainsaw |
120 |
Human voice at its loudest, police siren |
|
130 |
Thunder |
|
140 |
Pain threshold |
First Monday of the month siren from close by |
150 |
Permanent damage to hearing |
Fireworks |
160 |
Shooting with pistol or rifle |
|
170 |
Avalanche firework |
|
180 |
Rocket launch platform |
|
194 |
Saturn rocket |
One of the many Building Regulations requirements when developing residential properties is to achieve a certain standard of sound insulation performance between dwellings.
The specific performance requirements for new builds and conversions are set within Approved Document E (2003 Edition) and are summarised in the following tables.
New Builds |
|
Airborne Sound Insulation (DnT,w + Ctr) |
≥ 45 dB |
Impact Sound Insulation (L’nT,W) for floors only |
≤ 62 dB |
Conversions |
|
Airborne Sound Insulation (DnT,w + Ctr) |
≥ 43 dB |
Impact Sound Insulation (L’nT,W) for floors only |
≤ 64 dB |
The whole purpose of the new regulation is to provide adequate sound insulation between neighbouring properties when converting a single dwelling property into one or more separate dwellings.
Now, the impact insulation performance values shown only apply to party floors and related to the effectiveness of the floor construction in absorbing shock, hence not transmitting footfall noise. The measurement is done by using a tapping machine which has 5 weights tapping in regular succession on the tested floor. The noise levels in the room below are then measured and averaged for different tapper positions, giving the sound reduction rating of the floor. So, in this case, the lower the figure, the better the performance.