Soundproofing Secrets for Your Home

Sound needs air to make it from the source of the sound to your ears so airtight windows will block out most sounds.
Soundproofing Secrets for Your Home
This is what typical interior wall construction looks like. Once the next sheet of drywall is added, the wall is not much different from a bass drum you'd see in a marching band! Tim Carter/Tribune Content Agency/TNS
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Is your home noisy? Do you wish you didn’t hear things going on in other parts of your house? How about exterior noise? Do you hear sirens, motorcycles, cars, trucks, etc., even when your doors and windows are closed? Believe it or not, there’s quite a bit you can do with an existing home to make it quiet. You can make a new home ultra quiet with attention to many details.

I have a few stories to share that will convince you it’s possible to have a quiet house. About 40 years ago, my insurance agent hired me to install replacement windows in his stately brick home. His house was a stone’s throw from a very busy main artery that connected downtown Cincinnati to the posh neighborhood of Hyde Park. Suffice it to say, there was considerable road noise.

Tim Carter
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Tim Carter is the founder of AsktheBuilder.com. He's an amateur radio operator and enjoys sending Morse code sitting at an actual telegrapher's desk. Carter lives in central New Hampshire with his wife, Kathy, and their dog, Willow. Subscribe to his FREE newsletter at AsktheBuilder.com. He now does livestreaming video M-F at 4 PM Eastern Time at youtube.com/askthebuilder. (C)2022 Tim Carter. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.