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Apartment Noise Reduction
I just moved into a new apartment. The street that my bedroom window faces is very loud at night. On top of that, the wall that faces that street is also pretty thin, so it's tough to get a good night's rest.
I've heard about noise reduction curtains and even wall padding, but I have no experience in that stuff. Anybody have any suggestions on curtains, padding, wallpaper, brands...etc? Any help would be much appreciated! Edit: Looking for something other than ear plugs. Sometimes it's hard to sleep with those things jammed in your ears and hearing my alarm in the morning is also a problem...
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 "I still go through it in my head," Nowitzki said. "One of my last nights in Germany [last month], I was trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I was thinking about the free throw I missed [late in Game 3], about different situations that happened in that series. I'll never forget it. It's going to stay in my mind until we win it all." Last edited by ty; 08-18-2008 at 06:33 PM. |
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If you're just wanting it quieter while you sleep, it might be easier to just establish a loud, consistent noise in your room whilte you sleep. Some people need it completely quiet when they sleep, but I prefer something loud like a box fan going full blast. If you can sleep with something like that it's actually better than complete silence because it will drown out sudden noises, which is what tends to wake you up.
I got nothing on actual noise reduction.
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Fans work wonders if you can tolerate them. White noise machines if you can't. Otherwise, I have no idea.
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I definitely agree with you guys, but I think ty wants it to be quiet.
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Great ideas, thanks...I was also hoping for something that I could just go out and buy at a store or something.
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"I still go through it in my head," Nowitzki said. "One of my last nights in Germany [last month], I was trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I was thinking about the free throw I missed [late in Game 3], about different situations that happened in that series. I'll never forget it. It's going to stay in my mind until we win it all." |
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noise reduction drapes for the window and egg crates on the wall. You can do several things to hide the crates.... I once just used plywood in front of it, textured and painted. worked great.
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Hmmmmmmmmmm. My noisy neighbor's TV may have just met its match! (My lawyer says it's illegal to go beat the tar out of the TV
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I have a BS in Audio Engineering Technology, and we actually did an experiment in class with the egg crate stuff and a reference mic, and it made very little difference. If anything, the plywood in front made more of a difference, depending on how it was attached to the wall. When sound hits a wall, the whole thing vibrates very minutely, but the vibrations can be transferred through the studs and onto your drywall. Its like a very big drum head. The absolute best solution, although probably not possible in an apartment, is to build a room within a room with staggered studs (http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messa...9/288346.html). You can fill the space between with fiberglass insulation, but plain air is actually a pretty good insulator.
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I dealt with this in college.
The answer was vodka. Cheap vodka.
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If you want it quiet, there are only two choices. 1) poke out your ear drums or 2) get out of the loud apartment.
If you just want to survive it, then fans, noise machines, drapes, vodka and other things are good options. eggcrates not so much since apartments are already small and subtracting 3 inches from every wall isn't attractive. |
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Who said anything about egg crate foam? I was referring to the egg crates you get when you buy eggs. Not the cheap styrofoam ones.... the ones like you get at Tom Thumb.
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I love egg crates.
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forget egg crates and egg crate foam. Go with eggs. Real eggs. After a week, the smell will be so bad, you'll forget all about the noise.
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This thread sucks =/
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"I still go through it in my head," Nowitzki said. "One of my last nights in Germany [last month], I was trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I was thinking about the free throw I missed [late in Game 3], about different situations that happened in that series. I'll never forget it. It's going to stay in my mind until we win it all." |
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I second the fan idea. Works very well for drowning out both my roommate's sometimes annoying music as well as the constant ringing in my left ear.
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yeah man, i bought me a little 10 dollar honeywell turbine fan from target, it is loud and it gets me to sleep in no time. do it. Eventually you will just hear the fan...
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When I was little my bedtime was 8:30, so I always watched the Simpsons on Sunday night at 8:00. To this day when the Simpsons come on I feel drowzy.
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Though there are noise reduction windows available ( 3 layers glass ), most renters will avoid them for $$$-reasons. When it´s just one-layer glass currently, this is the main noise-factor. There, of course, are ways to stuff out the room to get it quiet, but this is nearly not possible with a medium budget. And you are not the owner, right. Maybe your renter is a gentle man. Try talking with him about your probs. 
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Is this a new thing we are doing? I'm not going to pretend like I don't enjoy it. Its like in middle school when you finally get to be a part of an inside joke with the cool kids. Even if they are laughing at you..........
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My advice..........move away from the area. Move to where your closest neighbor is nearly a mile away. That is what I did, and I love it.
Of course fuel prices are killing me right now driving to work.
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Only speaking for myself, I just posted a pic of a monkey to represent the "monkey" part of your name. No inside joke at all.
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The inside joke is that there's no inside joke at all?
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not when i'm like hanging out. But if i get in bed and try to go to sleep...the fan definitely helps me fall asleep. |
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yeah, just make sure that when you say cool kids..you make it clear that you are NOT referring to sike or myself....especially sike... in fact...dammit sike |
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MavsX again.
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I'm quite certain David was not referring to MavsX when he said "cool kids".
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Question re: cussing
Question re: cussing : Sike / MavsX : I found a noise protection for you
OK, edited prophylactically
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ouch.
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Sheesh.
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"I still go through it in my head," Nowitzki said. "One of my last nights in Germany [last month], I was trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I was thinking about the free throw I missed [late in Game 3], about different situations that happened in that series. I'll never forget it. It's going to stay in my mind until we win it all." |
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wow. ty, I suddenly find myself hoping that this thread is not resolving any of your issues.
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only took 32 posts to get from Ty's question to a picture of a buttplug.
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My fault...Sorry
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"I still go through it in my head," Nowitzki said. "One of my last nights in Germany [last month], I was trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I was thinking about the free throw I missed [late in Game 3], about different situations that happened in that series. I'll never forget it. It's going to stay in my mind until we win it all." |
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