The chirruping songs of birds and
bees may no longer greet you in the
mornings. Rather eeching brakes and noisy horns a-e probably assailing your
eardrums. Vehicles that give off harmful emissions, rule the roads polluting
the air near your dwelling place. You may be seated in your comfortable hying
room yet the level of noise could make you think your room is actually a busy
road. As commercial zones have now come up in residential areas, busy traffic
characterizes the hitherto quiet roads. It remains to be seen how this factor
of noise pollution can be dealt with.
If windows that face busy roads are
always kept closed it is necessary to consider the different types of
insulation to use.
Rubber felts and gaskets usually
are fitted around the glass in the window. A good beading such as that of a car
will keep out noise as well as the vibrations. If a window is not properly
fitted, the noise and vibration of moving vehicles is sensed inside. Should
your patio overlook a busy street there is not much point having French windows
opening on to it. It would be wiser to have artificial ventilation as fresh air
cannot be obtained here.
According to an architect, EPDM
gaskets fit snugly and are light and thin. The usual rubber gaskets have the
disadvantage of being heavy and become hard losing their elasticity and
cracking in a single summer.
Polymer is a material with zero
sound and vibration being the best choice. However as it is costly, it is not
very popular. You can have either wooden, aluminium, steel or polymer frames
for the windows. The most sought after material lately is aluminium. If
aluminium is of good quality it will shut out the noise somewhat. The lower
quality one that is not machine made may be unsuitable for fitting and could
have gaps through which noise may seep in. If sliding windows with aluminium
frames are used they may leave gaps when it is not well structured. No gasket
will be effective in that case.
You may have either sliding or
casement type of windows. Casement windows fit better and shut out most of the
noise and vibration. Its insulation too is effective.
Recently double glasses with a
thin laminating film have become available that shut out the noise totally. It
is possible to obtain these laminated double glasses off the shelf in regular
sizes but the fitting is important. In case of a bad fitting the purpose may be
defeated completely.
The effectiveness of the
insulation depends largely on the type of window frame and beading used but in
order to have effective insulation one must go for double glass window glazing.
In this the gap between two pieces of glass is filled with a vacuum which stops
noise traveling from the outer layer to the inner one. If there is air in the
gap the noise will travel through the medium making double glass useless.
Rough surface exterior walls are
important if the house faces a glass building. As glass reflects sound it will
be increased in a noisy area. The exterior walls should be rough to remove the
noise.
It is best to choose heavy
curtains, upholstered furniture, carpets, wall paper and textured paints to
diffuse the noise. Cloth absorbs noise and rough surfaces diffuse it. One could
plant trees, and hedges along the road to absorb the noise.
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