"dude-guy" wrote in message
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Hi,
I desperately need an opinion from someone with a good understanding
of materials or noise reduction in general.
I live close to a church and the church bell makes extreme loud noise.
The noise is really loud, going through my windows. I want to put an
extra layer of window - obviously it should be transparent. Should
this extra layer be real "window glass" or polymeric/plastic "PMMA"?
Which transparent material reduces "church bell" sound waves the most?
I was told these guys make something that can reduce noise:
http://www.altuglas.com
Which frequencies do I need to reduce (freq. of sound from church
bell)?
How about optimal layer thickness of the transparent material?
Hope somebody is clever enough to help me find the best solution...
Have you found this web page ?
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/cbd/cbd240_e.html
Basically, you want to add a secondary glazing layer with a wide gap between
the existing glass and the new glass. If you have different thicknesses of
glass for each layer you can increase the sound deadening effect. The amount
of noise insulation will depend on your window frame material as well. Wood
is good, thin metal is worse, it is possible to add sound deadening fillings
to hollow frames.
Using laminated glass can provide increased noise insulation compared to
plain glass.