Soundproofing Windows Exist and They’re Amazing

Ever wonder why you can hear every truck, car, semi, voice and any other noises coming into your home while you are trying to get some quality quiet time. It’s not always about location, location, location, as realtors would lead you to believe. Noise is everywhere whether you live in a big city or a small suburb. Talk about forward expansion, every community I know of in Denver is growing faster than corn which means just as much noise pollution is getting into your home as there is traffic doubling on the road. I don’t know about you, but silence is very underrated. It’s sometimes nice just to sit at my table for breakfast and meditate in the quiet. It’s becoming harder and harder to find a space where you can think and find the silence. In my opinion your home should be one of those places. If it’s not a sanctuary away from all the noise there is a serious problem. Every house I’ve lived in my entire life has been flooded with sounds from the highway or road outside. It’s like people are up 24/7 even though I am not.

So exactly what does it take to get some peace and quiet with the house you’re in without having to move? It might have something to do with the windows in your home. Existing windows that have air gaps open your home to a slur of sound waves.

And Soundproofing a room won’t make a difference for the entire house. Sound transmissions from outside can go through the tiniest gaps in windows and permeate the into your home. This kind of noise is enough to make anyone go crazy over a prolonged amount of time. No residential window blocks all sound, all the time. “Soundproof” is shorthand for noise reduction windows that block up to 90% to 95% of noise coming through windows.

What most people might not know is that sounds with low frequencies, like garbage trucks grinding trash, are harder to block than sounds with higher frequencies, like birds chirping. The acoustics industry makes soundproof window shopping easier by rating the sound-stopping quality of windows on a sound transmission class (STC) scale; the higher the number, the more a window inhibits sound. Your basic, single-pane window has an average STC rating of 27; a dual pane window has an average STC rating of 28. Soundproof windows, however, have STC ratings of at least 45, and some climb to the mid-50s, which block as much as 95% of noise. You don’t have to grow increasingly aggravated by the noise on a daily basis there are a few solutions you can try on your own that might help reduce the sound if it is coming through the windows.

How do Windows Block Sound?

To reduce sound, you must create a barrier between the sound and ear that captures the sound. Homes do that with walls, roofs, and windows that block sound waves from entering.

To increase a window’s ability to block sound and increase its STC rating, the window manufacturer must:

 

• Add mass (make the glass thicker)

• Double strength here at Conservation Construction

• Add air space (increase the distance between window panes).

• Conservation Construction provides exclusive Elite Spacers with revolutionary white thermoset silicone structural foam space which provides noise reduction.

• Use laminated glass, a glass-plastic-glass sandwich that further reduces noise transmission.

• Conservation Glass (which is exclusive to Conservation Construction) provides Double Strength Low Emissivity glass which is coated with a microscopic, 3 layer patented Low-E Formula.

 

At Conservation Construction our Conservation windows could reduce the noise in your home. You won’t have to use soundproofing techniques or spend hours prepping your windows. At Conservation Construction our windows already come with sound blocking glass which is not only crystal clear but energy efficient as well. We also customize all our windows to fit to your home’s specifications which means a tight seal which will stop sound in its tracks. Conservation Construction Lifetime Warranty coupled with Screen and Glass Breakage is standard on all Conservation windows and patio doors.

So you hear that noise now? Neither do I. If it was your two next door neighbors having a fight again you won’t even know that it was going on with our windows. Huh? Is what you could be saying when you hear your neighbors outside having an argument. Fix this but something like this.

 

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