1. Wooden fence, 8 feet tall at least; 2. Mass load… to make sandwich fence; 3. Brikes fence works very well 4. More greens more helpful 5. White noice 6. Fountain 7. Living fence
@jeveuxpasdechainecal3 ай бұрын
Greens doesn't help at all.
@timmer96962 жыл бұрын
My neighbor plays his music all day almost everyday and I've built a wood fence which I'm going to put Mass loaded vinyl on it. It's 9 ft tall so I'm hoping it works. In the meantime I use an outdoor fan which is like white noise which does a good job of mitigating most of it
@seanglynn26822 жыл бұрын
Do you have an update on the fence with mlv? I’m considering this so would love to hear your thoughts.
@timmer96962 жыл бұрын
@@seanglynn2682 I'm saving up for the mlv it'll be a couple months before I do it. I'm confident from my research it'll help a lot
@TT76472 Жыл бұрын
Would love to know the answer to this as well. I’ve got 7 rolls of 4mm thick MLV from someone who over ordered. Need to build a higher fence before I attach the MLV.
@neogx148 Жыл бұрын
Any update how this came out
@timmer9696 Жыл бұрын
@@neogx148 I asked my neighbors to turn down the music and hallelujah they did! So I canceled my plan for the mlv on the fence. I guess I should have tried that first. Hope they don't creep it back up.
@plainnpretty6 ай бұрын
I have a busy road I’m trying to figure out what I can do to at least to lower the decibels Thanks
@BassLife43711 ай бұрын
Nice video. My neighbor has an pool and the pump is just under the side we slept. It makes a lot of noise. I just wondering if you tell if a wood fence would help. Thank you
@SK-vz9gb2 жыл бұрын
Neighbor's house is positioned above mine on the slope. She plays her stupid music and her stupid outdoor tv and the sound actually funnels down towards the back of my house where I like to sit in my yard and read a book and watch the birds. I'm getting more and more angry. There is something about the position of the houses that directs the sound toward the back of my house. Our municipality has a 6-foot fence ordinance. The top of a 6-foot fence would be lower than her deck where she blasts her noise. Any ideas? So far all I've come up with is to play a pink noise app on my phone but the sound still cuts through.
@jackjack4412 Жыл бұрын
How did it go when you had a conversation with her about her noise that is bothering you?
@SK-vz9gb Жыл бұрын
@@jackjack4412 she got mad and said she’s allowed to play it as loud as she wants as long as it’s within the legal hours and said if I don’t like it I can go inside.
@HarpMuse8 ай бұрын
I’m having the same problem with a neighbor. The husband works out 1-2 hours every day playing his music loud. I’ve only talked to the wife who says they can do whatever they want in their own backyard. On top of that, he drops heavy weights and my whole house shakes. I’ve seriously considered getting one of those stink bombs, but it would probably back fire on me.
@SK-vz9gb8 ай бұрын
😞@@HarpMuse
@SK-vz9gb8 ай бұрын
@@HarpMuse I’m sorry to hear that. I made a discovery - I purchased Apple noise reduction earbuds and I wear them using only the noise reduction feature, with no music. It is pretty much total silence. Works very well. Sadly, it also silences the birdsongs, but it’s better than listening to her television for 8 hours straight in my back yard.
@seanglynn26822 жыл бұрын
Great content. Thank you!! I’m conspiring building up our fence from 6 ft to 9 feet incorporating mass loaded vinyl. Would love to see if someone had done this to block road noise and how effective it is. Currently, our fence has many gaps in between the boards and does not do much to block road noise.
@laurenhorner69636 ай бұрын
Did you do it & did it help?
@roslinney42853 жыл бұрын
I have always found your videos most helpful and useful
@soundproofguide3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😉
@nissemusen2 жыл бұрын
What do I do, if its my backyard that is noisy and not from outside? Like I want to save my neighbours? Am I still looking for a sound diffuser?
@szahir2010 Жыл бұрын
If you put sound proof fense this also helps your neighbours to not listen your noices. It works both ways at once.
@evelic Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you are a conscious neighbor. My neighbors are some noisy motherfuckers that i would like to kil at night, as well as his fucking barking dog.
@er84393 жыл бұрын
How does a concrete/cinder block wall compare to a brick wall? Thanks
@billelkins5577 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think adding a fountain is a fantastic idea to help eliminate some noise my wife finds annoying.
@Hypercube9 Жыл бұрын
How does a dirt mound compare to a wood or rock wall? It would be thicker (at least at the bottom) and the angle at which sound waves hit it might direct them upwards. I don't think I can build over 6 feet where I am. So perhaps a combination raised dirt mound and them a rock wall on top?
@offthegridhealth3 жыл бұрын
What do you think about adding MLV to an existing wood fence? Unfortunately, our existing fence is 6 feet tall.
@soundproofguide3 жыл бұрын
I would definitely help. I’ve seen people do that with varying results. It all depends what type of noise you’re trying to help block.
@vz75593 жыл бұрын
Thank you for video, it's very useful. Could you please suggest me some plant types (as "living fence"). I am sure it's the best if the plant is evergreen and as dense as possible, but maybe you have experience which particular type is the best for this purpose.
@thiccestgamer36502 жыл бұрын
I’d recommend Focus nitida Carolina cherry laurel Wax leaf privet These are evergreen dense growers and live in most client zones
@MrDerekcambodia2 жыл бұрын
a natural fence be good idea..angle grinder use is my issue as my neighbor makes his income by using one to build his products..it is not consistent ,mainly daytime and on occasion I have have my headphones on..I live where noise is part of life and if I want to make noise too I also can without anyone calling the cops .in addition I don't want to stop anyone earning an income ..water fountain n natural insulation is a preferred way to go along with portability as it's not my house .thoughts please n I will subscribe ..
@Aardrijk1 Жыл бұрын
@@MrDerekcambodiaa water fountain? Does that help?
@1sanremy Жыл бұрын
FREE THICK PLASTIC SHEETS can be obtained from some FARMERS who use these hugely large batches to cover and ferment corn for feeding COWS. They change them every year, and old ones go to the trash, if you don't ask to recycle them. Here in the French Brittany countryside, I got about 200 m2 of it, and more waiting to be taken..Farmers are happy to get ride of this dirty plastic sheets. Peace & love
@zbthunderwood2 жыл бұрын
We live uphill from a busy highway and are trying to block low frequency noise, bass from car stereos and 18 wheelers specifically. We're about 100-150 feet from the road. We've installed an 8 foot wooden double board fence, which helped some. Would mlv on the fence help block bass if it's directly between us and the loud cars, or would the sound simply travel through the ground and air and still come through our living room walls?
@szahir2010 Жыл бұрын
Add foam or thermocole inside two wooden pannels and also put some foam outside the wall from where the noices are coming
@gregorykaznacheev3 жыл бұрын
What about gabion dance wall? Won’t an irregular shape of stones stuck together be better?
@victorsit22 жыл бұрын
Vinyl and wood fence, which one is more sound proof?
@RVNJАй бұрын
Anyone have recommendations as to how to block noise from a train directly in the backyard?? We have a 6ft fence but doesnt do much :/
@hippo-potamus Жыл бұрын
Than wood, would.
@brandon32114 Жыл бұрын
Watching this on my half acre back yard as a train rolls by. 🤦. We are going to do a 6 ft final fence. We removed about 8 trees on the lot because they were dead (old water oaks) and now the noise is worse. Adding a fence, a few trees on the back of the property closest to the tracks and adding an inground pool with a water feature - should all help correct? Does an inground pool soak up and block ground vibrations?
@asencyel5 ай бұрын
which seal do you recommend for wood gaps extending during cold seasons. i have used acrylic caulks before failed multiple times due to caulk lines cracking through the middle or wood surface contacts areas
@jcnalley1024 Жыл бұрын
Im doing to use the mass loaded vinyl for my fence outside. I have high pitched dogs barking at me all day. They never get to go inside, they don't get to go on walks, all they have to do all day is bark at me. I get migraines, but I feel bad for them too.
@gehasafras2 жыл бұрын
MLV plus wood fence vs brick fence no MLV, if both are eg 7 feet high, which one wins on traffic noise blocking?
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
If it’s 7 feet high then brick fence would be your way to go!
@gehasafras Жыл бұрын
MLV on fence vs Acoustiblock product on outdoor wooden fence for highway noise? Which is better?
@peacelovebutterbeer2 жыл бұрын
Are there any particular materials or fencing that would work best to lessen the noise in our backyard from a nearby gun range? Obviously know it won't completely eliminate it, but just make the sounds less jarring.
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
The fence would need to be tall and solid. The problem with the gun noise it’s so loud and echoes through the air.
@JuanGomez132 жыл бұрын
I like the fountain idea. Good stuff!
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@cwsgt28062 жыл бұрын
So having hard outdoor surfaces is what a good idea!?!? Hmm I thought like instead of fully hard surfaces perhaps gravel and or timber decks vs concrete patios would soak up any noise bouncing around
@mortenlokkegaard2 жыл бұрын
Would a wall of thick dimmed glass work as well or better than a wooden fence ? reason for asking is living in a very hot/humid place and wood will decay in no time.. and we dont have space for a brick wall
@granjitsingh3 жыл бұрын
You need the gap between the pickets because of heat/cold - expansion/contraction. Otherwise I'll crack and fall apart. Build the fence as normal with a 1/8 gap or 1/16 gap. Now by building the fence you'll have to put pickets on both sides and in-between the pickets it'll be a 2*4 gap, the same thickness for rockwool safe'n'sound to be sandwiched.
@Engineer_Heathen3 жыл бұрын
The wood will shrink as it dries quite a bit. This is why decking is installed with the boards touching, but once it dries there are gaps. Fencing is a little different though because small gaps means you could have issues with high winds. So the reason you want gaps is because of the wind.
@gypsypath12 жыл бұрын
Do you have any ideas for quieting barns? We’re trying to quiet livestock, including roosters.
@SuperAlicapone Жыл бұрын
hi thanks for all the info, my council have made a bad road causing vibration & noise as heavy lorries go by over dropped 3 big drain covers , have contacted them with no luck it wakes me up with vibrations all early hours 1am to 5am ,can i use instead of the wooden fences make a fence with concrete gravel boards, or is the wooden fences better ? i think the law is only 6ft fence please can you advise me
@franszypula2493 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful info. Thank you
@jet31432 жыл бұрын
My neighbor runs his AC almost year around. Even in winter. It sits about 20 feet from my patio. It's annoying as hell on a 75F day to hear this thing running. I can even hear it in my dining room just inside the patio door. I can go six feet nigh by city ordinance w/o a permitor apply for a variance to go 8 feet and get a permit. What material would be best?
@gaasyendietha50703 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Intrepid-ty1mg Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Good scaleable solutions for the budget-minded… I.e., me.
@nityafeel48612 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
It's me that thank's you for watching and leaving a comment. :)
@dodoitdave13462 жыл бұрын
Got a 160 feet - 6 feet fence wall owned by the county. Would a corrugated metal fence up to 8 feet tall help? Should the MLV still be on the wood fence or the metal fence? We have trees planted 7 feet away that will fill it up in the next 6-7 years.
@claudiascavella1628 Жыл бұрын
Thanks your info had helped.
@soundproofguide Жыл бұрын
Thanks Claudia! Happy to hear that!
@soaringsavage2 жыл бұрын
Fountain is a good idea
@jayneobrien45552 жыл бұрын
Our neighbor has a 20' high gazebo with built in speakers. Fence divides yard along with our hemlocks but music, loud I might add, permeates through and over the bushes. Friendly conversations go nowhere. Suggestions??
@SK-vz9gb2 жыл бұрын
No suggestions but I understand your pain.
@ajarms86Ай бұрын
'Living fence'....you mean a hedge? 😅
@robynmay4385 Жыл бұрын
Good sensible content. Thank you.
@staceys18702 жыл бұрын
Very informative! Could I attach the mass vinyl to my chain link link fence that has bougainvillea growing on one side? I know they have sharp thorns though. I just need a quick fix for an upcoming wedding, and I live on an extremely busy highway. Thank you!
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
It would certainly help but usually chain link fences are only 4 ft and to really block sound you’d have to double that. Or at least have 6 feet of fencing with MLV.
@gehasafras Жыл бұрын
You mention MLV on wood fence would be ugly, but MLV can be painted I thought?
@jahanxebali69712 жыл бұрын
Give me any to control noise ... my place stuck in generator or exhaust fans and it is very busy place of my institue
@johngibson7693 Жыл бұрын
good advice thanks
@fitmetedit4292 Жыл бұрын
Hi, our neighbours have a very loud electric pomp for heating their home and water, facing our building. Our house is a bit weird, very long shaped so there is no escaping for the noise as their house is right next to ours and inbetween they have stones as pavement. Distance is about 4 meters and right across this noisy machine (above 50 decibel sometimes) we have our bedroom. We isolated and filled the window with glass wool but it comes through the wall. Can someone please help us with any tips as we did not sleep a proper night since december and we have 2 small children and full time jobs and we’re just not sharp anymore. Thank you❤
@Grappaistria Жыл бұрын
Hi, what I would do is; to have two types of noise reduction for the ears. One, rubbery small and one over the ears biger one, ( like they use in construction areas). I usually put them on vhen my wife gets up , You need to pillows to accommodates the bulky head phone.2 pillows.... Good luck.
@mafa660 Жыл бұрын
I like this guy 😁
@justinw7323 Жыл бұрын
The white noise wont work in our neighborhood because we live in an area where houses are on top of eachother. I mean ten feet away or attatched.
@tessjones59873 жыл бұрын
Thanks .,
@weaponx6473 Жыл бұрын
sir i have been living near a highway for 17 years now.. help
@pamelaferry9039 Жыл бұрын
Great content TY!
@williamvigil29512 жыл бұрын
But what if I wanna put a shooting range in my back yard
@soundproofguide2 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@og9839 Жыл бұрын
Paint MlV to match fence color???
@soundproofguide Жыл бұрын
You definitely can!
@justinw73232 жыл бұрын
Roofers and road workers have been a pain in my ass ever since the virus started they don't care about your sanity.
@neno565273 жыл бұрын
My house is 8 feet below the street , it means my fwnce has to be 20 feet 😱
@PNWLiving1725 Жыл бұрын
I need to shield my loud sound from my neighbors master bedroom that is 10 feet from my deck
@Viagra_risk_PERMANENT_insomnia3 жыл бұрын
Buy an electic lawn mower.
@mulliganstew722 жыл бұрын
LOL get back at those leaf blowing kids in the dead of winter at 8 AM’! It’s iron maiden night every night in my home! \m/!!!
@frlouiegoad4087 Жыл бұрын
Homes around me are NOW Mexican! 24/7 Boom-Boom POP BS! I have spent $100's! I can not go outside! it is only 2 guys! all others are quiet. It only takes one!
@laurenhorner69636 ай бұрын
Has anyone actually done the MLV on the fence? I don’t care at all how it looks, I just want to cut down on the screaming coming from the “business” (daycare) my idiot neighbor has in the backyard.
@soundproofguide6 ай бұрын
Yes! It works well BUT it should start from the ground to 8’ high for best results. It only works “ok” with a 6’ fence.
@laurenhorner69636 ай бұрын
@@soundproofguide Our fence is 8' tall so that's what we'll be doing. Sandwiching it isn't an option so we were thinking we'd make a sort of frame to reinforce it against the fence instead.
@DissonantSynth3 жыл бұрын
I thought the title read " *seducing* " instead of "reducing" 🤦♂️