with noise its down to business or pleasureOdd one. I'm getting ready to start construction of a new workshop. We went with oak in the end - larch cladding over a membrane and we'll be adding insulation in the future (kingspan or rockwool behind OSB panels). The roof will be man made slate over membrane and the doors are uninsulated oak and there's no windows.
From the closest wall of the workshop the nearest neighbour's garden boundary is 26m and the distance to the closest point of their house is 32m. Its a new property we've just bought and I don't want to p*** anyone off. Its a pair of old semi-detached houses in the middle of nowhere, so just one neighbour.
I'm trying to get a feel for how much noise will reach them through the larch clad walls and whether I need to insulate straight away and perhaps include some thought to sound insulation. Cost is the issue - we can't really run to insulation in year 1.
So I'd like to be in there - welding away, with regular grinder use, air tools and a compressor with music in the background. But I have no earthly idea how far noise travels.
I tried the scientific approach - an angle grinder makes 123DB cutting the hardest steel at about 10cm/0.1m. Plugging that into a calculator says it would loud but not ear splitting at about 74/73db at 26/32m. That assumes open air - obviously I'll be inside a big wooden workshop and there's a hedge between us.
So thought I'd ask to see if anyone had any real-world examples - like my workshop is 40m from the house and you can't hear a thing.
grinder, tablesaw, planner all outside the garage and you have a noise problemOdd one. I'm getting ready to start construction of a new workshop. We went with oak in the end - larch cladding over a membrane and we'll be adding insulation in the future (kingspan or rockwool behind OSB panels). The roof will be man made slate over membrane and the doors are uninsulated oak and there's no windows.
From the closest wall of the workshop the nearest neighbour's garden boundary is 26m and the distance to the closest point of their house is 32m. Its a new property we've just bought and I don't want to p*** anyone off. Its a pair of old semi-detached houses in the middle of nowhere, so just one neighbour.
I'm trying to get a feel for how much noise will reach them through the larch clad walls and whether I need to insulate straight away and perhaps include some thought to sound insulation. Cost is the issue - we can't really run to insulation in year 1.
So I'd like to be in there - welding away, with regular grinder use, air tools and a compressor with music in the background. But I have no earthly idea how far noise travels.
I tried the scientific approach - an angle grinder makes 123DB cutting the hardest steel at about 10cm/0.1m. Plugging that into a calculator says it would loud but not ear splitting at about 74/73db at 26/32m. That assumes open air - obviously I'll be inside a big wooden workshop and there's a hedge between us.
So thought I'd ask to see if anyone had any real-world examples - like my workshop is 40m from the house and you can't hear a thing.
give you chance to cut the lawn before it warms upIf you try your best to let neighbours know your going to be making a din then I think that’s fair but not before 9am on a weekend as some people have only one day off a week and it might fall on that day your on
Granted it’s 8am but we all need to be nice to each other, shame it’s more one sided
Same here, it’s why I live in a detached place nowgive you chance to cut the lawn before it warms up
call me a **** but ive had years of screaming kids and dogs barking at all hours...my lawn gets done at 8:01
I got sweet revenge back on minegive you chance to cut the lawn before it warms up
call me a **** but ive had years of screaming kids and dogs barking at all hours...my lawn gets done at 8:01
You didn't train her very well, did you?if it was my mum next door to you, phone would be on speed dial for an instant call to council when she heard you plug the grinder in . . . she's also got a sound meter ready to record readings to present to the environmental health person . . .
...with the muffler removed...give you chance to cut the lawn before it warms up
call me a **** but ive had years of screaming kids and dogs barking at all hours...my lawn gets done at 8:01
BS 4142
We do the standard stuff, but to make the situation watertight we also involve any sensitive receptorsOne of my subordinates gained the nickname Plus 5 - due to the continuous background whine emanating from him.
ETA: He wasn't responsible for doing the boundary noise surveys so didn't understand the reference. Which of course made it even more amusing.
yep Ive an adjustable speed Makita grinder , running on low speed with a flap disc its like a welrod ... silent but deadly ,,, no wonder van doors open up like sardine tins.I have had to do a few grinding jobs on my driveway as I have no room in the garage at the minute.
When Im grinding to just clean up steel for welding, I put my grinder on its lowest speed (milwaukee battery grinder) and that reduces the noise quiet a bit.
Im only hobbyist and try not to run the grinder or compressor much.
Even the type of "Noise"....Someone playing music (even using a good Hi-Fi)
if it's not your type of music, or all the time 24/7, can all be construed as "Noise".
"He plays Bach all day long, and I only like rock".