Hello everyone,
The bedroom in our (private) rental flat has a glass sliding door facing a street and a pub. It can be loud but the worst thing is the bass frequency/engine revving noise coming from somewhere in the evening, which can last all night. It's not a loud sound but it does sound like a construction lorry parked in the distance with the engine running, which drives me ever so slightly nuts. It also seems to be highly directional - I can't hear it from adjacent rooms facing the same way and only from one side of the street when I come downstairs. Although I've discussed this with the pub, which is the likely culprit, they do not seem particularly cooperative and from what I could gather from them, the cause could be some kind of an exhaust or refrigeration system (there is a constantly operating vent/fan on the side of the building), which of course they won't admit to or tackle. The council has been proven to be utterly useless despite complaints from me and at least one other person on the street.
Anyway...to try to deal with this on my end, I spent an afternoon plugging all the gaps in the sliding glass door with every kind of insulating strip I could find but unfortunately this only reduced the noise a little (mostly the higher frequency noise like cars whizzing by) and not the base/engine noise, which annoys me the most. There are wooden blinds and light blocking curtains but they aren't helping much. Earplugs haven't helped either (I still hear the bass) and I find them uncomfortable after multiple tries. The noise isn't constant (it starts and stops), so having background noise like that from an air purifier/humidifier isn't helping as much as I'd like either and frankly I hate having constant humming background noise when I sleep. Is there anything else I could do with my limited DIY skills? Having done a lot of research I'm a bit despondent as it seems that bass frequencies will only be significantly reduced by some serious building work (which I cannot and am not permitted to do anyway). The other options like heavy curtains, acoustic foam, etc. do not seem to work for bass frequencies. I even looked into acoustic construction barriers to create a "window plug" such as: https://www.echobarrier.co.uk but they do not seem to be available to individuals. We can't sleep in any other room and we can't move out at this time. So...any other suggestions would be welcome from those who have dealt with something similar.
The bedroom in our (private) rental flat has a glass sliding door facing a street and a pub. It can be loud but the worst thing is the bass frequency/engine revving noise coming from somewhere in the evening, which can last all night. It's not a loud sound but it does sound like a construction lorry parked in the distance with the engine running, which drives me ever so slightly nuts. It also seems to be highly directional - I can't hear it from adjacent rooms facing the same way and only from one side of the street when I come downstairs. Although I've discussed this with the pub, which is the likely culprit, they do not seem particularly cooperative and from what I could gather from them, the cause could be some kind of an exhaust or refrigeration system (there is a constantly operating vent/fan on the side of the building), which of course they won't admit to or tackle. The council has been proven to be utterly useless despite complaints from me and at least one other person on the street.
Anyway...to try to deal with this on my end, I spent an afternoon plugging all the gaps in the sliding glass door with every kind of insulating strip I could find but unfortunately this only reduced the noise a little (mostly the higher frequency noise like cars whizzing by) and not the base/engine noise, which annoys me the most. There are wooden blinds and light blocking curtains but they aren't helping much. Earplugs haven't helped either (I still hear the bass) and I find them uncomfortable after multiple tries. The noise isn't constant (it starts and stops), so having background noise like that from an air purifier/humidifier isn't helping as much as I'd like either and frankly I hate having constant humming background noise when I sleep. Is there anything else I could do with my limited DIY skills? Having done a lot of research I'm a bit despondent as it seems that bass frequencies will only be significantly reduced by some serious building work (which I cannot and am not permitted to do anyway). The other options like heavy curtains, acoustic foam, etc. do not seem to work for bass frequencies. I even looked into acoustic construction barriers to create a "window plug" such as: https://www.echobarrier.co.uk but they do not seem to be available to individuals. We can't sleep in any other room and we can't move out at this time. So...any other suggestions would be welcome from those who have dealt with something similar.
