Acoustic glass in windows but still noisy

[poppet27]

Does anyone have acoustic glass in their windows?

We recently had our aluminium 1980s windows replaced with double glazing and acoustic layer. To be honest I can't notice any difference in noise reduction. Am I being unrealistic? For example; in the upstairs bedroom, I can hear cars on the main road which is about 60 doors away, or can hear the noise of vans reversing, or the chitchat from children on their way to primary school.

As a shift worker I was hoping for a bit more of a noticeable difference. Have I been had, or should I also get wooden shutters to block noise? Thanks!

[Sue]

poppet27 Wrote:

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> Does anyone have acoustic glass in their windows?

>

> We recently had our aluminium 1980s windows

> replaced with double glazing and acoustic layer.

> To be honest I can't notice any difference in

> noise reduction. Am I being unrealistic? For

> example; in the upstairs bedroom, I can hear cars

> on the main road which is about 60 doors away, or

> can hear the noise of vans reversing, or the

> chitchat from children on their way to primary

> school.

>

> As a shift worker I was hoping for a bit more of

> a noticeable difference. Have I been had, or

> should I also get wooden shutters to block noise?

> Thanks!

I had acoustic glass put into my bedroom window to block out external noise which was keeping me awake.

I thought at first it had made a difference, but now I'm not sure. But I wonder if I haven't just got used to it. I'd need to have the single glazing back to decide, and I'm definitely not going to do that!

The room is definitely warmer than it used to be, though.

[arturo]

You could check what the acoustic rating of glazing units you had installed was (it will be a number and look something like 35dB Rw). I would expect that anything marketed as 'acoustic' should result in a noticeable reduction in noise compared to 1980's single glazing, even if not massive, so it seems that somethings not right.

Are you sure that the noise isn't coming into your home via another path, e.g. trickle vents, lightweight external walls?

[Seabag]

I think we're beyond caring now arturo

The op is onto something else, like buzzing switches , or whirring boilers, or screeching pipes

Something, but not this.