We live on a fairly busy road, technically 20mph but everyone does at least 30mph. There is a constant stream of traffic until fairly late in the evening and queues during morning and evening rush hours. Motorbikes go up and down late at night. No lorries or buses normally though due to narrow bridge further up.
The traffic noise is starting to make me miserable as bedrooms face onto the road.
To clarify we rent this house. New windows were fitted about 18 months ago, needed as old ones were double glazed but ancient, one was stuck shut the other stuck ajar. I was excited for a decrease in road noise but if anything I think it's worse.
The units are 28mm planitherm glass, I assume 4 - 20 - 4 which I think causes an issue with resonance as I'm pretty sure there's a build up/echo of certain frequencies. They also have trickle vents which obviously I keep shut when I'm home and want some semblance of peace but I understand this can still cause a problem.
There are gaps in the outside seal of the window and cracks inside, my husband thinks this won't make much difference to noise but I've read otherwise. My memory is lots of chiselling away of brickwork and stuff when the windows were fitted and I'm not convinced it's been sealed up properly. Could this cause more noise?
I'm considering putting in secondary glazing, we could easily have a 100mm+ gap then a different glass thickness and it may make a fair difference. But I don't want to spend the money if it won't obviously. I have no idea how windows should look from the outside once fitted so hoping someone here can tell me if this looks ok or not.
I've included 3 pictures of how the outside bottom corner is finished, it's the same on the other side and on the other front window. Then the inside of the same corner and finally underneath the outside sill. My understanding is immediately underneath the window shouldn't be sealed from drainage reasons but I'm wondering about the vertical side. The concrete there is loose and wobbles if pushed.
Thanks in advance for any wisdom!
The traffic noise is starting to make me miserable as bedrooms face onto the road.
To clarify we rent this house. New windows were fitted about 18 months ago, needed as old ones were double glazed but ancient, one was stuck shut the other stuck ajar. I was excited for a decrease in road noise but if anything I think it's worse.
The units are 28mm planitherm glass, I assume 4 - 20 - 4 which I think causes an issue with resonance as I'm pretty sure there's a build up/echo of certain frequencies. They also have trickle vents which obviously I keep shut when I'm home and want some semblance of peace but I understand this can still cause a problem.
There are gaps in the outside seal of the window and cracks inside, my husband thinks this won't make much difference to noise but I've read otherwise. My memory is lots of chiselling away of brickwork and stuff when the windows were fitted and I'm not convinced it's been sealed up properly. Could this cause more noise?
I'm considering putting in secondary glazing, we could easily have a 100mm+ gap then a different glass thickness and it may make a fair difference. But I don't want to spend the money if it won't obviously. I have no idea how windows should look from the outside once fitted so hoping someone here can tell me if this looks ok or not.
I've included 3 pictures of how the outside bottom corner is finished, it's the same on the other side and on the other front window. Then the inside of the same corner and finally underneath the outside sill. My understanding is immediately underneath the window shouldn't be sealed from drainage reasons but I'm wondering about the vertical side. The concrete there is loose and wobbles if pushed.
Thanks in advance for any wisdom!