Soundproofing

I live across the street from an incredibly loud gas station and I've been experimenting with soundproofing.
I've tried mass loaded vinyl sandwiched in-between two layers of drywall and so far it cannot block off enough sound.
I was thinking of bricking off the window, but won't that lower the value of the house?
I cannot build a soundproof fence because the city won't let me
What do I do?

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  1. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    What kind of window do you have? There's a huge difference between an old punctured one and new double or triple glazed ones.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Single pane
      Won't truck engines idling and revving up and honking get through double paned and glazed windows though?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        >single pane windows
        >across from a loud gas station
        >and trucks drive by that honk and rev
        Just move dude. It'll be easier.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Currently there is is mass loaded vinyl and two layers of 5/8 drywall over the window and it's practically making no difference

  2. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    I've found mineral wool insulation to be pretty good for sound proofing, it's kind of expensive though

  3. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Why did you buy a house across from a truck stop?
    Replace the window with a newer triple pane argon filled super deluxe one. Buy some earplugs or noise cancelling headphones. Burn the house down and use the insurance to move.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Never live next to a playground, school, store, parking lot, a tunnel where hooligans hang out ect.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      My mom made me cause I was homeless
      I convinced her to try and sell it
      Who would want to move here though?

      Gonna try the deluxe window. Already put in some MLV and new drywall and use earplugs and it's a lot more quiet. Am putting bookshelves along the wall and turning on a fan and putting it up against the wall as well right now

  4. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Play white noise through speakers loud enough to drown out the outdoor noises.

  5. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Hedges. Check your local laws, but hedges are frequently unrestricted

  6. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    It's your windows, dummy. Also sell the damn house before the market crashes.

    >I cannot build a soundproof fence because the city won't let me
    I actually successfully beat my mom's town council into changing a rule like that, they had a fencing code that they did not enforce for two council members and one former mayor. I told her she should spread her sob story about not being allowed to have a privacy fence but noticing that the council members were able to break the rule just fine. The retirees ran with the story, it spread like wildfire, old people love pointing out hypocrisy. Then I went to a town council meeting with my mom and put code enforcement on the spot in front of everyone. They said they'd cite the councilmen and former mayor but instead they quietly struck the rule from the books. Quite a few privacy fences have gone up since then.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      I'm about to put it on the market after some upgrades. New windows for sure. For now I just have two layers in front of the window and wall that is already there. Should I plaster over them?

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Two layers of drywall

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        Also got a grant for the house so it's worth double what I bought for it
        Is it possible to get 100k for a one bedroom?
        My mom thinks so

  7. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Based Truck Drivers honking at all hours waking up /misc/ tourists

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      Ackshually with the drywall and earplugs it's silent
      So I just quit my job and started roiding
      Now I'm selling all my shit and moving to the mountains and borrowing the tinyhome my parents built from their land nearby and using their well and showering at the guest station while I learn Japanese and lift and hike and draw manga and code a game and make the soundtrack on a synth

      • 11 months ago
        Anonymous

        non-white behavior

        • 11 months ago
          Anonymous

          King behavior
          Get fricked peasants

          • 11 months ago
            Anonymous

            >unemployed frogposter living in a cuckshed
            >king behavior

            • 11 months ago
              Anonymous

              >borrowing it until my Japanese trip that will net me immense wealth and a European weeb wife
              Yes

  8. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    Do NOT burn down the gas station.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      >, goy

  9. 11 months ago
    Anonymous

    best soundproofing is room within a room stuff. But it's effort and expensive. I soundproofed my "office" (converted detached garage) but I would just get a decent pair of noise cancelling headphones and wear them all the time instead.

    • 11 months ago
      Anonymous

      While I sleep?
      What would a potential buyer think?

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