Saturday, December 13, 2014

Ways Employed To Reduce Noise In Buildings Florida

By Lucia Weeks


The real estate and construction industry around Florida is associated with a lot of noise. There are some practical methods which the architects and builders can employ in reducing the impact of loud sounds. Briefly explained are four methods which one can undertake to reduce noise in buildings Florida and make them more manageable irrespective of activities being undertaken. The actions are architectural designing, planning of the site, constructions of barriers and the general construction methods.

Within buildings noise emanating from air conditioning or heating can be heard. The same applies to TVs and radios; ringing phones as well as voices can are heard through walls. One has to form shield sound barriers of construction materials and practices from the loud occurrences surrounding us every day. Inspectors are interested on learning how the sound transmissions are influenced by the building materials.

The acoustic construction also entails using materials in building that check on loud sound reduction transmission through the windows, walls, doors, floors and ceilings. A lot of traditional and new soundproof concepts are included in this area.

An effective way of reducing the loud sound is enclosing it. Such enclosures are usually made for exterior metallic skins, interior perforated sheets and some absorptive materials like fiberglass filling in between. Another effective way of tackling the problem is by interfering with the path of transmission.

Sound has main properties such as wavelength, frequency and amplitude. The number of cycles transmitted in a single second are referred to as the frequency and is a determinant of the pitch of the sound we will hear. Several amplitude systems of measurement have been devised to give sound quantification.

The buildings arrangement on site can be applied to minimize the impact of loud sounds. If the planning is not possible or the activity that is to be carried out is pandemonium sensitive, acoustic site planning can come to the rescue. The aim of the techniques applied here is to build some sort of shield that can protect a residential development from all the inconveniences.

Methods which are employed are such as ensuring that the receiver and sound source are far apart. Nonresidential uses of land are placed on maintenance facilities, parking lots and areas of utility that exist between the receiver and the source. Also one can locate tall structures parallel to the source of noise which will act barriers. A good number of this mentioned actions can be applied via the use of techniques of unit development which have been planned out.

Ceiling tiles are designed so as to absorb and not deflect sound. In the cases where these options are not viable, materials that are absorptive can be added to the finished rooms in several ways. An example is thick furniture cushions and heavy and thick carpets. These items are arranged in ways that will maximize on sound absorption. The acoustic materials with sound absorption properties can be purchased in Florida. Their designs are quite flexible so as to facilitate their integration with the room without altering much of its aesthetics.




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