[MassHistPres] Noise abatement question

[Roughan, Michael]

Wendy,

Sound transmission is pervasive as you need to restrict any path of travel to be successful. Certainly transmission around and through single pane windows is one culprit. However, would there be any way to mitigate the sound closer to the source? Perhaps a stone or brick wall of some substance near the road would mitigate more sound than any fenestration modification? Also the physics of sound is that the lower frequency rumbles of trucks require mass whereas the higher frequencies such as the whine of a high rpm motorcycle can be blocked with less substantial components including vegetation.

….Mike
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Dear List,

Does anyone have any idea what historic homeowners have done to help reduce road noise in their homes?  I’ve had the question from a historic homeowner and they’ve said they plan to replace their windows first—I haven’t replied yet, but I will obviously discourage this!!  When I reply, I’d like to offer other suggestions.  Storms? (I know there was a thread about storm windows recently and the company that used to make the preferred ones is no longer in business…).  Insulation?  Please let me know if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations.

Wendy Bawabe
Norwell Historical Society
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