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Can Something Be Placed Under Carpet Padding And Carpet To Deal With Sound Problem?
Sump pump under the bedroom irritates me when it goes off. The bedroom has a hard wood floor and I would like to carpet it to get ahead of this irritant. I believe vibration and sound are easily transmitted through the hard wood floors and there is not much subfloor in place. Should I have something laid under the padding to assist with sound control and if so what and where do you get it?
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3:14 pm on December 12th, 2009
The easy way is to ask the carpet guys to double pad your floor for you. This will cost you next to nothing.
After that I’d look into the source itself,….the pump. Put pipe insulating foam on the pvc drain pipe, 2 or 3 pieces of foam carpet pad under the pump to stop the vibration, and 10″ of insulation between your floor joists to stop the noise from reaching you.
As a last resort you can have the sump pump pit relocated to the opposite side of the basement or crawlspace.
7:02 pm on December 12th, 2009
Noise carrys in a house and therefore you would be wasting your money doing extra padding or sound proofing. Best to look into getting a quieter pump but I really haven’t heard of one yet.
1:38 am on December 13th, 2009
I agree with Cory, could be your sump pump, we used to have one that was very loud and sounded like an airplane getting ready to take off, got a new one installed recently and I have to really strain to hear it working now.
5:55 am on December 13th, 2009
Thicker and denser padding will probably be the most effective product to reduce noise.
The carpet itself will help with this too.
If the basement ceiling is unfinished, installing roll insulation between the joists will help reduce noise transmission and is relatively cheap.
What may be most effective could be to buy a higher quality sump pump. Good quality sump pumps are almost silent when they are running. While it will cost a couple hundred dollars more, it should, in the end be cheaper than new carpet and allow you to keep your hardwood floors.
Good luck!