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The Traffic Noise was too Loud
Mr. B. in Alamo, California,
was trying to sell his beautiful home, but had been unable
to. During the first 90 days of being
on the market, over 80 groups came through the home.
Everyone loved the design and
beauty of the home.
EVERY one of the groups commented
on the noise and the serious lookers just said they could
not handle the traffic noise.
No offers.
No strong lookers.
Nothing happened.
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Please click on the photos below to see close ups. A Typical Northern California Freeway
There was nothing wrong with the home other than being situated
next to a noisy freeway with an estimated 67,000 commuters per day!
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| A beautiful dining room, with a noisy freeway in the background. |
Rush hour traffic. |
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| View from the back of the house. |
Approach to the house from freeway. |
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Solution to Traffic Noise
Mr. B. decided to have
Soundproof Windows installed and took the house off the market because
of the traffic noise. As you can see from the photos, this was quite
a job not only due to
the sheer number of windows, but also because of the odd shapes and
locations. Soundproof Windows came in, measured, manufactured and
installed 21 windows and doors in record time. |
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| These windows were outside of the dining
room and were a major source of traffic noise. |
Some windows were hard to reach. |
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| Even the skylights were soundproofed! |
This stained glass window also required soundproofing. |
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After Soundproofing
After installing Soundproof Windows, Mr. B's house sold in just
21 days! And not a single visitor
during that time mentioned any concern about the traffic noise.
Some comments by Mr. B:
“Absolutely would not have sold it
without these windows.”
“It was THE reason we sold the house.”
“The windows made ALL the difference in the world.”
“Almost everyone loved the house both times it was on the market.
But the first time everyone said the traffic noise was too much
for them. The second time not one
person even mentioned the traffic noise. What a difference!”
Mr. B. said he normally wakes up at
about 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. The first night he woke wide awake at 5:00
a.m.
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same thing happened the next night.
He realized he was waking up early because
he was completely rested and did not need more sleep. He then got
mad, thinking about
how, for the past 7 years, he could have had 1-1.5 hours more waking
hours if he had installed Soundproof Windows sooner. “Do
you realize that means I wasted 2500 to 3500 hours because of the
traffic
noise!!! I
could have done a lot of things with all that extra time.”
He then said, “I will be calling you very soon to add your
windows to the new home we just bought. Our new house is quiet, but
now that I got used to not being able to even hear cars drive by,
I want that extra quiet. Now I can hear the cars that do drive by – and
I know now how much I like NOT being able to hear them. Give me a
few weeks to settle in and we will be ordering some more windows.”
How to Stop Traffic Noise |
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| Some skylights after soundproofing against traffic
noise. |
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| Living room window before and
after soundproofing. Note that the blinds are between the old
exterior window and the new interior
Soundproof Window.
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| Installing Soundproof
Windows in the home office
space greatly improved the quietness of the environment, making
it a relaxing place to work despite the outside traffic noise.
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| Additional home office photos after soundproofing.
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| Soundproof Windows are installed on the exterior
here on the back deck. Though not as typical as interior installation,
this is just as effective in stopping traffic noise. |
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| Additional back deck photos after
soundproofing. |
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