Noise dampening options

joelk2

joelk2

joelk2

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Here's the issue.

Boiler is in my kitchen, directly above is daughters room, when the boiler comes on its quite noisy and can disturb the little one.

The boiler is in a cupbosrd so I was thinking of getting some sound dampening stuff to line the inside of cupboard and ceiling above boiler.

Anyone have any recommendations on products I might need?
 
Depending on your boiler that could be a bad idea it may overheat as sound and thermal insulation are basically made from the same thing.

Kitchen cupboard or airing cupboard?
 
I suspect you've ruin the boiler, it'd either overheat and break or overheat and keep switching the gas off which'll make it uneconomical and inefficient.

Is it an old boiler?
 
joelk2 said:
Here's the issue.

Boiler is in my kitchen, directly above is daughters room, when the boiler comes on its quite noisy and can disturb the little one.

The boiler is in a cupbosrd so I was thinking of getting some sound dampening stuff to line the inside of cupboard and ceiling above boiler.

Anyone have any recommendations on products I might need?
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You need to work out how the noise is transferring as it'll likely be through the pipework, building structure or air gaps between the two rooms.

Firstly I'd be sealing up around any pipework with something flexible to reduce noise transferring through the air.

I'd then be looking to de-couple the boiler and pipework from solid surfaces as far as possible, e.g. fitting anti-vibration (or AV) mounts to hold the boiler onto the wall and any pipework clamps. The more you can de-couple the boiler and associated pipework from large solid surfaces the better.

It's also worth checking the panels on the boiler and whether they are vibrating, or causing noise.

Fitting sound dampening so the cupboard and ceiling will probably do next to nothing other than risk the boiler overheating.
 
What sort of noise is it? We had a noisy boiler that was creaking and popping down to thermal expansion of three different types of metals. Getting large parts taken apart and greased helped a bit, but the solution was to change the heat output to correctly match the radiators (something the installers hadn't done properly). This meant the boiler was no longer in a cycle of heating up and cooling down when it was running, and instead heats up more gradually, and stays there.
 
its a fairly old boiler, about 8 years id suppose.

the noise is just general usage noise.

poor little mite will just have to put up with it i think. cant afford to replace or taking of the wall etc.

will try sealing any holes i can find though.
 
if you're prepared to pull up the carpet you could try some sound insulating underlay...

You could even go further and add sound reduction insulation under the floorboards too.
 
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