Mark lives in the Perth hills under the Perth Airport flight path. As a shift worker, he needs to sleep during the day.
The problem
Planes landing at Perth Airport were waking him and stopping him from sleeping on his days off shift. He was also worried about noise through the roof.
What we did
A site visit showed the balcony door and the corner window beside his bed were the main noise paths. The pitch of his roof meant it wasn’t a concern at this stage.
- Extended the existing door frame to fit a lead-lined Rw 39 acoustic door with an acoustic perimeter seal and drop seal.
- Installed a SoundOut secondary window with acoustic glass in the existing window opening.
Mark was away during the installation and trusted our installers to complete the work without him there.
The result
When we arrived for the handover the next morning, we couldn’t wake him for some time. His bedroom was now so quiet that he slept straight through the air traffic noise.
Tip from Nigel: find the weakest point first. Doors and windows almost always let in more noise than the roof.
