Close wall vent to stop noise?

[PilgrimToHyperion]

I'm not going into the detail again, but I've got a horrible neighbor with a horrible dog that won't stop barking. SPCA / Metro is not stopping this.

So I walked around the house today and noticed a wall vent ( we have wooden floors, so I guess it's for underfloor ventilation ) right across from where the this annoying dog barks constantly. What would the impact be if I blocked this vent? Obviously sound is coming in via it in a more direct route and I'd do anything to have so peace and quite.

Any ideas from people in the know?

 

[|tera|]

The impact would be that the wood flooring won't get ventilated and this could cause the wood to become damp and then rot. Step, wham.. ouch.

I also have noisy neighbours and there stinking weed blowing into my house the whole time. I think we need to be more cunning

 

[Venomous]

Could you not block the vent with something ''breathable'' in order to perhaps reduce the noise?

 

[ITCynic]

As Teraside & Venomous posted, closing the vent will create problems with your floor. Damp, rot etc.

If you could remove the vent and put some "think pink" insulation in the cavity before replacing the vent, it could reduce some of the noise without impacting on the ventilation although you will have to air the room regularly so as not to compromise the wood floor.

 

[PilgrimToHyperion]

Thanks for the feedback.

I can't remove it, it's one of those cement built-in vents.
grepolis
At this stage I'd settle for blocking it at night and unblocking it every morning. Anything to not lay in bed, tensed up, waiting for the dog to bark.

 

[LazyLion]

Move the vent to a different side of the house and angle it away from the noise.

 

[thisgeek]

Have you considered running a long pipe from your car's exhaust through that vent, and letting the engine run for a few hours?

 

[Tacet]

Do you have their phone number? We've had a barking dog problem a few years ago, and phoning the neighbours to tell them whenever their dog is barking helped. Admittedly, said neighbours is an old couple who took out their hearing aids at night, so they couldn't hear their dog bark. They weren't difficult, just ignorant that the dog is actually making noise.

 

[PilgrimToHyperion]

@ Tacet

Tried everything mate, talked, begged, had words, SPCA, Metro, water pistols etc. NOTHING is working. :-(

@thisgeek

Would you test it at your house first and let me know how it went?

 

[zippy]

Do you have their phone number? We've had a barking dog problem a few years ago, and phoning the neighbours to tell them whenever their dog is barking helped. Admittedly, said neighbours is an old couple who took out their hearing aids at night, so they couldn't hear their dog bark. They weren't difficult, just ignorant that the dog is actually making noise.

OP can have surgery to make him deaf, get a set hearing aids so that he can choose when he wants to hear stuff and when he doesnt

In the interim, he can try ear plugs?

 

[PilgrimToHyperion]

Tried earplugs - can still hear the dog. He's only 2 meters from our bedrooms and has got a booming bark. And that kind of defeats the purpose. A house is supposed to be a place of peace ( or least rest ), ad I don't want to walk around with earplugs the whole time!

 

[D1RTY D4WG]

If all else fails kill the dog.

 

[|tera|]

If all else fails kill the dog.

Coming from a dirty dog, that's quite bad advice

 

[D1RTY D4WG]

 

[FrankCastle]

What breed/sex of dog is it?
If its a male maybe you should secretly drop off a female next door at night and pick her up in the mornings.

 

[PilgrimToHyperion]

Trust me, the thought has crossed my mind, but then I don't want to sink to the level of my neighbor and resort to dirty tactics. It's an old Doberman. Know any bitches?