Attending to the new reality and current needs where people are working from home and it is impossible to separate family life from work, we want to give you some tips so you can achieve a quiet space to work at home, avoiding interruptions by external noises.
TIPS TO ISOLATE NOISE AND WORK COMFORTABLY FROM HOME
1. Soundproof the house with shelves full of books: the volume created by the books allows the noise that the neighbors can create to be much less.
2. Use insulating paint to mitigate the noises of the house.
3. Soundproof with thick carpets, with curtains and tapestries of fabrics consisting of velvet, thick linen or corduroy.
4. Put double glazing (recommended glasses that have a minimum thickness of six millimeters).
5. Insulate the wall with insulating materials such as wool fiber, cork or solid wood.
6. Install a false ceiling that adds an air chamber. This helps minimize noise from the neighbor above.
7. Plants reduce some types of noise, and are also decorative. If you live in a house, you can have climbing plants, such as ivy, on the outside of the walls, and in almost all windows you can put pots with flowers. Having areas with gardens around also helps, and it is something that can be taken into account when you are looking for a new home.
8. If the doors do not reach the floor, you can install a sweeper (a rubber strip that crawls on the floor, closing the gap under the door).
9. Use acoustic silencers in appliances that often produce noise, such as fans.
Sometimes we not only have to protect ourselves from the noise that comes to us from the outside, but also from the noise that we produce inside our house. Protecting the floors of our home is important to mitigate much of the noise of footsteps, things that fall, your pet running or the jumps of the little ones.
Another simple option is to put carpets that cushion noises. Foamy mats in the children’s play area is also a good alternative.