Whether you live in a big city or in a village, in a single-family house or in a block of flats, it is very likely that you have experienced noise problems generated outside your home, as described in the following situations:
-Noise from neighbours walking around – children running, heels, etc.
-Noise from neighbours’ cisterns.
-Noise from the premises located in the commercial ground floor of the building – bars, pubs, cafes, etc.-.
-Noise from the terrace of a bar.
-Noise from an air-conditioning unit in another dwelling.
-Noise from traffic.
-Noise from a mechanical garage door.
-Noise from the building’s lift.
-Noise from a neighbour’s TV.
And many more.
These problems are not exclusive to private homes, but also occur in other environments that we frequent regularly, such as the workplace.
Sound insulation can be defined as the set of acoustic solutions that are used in rooms that have problems such as those described above. These solutions range from construction elements – walls and floors made with acoustic insulation – to other technical elements such as acoustic curtains, and their objective is to prevent noise from outside from filtering into a room.