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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is a house "loud"[/quote] I find all cheap modern houses to be loud. (Cheap as in construction quality, not price. Plenty of cheap $3M houses in this area.) The huge rooms and pointlessly high ceilings echo. The flimsy walls and doors all flex with motion from elsewhere. The vinyl flooring on flimsy joists flexes and passes vibrations through the plywood structure. And as many have said, good windows are a must. OP, we replaced all the windows in our house first thing. They were 100 years old and it was an immediate, massive improvement. Worth every penny and then some. Not only does it shut out noise from outside, it strengthens the structure and mitigates the usual settling and transferred sounds. [/quote] I had a different experience. When we replaced our 80 year old windows with decent modern ones the sound got much worse. They were even less energy efficient due to the lack of storm windows. [/quote]
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