Outside noise can be the most annoying. It can also be startling. There’s a logical order to follow in blocking outside noise; you’ll be wasting your time doing things further down this list until you take care of the higher-up essentials. One nice bonus about these soundproofing measures is they’ll often lower your heating and cooling bills to boot.

If you want to know how to soundproof a room from outside noise, you should:

#1 Seal up holes and cracks.

Be extremely thorough. Noise will infiltrate even the slimmest gaps, negating other sound blocking measures you take. Use flexible polyurethane or latex caulk to seal cracks and gaps around windows, doors, and siding. Pack putty or squirt expanding foam around pipes and wires where they enter the house. Noise reduction programs designed to reduce noise levels in homes near airports even recommend extremes like sealing off a mail slot and using a mailbox instead. It’s these simple steps that will give the most reduced bang for your buck.

#2 Tighten up existing door and window openings.

Thoroughly weatherstrip all four sides of existing doors and windows. Install a solid-core door, which will block more sound than a foam-core door or a door with glass panels.

#3 Install high-quality storm windows.

Those with thick glass, sturdy frames, and good weather stripping will be the most effective at blocking sound. The wider the airspace between primary and storm windows, the better the sound blockage.

#4 Add caps to chimneys and replace open turbine roof vents with more heavily constructed, low-profile baffled vents to cut off direct noise routes.

#5 Add insulation to the attic and walls.

Meticulously installed fiberglass batt or blown-in insulation will help reduce noise levels.

#6 Add central air conditioning.

It will allow you to remove window-style units and keep your windows shut against noise.

#7 Add mass to walls.

If one wall faces a busy, noisy street, add mass in the form of drywall, as explained in the next section. Trees, hedges, and fences provide psychological relief by blocking noise sources from view. But since they lack mass, they won’t block much noise.

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