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Soundproofing DUMBO

DUMBO is converted warehouse lofts underneath and beside the Manhattan Bridge, with cobblestone streets and the bridge’s own subway tracks overhead. The noise here is structural in a way that is unusual even for New York.

Local Noise Problems

What we are called for in DUMBO

Bridge traffic and subway tracks

The B and Q run on the bridge directly above parts of the neighbourhood, and traffic crosses it continuously. The noise arrives both through the air and through the ground.

Cobblestone streets

Vehicles on the historic cobbles generate impact noise and vibration at close range, and it is noticeably worse for trucks and delivery vans than for cars.

Heavy loft floors

Warehouse decks of timber plank or concrete on steel transmit footsteps and rolling loads efficiently between converted units.

Working in DUMBO buildings

DUMBO buildings are mostly condominiums inside a historic district, so work is internal and goes through a managing agent. We prepare the alteration package and plan deliveries around narrow cobbled streets and limited loading access.

Services available in DUMBO

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Soundproofing services in DUMBO

As a soundproofing contractor DUMBO residents call in, the question is how much of what you hear is airborne and how much is coming through the building itself. Apartment soundproofing DUMBO lofts need usually begins with the glazing, and residential soundproofing DUMBO owners ask for adds a decoupled assembly where the structure is genuinely involved.

Commercial soundproofing DUMBO businesses need covers offices, studios and event spaces in the same converted buildings as apartments. Where a loft or event space is simply cavernous, acoustic treatment DUMBO spaces need is a separate exercise and a far smaller one.

The noise reduction DUMBO owners get has to be built without spoiling what makes a loft worth living in, which is a detailing problem as much as an acoustic one. As a soundproofing company DUMBO boards have approved before, we keep exposed brick and timber where you want it kept.

Frequently Asked

Soundproofing in DUMBO

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Can bridge and train noise be reduced? +
Yes, and the first step is always the glazing, because most of what you hear arrives through it. Where there is a genuine structure borne component we treat the affected wall or ceiling as a second measure.
Is loft living always this loud? +
It is loud by construction: hard surfaces, large openings and shared decks. All three are treatable, but the order matters, and we set that order out in writing.
Will the work change the look of the loft? +
Not if it is detailed properly. Exposed brick and timber can be retained, with the acoustic build concentrated where it will not be seen.

Ready for a quieter space?

Tell us what you are hearing, where the noise is coming from, and how the space is used. Free acoustic assessment, with same-day estimates available.

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Soundproof phone and meeting booth installed in an open-plan office