Noise Insulation for shop compressor?

[dragoneggs]

I threw a heavy packing blanket over my compressor too and the racket was muffled to the tune of 4dB at 6'. I am thinking that a lot of my noise is from vibration and from the steel legs echoing off the cement floor. No soft materials or furniture to absorb the sound in a garage or shop. Hopefully, we will cut the noise down enough to live with.

The sound is emanating primarily from my compressor itself. Not so much from contact to other surfaces other than rebound from the close walls.

 

[dragoneggs]

At what point do Old Farts NOT want to spend money to replace a perfectly good but loud and obnoxious air compressor? Not I. At 69 years old, I am not trying to make a living using an air compressor and even now I may not even need to use one at all for weeks or months at a time.

I'd much rather discuss the problem and find solutions that work for others and try the same. Doesn't have to cost much.

Hey if you hold out long enough your hearing will have declined to the point that you won't notice the high dBs! :laughing:

 

[Doofy]

Hey if you hold out long enough your hearing will have declined to the point that you won't notice the high dBs! :laughing:

Ha. I was just thinking that same thing.

 

[MossRoad]

Hey if you hold out long enough your hearing will have declined to the point that you won't notice the high dBs! :laughing:

What?

 

[MossRoad]

I was just telling my wife that the older I get, and the more financially I am able to afford to pay people to do things for me, the more likely I am to do it myself. She says "Face it, you're cheap."

 

[Doofy]

What?

Exactly. All that compressor noise competes with the ringing in my ears and is annoying.

 

[dragoneggs]

I LOVE YOU DAD.

 

[MossRoad]

hahahahaa!!!!

 

[MossRoad]

 

[ruffdog]

My town hall is a basic older big room for holding meetings and voting. The ceiling panels were looking dingy and probably had asbestos in them so the fix was to put a coat of paint on them. Afterwards, we noticed when many people were in there that the noise was WAYYYY louder. The panels looked the same as they are kinda rough with little voids/holes in them but just had fresh paint on them. I NEVER would have guessed that the noise level would have increased that much. Since then, they have discussed hanging quilts or other noise deadening items. I have no idea what they came up with though.