Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Neighbor's External Air Con Noise - LOUD 2Oct 24, 2011 4:18 am iDarren My neighbor has just put in an external air con. It is obscenely loud and the sound travels through my house. Is this likely to be breaking some sort of building regs? The noise is horrible. Pls advise. Contact your local council... they will have regulations governing the placement and allowable sound levels... then speak to the neighbour... they may get it moved for you... the contractor who put it in should have given them guidance on this... Re: Neighbor's External Air Con Noise - LOUD 4Oct 27, 2011 10:31 am Ice man, could it be possible there is something wrong with the unit as well?? I have a 15kwatt unit sitting outside a bedroom window and I can just hear it from the inside. Re: Neighbor's External Air Con Noise - LOUD 5Oct 27, 2011 10:48 am B STAR Ice man, could it be possible there is something wrong with the unit as well?? I have a 15kwatt unit sitting outside a bedroom window and I can just hear it from the inside. Yes, but you'd expect the owners to pick up on that... Some people are extremely sensitive to noise... I have taken a sound meter into a bedroom and measured the sound level with a low static ultra quiet Daikin bulkhead in it... The sound was no different with the system on or off and I couldn't hear it... But the owner of the house insisted she cannot sleep in that room because of the noise from the ac unit... Re: Neighbor's External Air Con Noise - LOUD 7Oct 30, 2011 6:10 am Specific regulations about noise http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/noise/residential/prohibited-hours.asp He may have installed it without a proper license. Unlicensed homeowners aren't permitted to install air con units - the licensing is pretty strict and cities do want to know about illegal work. You may want to have a discussion with him about this first - since you have to live next to him and keeping the peace is vital. If you give him a chance to rectify the situation first it may save years of hostility. Ain't that the truth! We used to have a tile roof and had it replaced with colorbond and suddenly everything throughout the entire house sounds louder! 4 6673 How do you remove one of these ceiling air con vents? And is it possible to disconnect the duct joined to the vent from inside the house, without going into the roof cavity? 0 5929 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 |