Your home should be a place where you can retreat, relax and, if necessary, work. Ideally, it is a haven that offers respite from all the stress and noise of everyday life. To enable this, acoustic performance is vital, especially if you are sharing walls or floors with neighbours, near a busy road, or under a flight path. While potential issues with noise or sound are often overlooked when you move into a place, there are many ways in which you can minimise such problems – either through the structure of the building or your choice of furnishings.
Sound is measured in decibels (dB),
