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Stopping Vibration from Walmart trucks

I have for the past two weeks had problems with my living room and master bedroom having a low frequency issues in the center of each room, when certain trucks are delivering at a Walmart about 100 yards or so away.
Does anyone know how to disperse the low frequency waves in the room. As you move towards the walls, even in the direction of the Walmart the subwoofer effect goes away.

I have probably contributed to the issue by taking down an old wooden fence and replacing with a wrought iron fence, so we could enjoy a greenbelt between us and Walmart. My wife and I noticed the problem about two days after replacing the fence. It is only noticeable on some evenings with certain trucks, and is actually louder in my living room than at Walmart.

I was wanting to add bass traps are whatever is needed, as I don't want to go back to the fenced in backyard.

Thanks,



acman3
acman3 OP
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Thanks for ALL the ideas.

 I know the trucks are not allowed to idle for longer than 5 minutes in my city, which they seem to ignore, but the only time I notice the problem is around 9:00 pm, on various odd days. On the first night when I was doing investigating and after discussing with night manager, the noise became intermittent, so I will try talking to the main store manager.

My hope with something like Bass Traps, was that since along the walls there is no problem, I could somehow get the nodes in the center of the room to cancel each other. Also, I was thinking it would be the only way to get bass traps in my living room, sorta two bird, one stone.:)

We have been discussing moving to a different city, farther away from the city. I guess it is time to decide.
djones51
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 Move out off the grid and go solar for energy and outhouse for other necessities.
acman3 OP
4,426 posts
 
Maybe I will just listen to Brian Eno between 9:00 and 11:00pm.
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nonoise
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elizabeth +1, that could very well be where the noise is filtering through: your window, which acts like a drum skin, or a passive radiator, and passes the noise right into your home. That, or the fence, which could be argued, prevented the noise from reaching your windows. 

I'd google all the different ways to isolate all manner of noise abatement for windows, if after testing for it, like elizabeth suggests, proves to be  the culprit. Maybe heavy duty double or triple pane windows that face Walmart. 

All the best,
Nonoise
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