Can you cover a vent with this to reduce noise from one room to the next?
1142898
Well, a little air gets through, but you won't be able to really use the vent.
1142899
It's possible but you won't be able to use the air vent. It does cancel the noise very well though
1293355
I bought this once before to put along the shared wall in an apartment. Before laying out the felt you could hear the neighbor as if he was in the same room with us. After the installation you could hear slight muffled noise. Not 100% noise cancelation but it made a great difference.I actually used felt and a foam and carboard combination. Since you are only using it on the doors you should have enough do do a few layers. I would recommend one layer felt, one layer cardboard and one layer felt. Multiple layers for the sound to get trough will help with the noise.
1769499
You could probably do that, though you'll want to use enough tape to thoroughly seal the edges all around the deflector and you'll want to use sturdy tape like duct tape. The end result is likely to be unsightly. That may not be a big issue if the vent and deflector are out of sight behind furniture.
1226053
The foam sheet is not that thick for your purpose. I would think you would be better to lay a thick carpet padding and a wall-to-wall carpet over the entire floor in the room you wish to decrease the noise from below.
343446
Really the only way it would help in another room would be for it to be in that room. I'm sure it will help some but you would be tring to damper sound that is already bleeding into your space. It works best by receiving soun waves and stopping them. A cheaper method would be to hang stryofoam panels on your wall. you can get them at Lowe's.
314885
Yes. It reduces noise significant ly. But I am not sure how the neighbour's below are being affected. They didn't complained. It can depend on the building also.
2285160
Okay. I already responded that you have to put this device in a small room - and that you have to make sure that there are NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE AIR PATHWAYS to and from the vents on the device.
1035617
Since you can not be in the same room or rooms it is hard to say. I had it ine closed off room with another door to the adjoining room closed & could not hear it loudly. Please keep in mind it is a heavy duty industrial ozone generator. You can not stay in the same space with it anyway.
1256031
As long as the vent covers are magnetic. If you can stick normal magnetic things to it (fridge magnets, etc), then you should be fine. It might just be easier to find some thick paper and use masking tape to stick it over the vents.
1258988
I would not want to try to carry on a conversation in the same room where the fan was running. We had it installed in a bedroom window at the far end of the house and it was still way too loud.Make sure you read the other reviews and see how many of these fans have failed in a very short time. The 'replacement' that was sent to us when the first one failed after just a couple months was even worse.
650290
You can keep your window screened. The vent doesn't go much farther than the window. I love this unit. It's small but cools very well and it's easy to set up.
2099879
Never thought of using one of these to sound proof a room, guess it could work. We used spray foam insullation
483817
Well I used it to cover metal vents to stop noise from passing through and it stays stuck to that. I think if you did not try to stick anything too heavy it would work.
2239024
No, you have an option to use it ventless or vented. Very pleased with the product.
1498771
I leave it off at night now because, yes, it can be heard a room away. I have the 'one spout' adapter on it now and it makes less trickling noise than the others.
1970973
Yes but the instructions say you have to cut it so it doesn't cover the vents.
1479324
Yes you can, but as others have stated it may restrict air flow. Using clean filters will be the best.