Simply defined, noise is unwanted sound. Efforts to manage noise in industrial spaces range from hearing protection for workers to blocking, breaking, absorbing, or isolating the noise at the source.

If there is one topic that comes up over and over whenever people talk to me about home repair problems, it has got to be banging or noisy pipes. That’s especially true when heating and plumbing ...

SINGAPORE, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The ongoing pandemic has placed increased pressure on infrastructure across Asia Pacific (APAC). Rapid urbanization and rebuilding efforts across the region ...

Q: Our home is heated by hot water (radiators, not radiant heat). The system is divided into five zones, each with its own thermostat. What causes pipes to "bang" when, as I assume, one of those ...

Q. We are building a new home soon. The house will have a second story and a finished basement. Every time you flush a toilet in my existing home, it sounds like a waterfall in the wall. The builder ...

Q: We have a 3-inch schedule 40 PVC drain from a bathroom that runs about 8 feet down through the basement. When hot water is draining from the bath, there is a loud cracking sound generated in the ...

Our house has back-to-back bathrooms, one of which adjoins our bedroom. When guests use this bathroom, the sound of running water and toilet flushing is so loud it can awaken us from sleep. How can we ...

Stacy is a journalist and content creator with six years of experience writing about home improvement topics. Besides Forbes Home she has contributed her work and expertise to publications such as ...