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Bricks don't interfere that much wireless signals and for new bricks no additional insulation or drywall is needed [1]. Still some plaster inside and facade ous

by tpm 5y ago

Bricks don't interfere that much wireless signals and for new bricks no additional insulation or drywall is needed [1]. Still some plaster inside and facade oustide is needed and you are completely right building with wood is much quicker, more flexible and also probably cheaper. [1] https://www.heluz.com/en/product/heluz-family-50-grinded https://www.heluz.com/en/product/heluz-family-50-grinded

dylan604 5y ago
>Bricks don't interfere that much wireless signals and for new bricks no additional insulation or drywall is needed How acoustically active are the rooms in a house like this? I can only imagine how many rugs and tapestries hanging on the walls would be needed just to stay sane.
- tpm 5y ago
  It insulates outside noise pretty well of course so you probably mean how does it work with indoor noise and frankly we (Central Europe) have lots of such houses and I don't see the problem very much (I am in room made from (different) brick walls right now). Buildings made with concrete are much more problematic in that regard. Tapestries are only in museums and rugs are becoming less popular with floor heating.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    yes. echoes/reflections in interior spaces is a huge problem for me. you say tapestries are museum only pieces, but i was really referring to any cloth like material used as a wall hanging to help absorb some of those reflections. also, do not see how a rug on the floor would interfere with floor heating. rugs are not 100% coverage, but would still help reduce reflections/echoes. as would furniture, but not as much as wall hangings/rugs.
    - tpm 5y ago
      No cloth-like material on walls is used to absorb reflections of sound, it's not needed, usually a modest amount of furniture, wooden flooring and perhaps some curtains on the windows are enough. I think when we speak about residential buildings, the rooms are not that big and there are not a lot of people in a room at a time, so it's not really an issue. When you have a pub full of people and the owners didn't think about acoustic treatment, it's a different story of course. Rugs are not 100% coverage but the rugs that were used here in the past were maybe 90% coverage? Like not glued to the floor but covering most of it. So these are not popular anymore.

by tpm 5y ago

dylan604 5y ago

>Bricks don't interfere that much wireless signals and for new bricks no additional insulation or drywall is needed How acoustically active are the rooms in a house like this? I can only imagine how many rugs and tapestries hanging on the walls would be needed just to stay sane.

tpm 5y ago
It insulates outside noise pretty well of course so you probably mean how does it work with indoor noise and frankly we (Central Europe) have lots of such houses and I don't see the problem very much (I am in room made from (different) brick walls right now). Buildings made with concrete are much more problematic in that regard. Tapestries are only in museums and rugs are becoming less popular with floor heating.
- dylan604 5y ago
  yes. echoes/reflections in interior spaces is a huge problem for me. you say tapestries are museum only pieces, but i was really referring to any cloth like material used as a wall hanging to help absorb some of those reflections. also, do not see how a rug on the floor would interfere with floor heating. rugs are not 100% coverage, but would still help reduce reflections/echoes. as would furniture, but not as much as wall hangings/rugs.
  - tpm 5y ago
    No cloth-like material on walls is used to absorb reflections of sound, it's not needed, usually a modest amount of furniture, wooden flooring and perhaps some curtains on the windows are enough. I think when we speak about residential buildings, the rooms are not that big and there are not a lot of people in a room at a time, so it's not really an issue. When you have a pub full of people and the owners didn't think about acoustic treatment, it's a different story of course. Rugs are not 100% coverage but the rugs that were used here in the past were maybe 90% coverage? Like not glued to the floor but covering most of it. So these are not popular anymore.