On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:55:51 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , Janet Baraclough
writes
The message
from Jane Lumley contains these words:

Thanks so much to all for your help - we've found a house with an acre
of land.... but I'm not saying any more in case one of you gazumps me!
.

Thing is, said acre is currently rather exposed to wind and traffic
noise, so dh and I are eager to make a walled garden by building brick
walls around at least part of it. Are we mad?


I'd think very, very hard if I were you, about what you want from your
garden and what you can tolerate. IMHO you won't shut out traffic noise
or fumes from one acre, with a wall (or anything else).

Secondary double glazing does a better job of shutting out traffic noise
than the all in one stuff - you need a larger air gap for sound
insulation than you do for heat insulation. We have double glazed units
plus secondary double glazing on the front of the house, and that cuts
out noise quite effectively.

A house is quite good at blocking out noise, so if you can arrange it so
you do most of your living the side away from the road it will be more
tolerable.

It enabled us to hear the planes passing a 1000 feet above our heads
more clearly :-)
--
Martin