09-02-2016, 01:20 PM
(09-02-2016, 12:04 PM)Canard Wrote: Well, I can tell you that living in the Kaufman Lofts with the bells going off at Waterloo Street, probably close to 500 m away, was awful. It all depends on the orientation of your windows and the ambient noise in your unit. If you have a fan on, not so bad. If it's dead quiet, you'll hear a pin drop outside.
A lot depends on the windows used in the building. Good windows do an amazing job of sound insulation. We don't even hear ambulances in our unit when the windows are closed, even if it's very quiet inside. I haven't been inside Kaufman Lofts, but it's quite possible the builder selected less expensive windows.
Triple pane windows are the best, similar to this:
http://www.bquiet.ca/how-they-work.html