Traffic, the bus stop, the pub crowd at closing time. Noise comes through the weakest point of the wall, which is almost always the window. Honest first: no window furnishing makes a main road silent. The right ones take the edge off it, and bring heat and security benefits in the same job.
A brick wall is heavy and dense; a single pane of glass is neither. Sound flexes the glass like a drum skin and walks straight in. Double glazing is the structural fix and costs accordingly. Short of replacing windows, the goal is to add sealed layers and absorbing mass in front of the glass.
Roller shutters are the standout: a sealed aluminium layer with an air gap that noticeably dulls traffic noise, while also blocking summer heat and adding security, three problems, one install. Heavy lined curtains with proper fullness absorb the mid and high frequencies inside the room, the difference between harsh and muffled. Sheers and standard blinds do almost nothing for noise, that is not their job.
The strongest practical setup without new windows: roller shutter outside, blockout curtain inside. The shutter cuts the noise and the streetlight; the curtain absorbs what is left and finishes the room. Shift workers on main roads swear by it.
Every option above is compared honestly at your free measure, including when the cheaper one is the right call.
Recent Adelaide installs solving exactly this problem.
Fixing this takes three simple steps, and one person handles all of them.
Simran visits with samples, measures every window himself and gives you an honest, fixed quote on the spot.
Your blinds, curtains or shutters are made to the millimetre for your exact windows, usually within 7 to 21 days.
The same person who measured comes back and installs personally, backed by a 5-year warranty.
The person who quotes is the person who measures, makes and installs, and the same person honours the 5-year warranty. Your windows are never handed to a subcontractor.
"I measure it. I install it. Same person, every time."
Tell Simran a little about your windows and he'll be in touch to arrange a free in-home measure. No obligation, no pressure, no call centre, just the person who'll do the work.
Simran is measuring in your area this week. Enquire today, done within three weeks.
One bloke, one diary. Simran's measure spots go quick, get in before the week's booked solid.
