a stand on top of a carpet will offer the greatest sound reduction.( or more layers) nothing will eliminate it 100%!...unless if you add DISTANCE from the noise
a stand on top of a carpet will offer the greatest sound reduction.( or more layers) nothing will eliminate it 100%!...unless if you add DISTANCE from the noise
Two small kiddie pools and a floating hammock standOriginally Posted by the_gr8t_waldo
Thank you everyone for your input!
Okay, Just to make things clear, I'm not moving. Ha ha! I Actually just moved here a couple months ago, but became vibrationally sensitive from my previous place, which is one of the reasons I started looking into hammocks in the first place (hammocks are way better than beds with a box spring in this situation, believe me). Besides my neighbours here aren't terrible people, they just don't understand that vibration doesn't always mean noise. I'm going to keep working on them, but would like to find a solution on my end too.
If you think the vibration can be dampened with a stand why not with the hooks? I can see a stand working with carpet and a whole bunch of felt, but I'd really prefer not to have a stand. I use my room for other things that need a lot of space, and taking it down is so much easier than having to move a stand.
The crazy thing is, this might work, but I'm going to choose not to go this route. No offence.
EDIT: On second thought, it wouldn't work, The kiddie pools would only serve to amplify the sound. Ha ha!
Last edited by Singingcrowsings; 09-28-2014 at 20:47.
Try hanging a gallon of water close up to the suspensions from each end of your hammock to see if they will absorb some of the vibration in the lines. A shot in the dark, but cheap and easy to try.
I think that effect is called "Arms Race". Such "Escalation" may lead to "Detente", but also to "Mutually Assured Destruction"...try using your washer, subwoofer, air conditioner and so on when you know they are sleeping. perhaps the "do onto others" effect will take place and they will be more considerate to your situation.......
If you could just match the resonant frequency of the wall vibrations, using a wave generator of some sort, it might cancel out the offending waves.
Such a wave generator could be made from a washer, subwoofer, air conditioner and so on...
What about putting a peice of rubber on the wall, and then screw your hammock mounting hardware into the wall. I know the screws will still be in the stud and will vibrate, but the peice of rubber in between may help to dampen it. If more is needed, then another peice of rubber around your hook. It's worth a try.
"No whining in the woods"
This is what I was going to suggest. In split entry style homes where the garage is directly under the bedrooms, the garage door openers can wreak havoc on sleeping residents. To combat this, aside from going gear driven instead of chain driven, they put rubber dampener plates between the ceiling and the motor. What a HUGE difference! Saw it on This Old House on PBS...What about putting a peice of rubber on the wall, and then screw your hammock mounting hardware into the wall. I know the screws will still be in the stud and will vibrate, but the peice of rubber in between may help to dampen it. If more is needed, then another peice of rubber around your hook. It's worth a try.
Home Depot might have just what you're looking for. Otherwise, rubber floor mats from exercise equipment, cut to fit your mounting plates would also probably work.
agree with others a stand and piece of carpet could do the trick ? if not a stand but make something like a sub woofer isolation setup but for your stand ? sadly would be kinda bulky but so is a stand ?
some decent foam 2 inches thick and a sheet of plywood basically could do the trick and eliminate most anything coming up through the foor have to be large enough though to also not be spongy tippy ?
but unless its your bed would be bulky and huge ?
if you have a stand throw down couch cushion on each corner first and try see if it stops it if the carpet does not ?
or get your neighbors to isolate there noisy appliances
Would using springs with hooks on either end going from your suspension to the wall help isolate your hammock from the vibration?
google up floating wall or floating floor for sound rooms try to replicate a small one ? you could build a small 2 foot wide ceiling to ceiling floating wall maybe and mount to that ? but not sure if you rent or own might be a own only project
in some ways the floating floor idea and a stand would be the least destructive
best of luck
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