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oldfart ,

Google started this way too, just wait.

oldfart ,

Warm your water to the highest temperature your boiler allows (must be at least 70C iirc) and when the water warms up, run all hot water faucets at full-open for 2 minutes. That should kill the smelly bacteria.

Source: instruction manual of my boiler. They recommend to do it a few times a year.

ciferecaNinjo , to Home Improvement

It would be nice to have curtains that absorb street noise.

Some custom curtain tailors offer a fabric that claims to be soundproof. It’s a little pricey. Not absurdly pricey, but it’s also a bit hard to be confident that such thin fabrics can absorb much sound (they claim 20%).

I would prefer to try hacks. I’ve heard that thick furniture moving pads absorb sound well. I’ve also heard that fiberous fabrics can be effective. For the moment, I probably want to pass on edgy ideas like egg cartons. Maybe later on those. What fabrics are decent for reducing sound? Specifically, I’m wondering about carpets or painter’s drop cloths. Not the simple white canvas drop cloths, but the thicker drop cloths may out of recycled fabrics.

oldfart ,

Any idea what search terms I can use to find these? Any anchor to kick off my search would be great, image, product page, whatever. I did some searches based on what you wrote and cant find it.

oldfart ,

I got these “snake oil” curtains and, living next to a busy road, the room that has them is noticably quieter than theonre without them.

oldfart ,

Thanks!

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