Soundproof my Air-pump

[Roadrunner]

Hello forum
has anybody built a box to dampen the sound of a air-pump im thinking of building a box and would like some tips or diagrams it is a external Airpump and is pretty loud of a night time any help appreciated

 

[addy1]

Get some of the high density foam line a box that will fit over your air pump, but make sure your pump is on a platform that allows good air flow. I put mine on some rubber gasket material I had laying around, that really helped. Don't really hear it unless right down by the pond.

 

[taherrmann4]

I have mine in my pump house and you can't hear it, even with the pump off. Just be sure you allow adequate air flow whatever you put over it. You may even try making a box and lining it with some extra pond liner, I think it might absorb some of the sound.

 

[sissy]

If you hang your pump from something it helps with vibration also .I have a handle on my pump and put a stake in the ground and attached a hanger hook to the stake and then I made a faux rock to cover it .The faux rock is made of chicken wire formed to look like a rock .I then soaked burlap in grey grout mixed thin and then started wrapping the chicken wire with the burlap grout mixture with my hands I smoothed it out in spots and crinkled in other spots .I left it dry for 2 days and then mixed more grey grout a little thicker a slathered it on and then let it dry and did it again ,until I got it thick enough .Then thin watery paint in spots to make it look more natural .You have to make sure it drys slow or it will crack .I did mine in the basement and misted it once in awhile so it would dry slower .The slower it cures the better it is .Some use cement to do the same thing .I also put my form over a box to give it some stability while I was working on it .Do not move it around while it is drying .

 

[sissy]

like doing paper mache

 

[mofal]

nevermind

 

[Roadrunner]

Thanks some good ideas need to do something as mine is not far from my window and it drives me mad sometimes when I can't sleep thanks again

 

[j.w]

nevermind

Never mind what?

 

[addy1]

Thanks some good ideas need to do something as mine is not far from my window and it drives me mad sometimes when I can't sleep thanks again

Like those highway barriers, sound rises nicely, a block between your window and the pump will really help. Even just laying it in a pot with the opening away from the window

 

[sissy]

Yeh originally I had a concrete flower pot over mine .Just put a big flat stone under it and then left opening around the bottom .But then I needed the concrete pot to plant in .

 

[j.w]

I put mine in some Tupperware w/ a lid on it and a hole for the cord to come out................Tupperware Really Locks it In

 

[addy1]

I put mine in some Tupperware w/ a lid on it and a hole for the cord to come out................Tupperware Really Locks it In :regular_waving_emot

With holes for air i hope jw! lol

 

[sissy]

I bought an air cleaner for the inlet to at pet smart .Never thought about what could be sucked in ,wondered about but did nothing until I read up on the .It was only 3.99 and it made the pump even quieter

 

[Roadrunner]

I have a pump house now sorted

 

[GBBUDD]

They do have fake rocks you could put it in and add some insulation if need be. but they are not cheap