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2. Sound reduction index - Wikipedia

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   The sound reduction index is used to measure the level of sound insulation provided by a structure such as a wall, window, door, or ventilator. It is defined in the series of international standards ISO 16283 (parts 1-3) and the older ISO 140 (parts 1-14), or the regional or national variants on these standards.

3. Sound transmission class - Wikipedia

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   In the US, it is widely used to rate interior partitions, ceilings, floors, doors, windows and exterior wall configurations. Outside the US, the ISO Sound Reduction Index (SRI) is used. The STC rating very roughly reflects the decibel reduction of noise that a partition can provide. The STC is useful for evaluating annoyance due to speech ...

4. This Is the Right Way to Measure Windows for Curtains ... - AOL

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5. Door security - Wikipedia

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   Door viewers — small fish-eye lenses that allow residents to view outside without opening the door. Door windows — there are three common methods to add security to windows in or beside doors: security bars and grates, security films (coatings applied to the glass in windows to reinforce it), or breakage resistant windows (plexiglas, lexan ...

6. Insulated glazing - Wikipedia

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   A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Possibly the earliest use of double glazing was in Siberia, where it was observed by Henry Seebohm in 1877 as an established necessity in the Yeniseysk area where the bitterly cold winter temperatures regularly fall below -50° C, indicating how the concept may have started: [2]

7. This is why you should always close the interior doors in ...

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   Closing your interior doors can help disperse pressure throughout the home and reduce the overall force stacked up against your roof -- basically your first line of defense against Mother Nature ...