Next door have an ironwork gate between their house and ours. The
hinges are mounted on our wall - (brick built).
When they slam the gate there is an awful clang, rattle and vibration.

I am thinking of volunteering to seat the hinge brackets on some
flexible vibration/noise absorbent material - foam rubber or the
like.

Do people think it will make any difference? - if so what material
would you suggest?
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PeteR

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:49:30 +0100, PeteR wrote:

Next door have an ironwork gate between their house and ours. The hinges
are mounted on our wall - (brick built). When they slam the gate there is
an awful clang, rattle and vibration.

I am thinking of volunteering to seat the hinge brackets on some flexible
vibration/noise absorbent material - foam rubber or the like.

Do people think it will make any difference? - if so what material would
you suggest?

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Leave the hinges as they are but attach rubber buffers (small round door
stops) or a rubber strip to the bolt side of the gate. Experiment with a
few of these to see what works best.

It might help in the long run to remove the gate and re-fix on 3" wooden
posts.

Cic.

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PeteR presented the following explanation :
Next door have an ironwork gate between their house and ours. The
hinges are mounted on our wall - (brick built).
When they slam the gate there is an awful clang, rattle and vibration.

I am thinking of volunteering to seat the hinge brackets on some
flexible vibration/noise absorbent material - foam rubber or the
like.

Do people think it will make any difference? - if so what material
would you suggest?

You could mount it on a solid rubber block, such that the gate hinge
fixing was separated from the fixing of the block to the wall. The
biggest difference you could make would be to add a rubber cushion of
some sort to the gates closure to prevent the clang as it closes.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk