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Top.Shelf · 11-07-2015, 09:01 PM

I know a lot of folks box their fans up and fill the boxes with rockwool, foam etc, but has anybody tried wrapping the fan in rockwool then putting a bin liner or black and white plastic around the rockwool to secure it?

I ask as my loft hatch is about 50cm x 50cm squeezing a box up through that is just a royal pain in the ass. Would be much easier if I could just wrap it in insulation then the plastic.

Just wondering if for any reason that would be a bad idea...

Highburyway · 11-07-2015, 09:13 PM

Try it bud I have my TDsilent wrapped in a sleeping bag and blanket. To me it made a difference

Harry Lime · 11-07-2015, 09:32 PM

A card board box - flattened to get through the hatch then re-assembled in? Seen them stuck in a box which was later filled with builders expanding foam.

Top.Shelf · 11-07-2015, 09:41 PM

Nice one Highburyway, sleeping bag and blanket you say

Thought about that Harry but my loft is about 4' at the highest point much less everywhere else... My ninja skills are decent but not the decent :P

Think I'll get wrapping, sharpen up my technique, after all, Xmas is around the corner

Thanks boys!

JamieShoes · 11-08-2015, 01:53 PM

Ive heard of people successfully doing this but fellers.. please make sure you're not making any chronic fire traps when you're wrapping fans eh ?

EastCoast710 · 11-08-2015, 01:59 PM

we went and got some of that pink insulation .. wrapped our fans up in it.. taped it.. then put normal sheet around it to keep it in place and everything. id say we reduced sound by about half if not more!!!.. the fans are alittle bulky.. but man did it help. lol.

11-08-2015, 02:05 PM

I agree with harry lime there is a video on youtube from monster gardens they put cardboard box around
Fan and it was excellent...try that first

-tempa- · 11-08-2015, 02:49 PM

I wrap the rvk tightly in cling film .. The place in a cardboard box with ducting fitted .. The tape the box up .. Make a couple of holes with a pen and fill with expanding foam. .. as quiet as it's going to get

-tempa- · 11-08-2015, 02:50 PM

The reason I wrap in cling film is so the expanding foam do sent stick to the rvk

Harry Lime · 11-08-2015, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by -tempa-

The reason I wrap in cling film is so the expanding foam do sent stick to the rvk

That's what I remember. Was it you on youtube, Tempa?

Top Shelf, I just thought about this today - surely a card board box folded flat would fit through your hatch?

11-07-2015, 09:01 PM	#1
Top.Shelf Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 325	Wrapping RVK for noise reduction I know a lot of folks box their fans up and fill the boxes with rockwool, foam etc, but has anybody tried wrapping the fan in rockwool then putting a bin liner or black and white plastic around the rockwool to secure it? I ask as my loft hatch is about 50cm x 50cm squeezing a box up through that is just a royal pain in the ass. Would be much easier if I could just wrap it in insulation then the plastic. Just wondering if for any reason that would be a bad idea...
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11-07-2015, 09:13 PM	#2
Highburyway Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 226	Try it bud I have my TDsilent wrapped in a sleeping bag and blanket. To me it made a difference
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11-07-2015, 09:32 PM	#3
Harry Lime Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 798	A card board box - flattened to get through the hatch then re-assembled in? Seen them stuck in a box which was later filled with builders expanding foam. __________________ My Theme Tune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0
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11-07-2015, 09:41 PM	#4
Top.Shelf Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 325	Nice one Highburyway, sleeping bag and blanket you say Thought about that Harry but my loft is about 4' at the highest point much less everywhere else... My ninja skills are decent but not the decent :P Think I'll get wrapping, sharpen up my technique, after all, Xmas is around the corner Thanks boys!
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11-08-2015, 01:53 PM	#5
JamieShoes Father, Carer, Toker, Sharer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6,280	Ive heard of people successfully doing this but fellers.. please make sure you're not making any chronic fire traps when you're wrapping fans eh ? __________________ test grows and other stories
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11-08-2015, 01:59 PM	#6
EastCoast710 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: EAST COAST Posts: 1,196	we went and got some of that pink insulation .. wrapped our fans up in it.. taped it.. then put normal sheet around it to keep it in place and everything. id say we reduced sound by about half if not more!!!.. the fans are alittle bulky.. but man did it help. lol.
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11-08-2015, 02:05 PM	#7
Ghostdawg Guest Posts: n/a	I agree with harry lime there is a video on youtube from monster gardens they put cardboard box around Fan and it was excellent...try that first
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11-08-2015, 02:49 PM	#8
-tempa- Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Uk Posts: 176	I wrap the rvk tightly in cling film .. The place in a cardboard box with ducting fitted .. The tape the box up .. Make a couple of holes with a pen and fill with expanding foam. .. as quiet as it's going to get __________________ It's all about environment, but the hardest part is doing nothing
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11-08-2015, 02:50 PM	#9
-tempa- Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Uk Posts: 176	The reason I wrap in cling film is so the expanding foam do sent stick to the rvk __________________ It's all about environment, but the hardest part is doing nothing
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