Hello,

Would like to seek advice from people who are staying near break tank, how bad is the noise / vibration when it is functioning? If got a unit right opposite the break tank, what are the risk that the homeowner should prepare to face?

Thank you.

Hi Jonathan ,

This is the truth where the unit under the pump will expose to noise if the noise and vibration which not are proper isolated . Especially the water pump will running 24 hour is like the vacuum cleaner will humming behind of you 24 hour . This is will cause of serious sleep disturbance especially those family who have early born baby will more suffer in this kind of environment .  The noise propagation is depend the quality of building and thickness of floor.  For your understanding the structure of building is connected , those vibration and noise will transfer pump noise into building and can propagation more than 6 level if you unit are direct under the pump location . No matter how break tank pump room far from your unit as building is connected by structure and wall , the noise still can transfer into your unit . The noise and vibration is form by energy and the energy will reduce after filter few layer by floor , however this depend the density and harness of floor whether can fully reduce the noise and vibration energy . If unable reduce the noise and vibration than most properly will effected and facing noise nuisance .

Vibration could lead to crack issue , if the building are expose under steady state vibration and short term vibration from environment if building  which not proper design by arkitek and civil engineer  . This situation such like some gravel put into small river after few year or certain year the surface of gravel will become smooth due to friction of water  between with gravel surface . The building exposure in vibration will be same , seem like ok from initial stage but after few year the internal crack in structure will appear .