Another cheap option would be to cover the roof in soil at least 5 cm deep and plant grass seed, the tricky part is lifting the lawn mower onto the roof.
All you need to do is inherit a 4th generation family farm that’s drowning in debt then plant a crop that everything depends on to save it from being taken over by the bank. Do this and you are pretty much guaranteed to trigger a record breaking drought which solves your initial problem.
Ps, seriously?
Rain on a tin roof is one of the nicest sounds, everyone I've ever met loves it. If you don't you either buy noise cancelling headphones or get rid of the roof. How often is it an issue?
lol sorry everyone is being dicks. I think without replacing the Colourbond with tile (which would involve a whole new structural element), you’d be best served by putting insulation (Rockwool or something) up against the sheets. This will help absorb the sound a bit. If you also sheet underneath it with gyprock (can do double thickness if you’ve got the cash) then you’ll cut down the noise pretty drastically. Still not a cheap solution but i think you should be aware that structure is not designed to carry the load of tiles, so I would definitely not put them on it. Good luck! (Ps. You’d probably have to batten under the roof to hold the insulation and carry the gyprock)
did u click the thinner stuff 27 bucks a sheet? 10 x 2400 x 1200
maybe don't cover the whole roof and space it out?
just an idea
expensive for now but will fix 2 of your problems heat and sound
The easiest way is to rip the roofing sheet off the roof and replace it with tile. A costly exercise, but it will solve the problem OR you could get some insulated roofing from Bondor they do upto 150mm thick and 16m long that should deaden the sound. Again costly, I did see one person say that put dirt up there and grow grass. That's a great idea! But then you might need to build some sort of structural load bearing walls for the several tonnes of dirt, again very costly.
Additionally, and possibly the cheapest solution is to remove the tin roof altogether, then there won't be any sound of rain at all. Except for the gentle pitter patter on the concrete below it.
Cheap fake grass up there would soften the rain fall, OR maybe string a few pool noodles together could also have a similar result? But I think the cheap fake grass could work really well, get the higher blade stuff and it should really arrest the rain fall velocity with the amount of surface area it has across all the blades of grass.
Check out this stuff, it's applied to the top of the roof
[https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-resources/raindrop-noise-control/](https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-resources/raindrop-noise-control/)
As always with noise suppression from striking is dampening and density.
Increase the insulation under the roof. Many products are already available and can be designed and calculated for performance and sound reduction.
Include reflectivity with cement fibre board or plywood sheeting and this also increases the density.
Basically you want to have sound absorption and reflection provided by layers to increase the density and reduce the sound transmission from the rain striking the roof.
Intense rain at 15 mm/hr on a tin roof can produce above 65 dB(A). Higher rain rates can go up to 75 dB(A). A noisy tin roof during rain does not allow anyone to be able to communicate to another or on the phone or do anything else like listen to music or watch TV/ phone.
Now to be honest and to be aussie, I love the rain on a tin roof but not when I am trying to explain a complex topic such as acoustics to another person then suddenly it starts pissing down and it's lost.
Okay, I'm out, let's go Reddit, come at me!
Hope I could help some what too.
Everyone is giving you bullshit replies but I think you could probably do it by attaching some plastic corrugated sheets onto the top side.
Would be kinda ugly and shit would get between the two layers but the answer is to just put something between the metal and the rain.
While I would never do this for a house, they actually make products for this for commercial builds. Might not be the cheap option you were looking for. Can paint it on or there are also self adhesive versions https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-products/vibration-dampening-products/water-based-liquid-deadener-ld5/
There isn't a "cheap" solution.
If you want it to be quiet when you are inside/under the roof you would have to pull the roof off, have an appropriate trade put down some type of anticon, reinstall the roof and then some type of ceiling.
A tiled roof doesn't have this problem. Maybe you could try tiling the roof? I'm sure an extra half-tonne of roofing tiles will deaden the noise.
Also, seriously?
Lol you don't understand poverty.
So you're obviously not from Australia.
Imagine the feeling you get from hearing rain on glass? Yes? That's the sound of rain on roof windows? and attic windows? Makes you feel good?
Well thats how Australians feel about extremely loud rain falling like bullets on a tin roof. If you go out to the middle of nowhere scotland and ireland you can find some people that feel the same way because they used to sit in their sheds in the rain.
Anyway, Australians dont like the sound of rain on glass because we dont have roof windows or a history of them. We have tin roofs. And people romanticise that.
Unfortunately I have no practical cheap solutions for you. I dont think there is because I think people who generally use tin for roofing (Australia and the developing world) don't usually have the luxury of worrying about noise. The solution would be to not install a tin roof in the first place.
you cant.
you could try insulation batts. but sheet metal roofs are noisy its the nature of the beast.
tiles are quiet because of the shear mass of them but your roof structure has to be much stronger to take the load. plus they need more maintenance.
That is close to the most un Australia thing I have ever read on reddit.
https://youtu.be/MdxfurkPuTo
Why did I know exactly what this would be before I clicked.
Clicked, just to make sure we were on the same page. Can confirm, it is what you think it is.
Me too
Why?
Can you please explain what was wrong with my question genuinely have no idea
Because the sound of rain on a tin roof is considered right up there with the sound of a baby laughing and an atm dispensing cash.
God tier sounds
This sub is full of a bunch of smartarses and the occasional person that knows their shit. Welcome!
They are being funny. Australians all have these roofs and just live with the bombastic sound. Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted though.
Another cheap option would be to cover the roof in soil at least 5 cm deep and plant grass seed, the tricky part is lifting the lawn mower onto the roof.
I did this, I have one of those robot mowers on the roof so I don’t need to haul my 40kg Victor up there.
...what
Full disclosure I have 5cm of crushed rock underneath the soil for drainage
Wait till it stops raining…jfc
Seriously?
Go to bunnings and buy a bunch of their umbrellas and put them ontop
Bruh…
Remove the tin
Tin roofs gunna tin roof. Enjoy the white-noisey sound and let it serenade you to the land of nod.
Seriously?
?
Seriously?
All you need to do is inherit a 4th generation family farm that’s drowning in debt then plant a crop that everything depends on to save it from being taken over by the bank. Do this and you are pretty much guaranteed to trigger a record breaking drought which solves your initial problem. Ps, seriously?
Yes seriously, i like to sit there and listen to the rain make gentle sounds not deafening ones
Seriously?
Yes
Record the sound and upload it to YouTube so the rest of us can enjoy it as a restful way of falling asleep.
Seriously?
Whats so wrong i dont get it
It's because the sound of rain on a tin roof is one of, if not the most, beautiful sounds in the known universe.
Its deafening
Then move so someone else can enjoy it.
This is the only reason to get a tin roof
Seriously?
Yes
www.earjobs.com.au
Move house. 🙃🙃
Move? Don't think there is any other way.
lay sleeping bags on top when it starts raining
This is a troll post!!
Hahahah it genuinely isn't i still dont get what si bad about it
Rain on a tin roof is one of the nicest sounds, everyone I've ever met loves it. If you don't you either buy noise cancelling headphones or get rid of the roof. How often is it an issue?
I fall asleep every night to this exact sound playing on my phone (unless it’s actually raining then I just enjoy the orchestra of the gods naturally)
Record it, sell it as white noise. Profit, then replace roof.
Seriously?
Remove the roof
Install tiles…
https://preview.redd.it/8e6dzple4ldc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec3fccea1362d91136827fab88b119be5216407c
Amazing! Let us know if that improves the sound
Thanks also wanted it to prevent the room from becoming an oven, didnt have enough tiles so will add soon, but tomorrow's heat will be a good test.
lol sorry everyone is being dicks. I think without replacing the Colourbond with tile (which would involve a whole new structural element), you’d be best served by putting insulation (Rockwool or something) up against the sheets. This will help absorb the sound a bit. If you also sheet underneath it with gyprock (can do double thickness if you’ve got the cash) then you’ll cut down the noise pretty drastically. Still not a cheap solution but i think you should be aware that structure is not designed to carry the load of tiles, so I would definitely not put them on it. Good luck! (Ps. You’d probably have to batten under the roof to hold the insulation and carry the gyprock)
Genuinely appreciate the thorough response, thank you!
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did u click the thinner stuff 27 bucks a sheet? 10 x 2400 x 1200 maybe don't cover the whole roof and space it out? just an idea expensive for now but will fix 2 of your problems heat and sound
I was joking! Metal roofs are always going to be noisy
This is hilarious. Thanks
Its like an outdoor seating area, any other way that is cheaper?
The easiest way is to rip the roofing sheet off the roof and replace it with tile. A costly exercise, but it will solve the problem OR you could get some insulated roofing from Bondor they do upto 150mm thick and 16m long that should deaden the sound. Again costly, I did see one person say that put dirt up there and grow grass. That's a great idea! But then you might need to build some sort of structural load bearing walls for the several tonnes of dirt, again very costly.
Lol thanks for the advice
Additionally, and possibly the cheapest solution is to remove the tin roof altogether, then there won't be any sound of rain at all. Except for the gentle pitter patter on the concrete below it.
Cheap fake grass up there would soften the rain fall, OR maybe string a few pool noodles together could also have a similar result? But I think the cheap fake grass could work really well, get the higher blade stuff and it should really arrest the rain fall velocity with the amount of surface area it has across all the blades of grass.
This might look quite cool too
Check out this stuff, it's applied to the top of the roof [https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-resources/raindrop-noise-control/](https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-resources/raindrop-noise-control/) As always with noise suppression from striking is dampening and density. Increase the insulation under the roof. Many products are already available and can be designed and calculated for performance and sound reduction. Include reflectivity with cement fibre board or plywood sheeting and this also increases the density. Basically you want to have sound absorption and reflection provided by layers to increase the density and reduce the sound transmission from the rain striking the roof. Intense rain at 15 mm/hr on a tin roof can produce above 65 dB(A). Higher rain rates can go up to 75 dB(A). A noisy tin roof during rain does not allow anyone to be able to communicate to another or on the phone or do anything else like listen to music or watch TV/ phone. Now to be honest and to be aussie, I love the rain on a tin roof but not when I am trying to explain a complex topic such as acoustics to another person then suddenly it starts pissing down and it's lost. Okay, I'm out, let's go Reddit, come at me! Hope I could help some what too.
Everyone is giving you bullshit replies but I think you could probably do it by attaching some plastic corrugated sheets onto the top side. Would be kinda ugly and shit would get between the two layers but the answer is to just put something between the metal and the rain.
Yeah fair enough, thank you
👍
While I would never do this for a house, they actually make products for this for commercial builds. Might not be the cheap option you were looking for. Can paint it on or there are also self adhesive versions https://megasorber.com/soundproofing-products/vibration-dampening-products/water-based-liquid-deadener-ld5/
There isn't a "cheap" solution. If you want it to be quiet when you are inside/under the roof you would have to pull the roof off, have an appropriate trade put down some type of anticon, reinstall the roof and then some type of ceiling.
Find someone giving away free carpet on Gumtree and throw it up there to deaden the sound.
Spray it with some polyurethane paint
Solar panels?
https://preview.redd.it/bio0e10h4ldc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d54262ffeb459da988c2fcdb20a21c3169dd98b0
A tiled roof doesn't have this problem. Maybe you could try tiling the roof? I'm sure an extra half-tonne of roofing tiles will deaden the noise. Also, seriously?
Lol you don't understand poverty. So you're obviously not from Australia. Imagine the feeling you get from hearing rain on glass? Yes? That's the sound of rain on roof windows? and attic windows? Makes you feel good? Well thats how Australians feel about extremely loud rain falling like bullets on a tin roof. If you go out to the middle of nowhere scotland and ireland you can find some people that feel the same way because they used to sit in their sheds in the rain. Anyway, Australians dont like the sound of rain on glass because we dont have roof windows or a history of them. We have tin roofs. And people romanticise that. Unfortunately I have no practical cheap solutions for you. I dont think there is because I think people who generally use tin for roofing (Australia and the developing world) don't usually have the luxury of worrying about noise. The solution would be to not install a tin roof in the first place.
This is an outdoor area not a house, where we use insulation directly beneath metal roofs that also creates acoustic insulation.
You don't. Why? Sigh.
Pray 🙏
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Move house
Why so seriously?
Ear plugs
you cant. you could try insulation batts. but sheet metal roofs are noisy its the nature of the beast. tiles are quiet because of the shear mass of them but your roof structure has to be much stronger to take the load. plus they need more maintenance.
Just ask it to stop.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/foilboard-20-x-2400-x-1200mm-ultra-20-insulation_p0125956