[HN Gopher] My failed attempt at using a closet as an office ___________________________________________________________________ My failed attempt at using a closet as an office Author : pamelafox Score : 26 points Date : 2023-12-19 20:05 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (blog.pamelafox.org) (TXT) w3m dump (blog.pamelafox.org) | quickthrower2 wrote: | Seems like there are a lot of rooms to try out. I suspect the | living room or sun room would offer enough distance so that noise | is not a distraction. Use a temporary table if this is not | aesthetically pleasing when guests come for example. | pamelafox wrote: | Fair point! I have a 4 yr old and 1 yr old that sometimes must | be home in the living room and sun room (which we use as the | stroller room), so I really want to be able to have a door | between my office and their areas. | xp84 wrote: | Really enjoyed reading this! It's very informative reading about | the effectiveness of each measure you took. I've had a room | dedicated as my office since moving into our house, but it's on | the main level of our home which means, ahem, a great deal of | child noise. I've often wondered if a corner of a bedroom, unused | as is the rest of upstairs during the day, wouldn't offer a far | more sound-isolated environment. Probably with solid core doors | it would be a much better option. | | It's funny how most of us feel like we "need" a dedicated room, | but really, a bedroom is in many ways an ideal space to give a | second, daytime use to, unless you have a partner at home who | takes naps or something. | | Anyway, for now I bought a WeWork subscription! | thsksbd wrote: | The acoustic was a waste of money. Noise cancelling headsets with | a boom microphone would outperform all of those. | | The real problem (aside from the space) is the air quality. | There's just no going around needing to put a duct/return to the | room. | pamelafox wrote: | It felt like the foam did improve audio quality but I think the | only thing that measurably reduced noise from outside was solid | core door. Pricey though! Agreed that a good microphone is a | huge help. I currently use Elgato Wave:3 which is not as fancy | as one can go. | margalabargala wrote: | This seems like a case of lots of small incremental changes being | slower, more expensive, and ultimately worse than one big change | that addresses the problem. | | The office shown is extremely large and already big enough for | two people, as was initially tried. The only real problem is the | noise. | | Instead of having a bunch of work done trying to change the | nature of the closet, it seems like the best solution would be to | have the contractor construct an entirely new wall dividing the | office room in two. Rather than being in a small closet, they now | have a large room, with a big window and door, etc. A real wall | blocks the noise they're concerned about. | bombcar wrote: | I've been pleasantly surprised by the improved noise cancelling | on tools like Zoom and even Teams, a dog can explode nearby or a | child start bawling and nobody can hear it. | teddyh wrote: | > _a dog can explode nearby_ | | Does that happen often where you are? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-20 23:00 UTC)