Reducing vibration on wooden floors

[oscarlloydjohn]

Do you guys have any tips on how I can reduce the vibrations transmitted by my filters through wooden floorboards?

Cheers

 

[mort]

For large air pumps (talking filter size) a couple of inches of foam under them with a layer of wood between the foam and pump works well. The foam dampens the vibration and the wood give a sturdy surface for the pump to sit on. You might need quite stiff foam or a thinner layer for a heavy filter but it should work.

 

[Luciën]

Best you can do is lower the surface area as much as possible like speakers standing on spikes.. Maybe make a plate with spikes on top of that foam and on top of the foam a solid surface where your filter sits on..

 

[Douglas Mason]

For large air pumps (talking filter size) a couple of inches of foam under them with a layer of wood between the foam and pump works well. The foam dampens the vibration and the wood give a sturdy surface for the pump to sit on. You might need quite stiff foam or a thinner layer for a heavy filter but it should work.

Hi,

When I had my marine tank and was running large pumps I used to use anti vibration matting, its like a foam mat and this used to reduce the vibration.

Doug

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[Matt @ ScapeEasy]

@Douglas Mason do you have a link to the one you used please?

 

[Douglas Mason]

@Douglas Mason do you have a link to the one you used please?

Hi,

I'm out at the minute, I'll get back to you later with some info.

Doug

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[Douglas Mason]

Hi,

This is the sort of thing I used, they are used for industrial machines and under washing machines etc.

https://www.floormats.co.uk/rubbermats/structural-protection-mats

https://www.amazon.co.uk/anti-vibration-mat-washing-machine/s?k=anti+vibration+mat+washing+machine

Screwfix do some that are 2mm thick for around £9.00 but I found the thicker ones better, I think the ones I used were 10mm thick.

Regards

Doug