Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - Quieting a furnace

In addition to having questions about the efficiency of the furnace in our new house (separate thread) it is a bit loud. It's in an enclosed room in the basement, right next to where we want the family room. I would like to make it less loud. I'm not sure if the age of the unit affects the noise, so that's one question. Two is that it's on a concrete floor. Would sound isolation pads help, and is there any reason not to install them under a furnace? Other than that I guess I would use standard sound elimination tactics: sound blankets inside the walls, soundboard and a double layer of sheetrock outside.

Thoughts? Opinions?

Thanks,

Anthony

Forget the the dampeners under the boiler. That thing weighs probably 500#+. If you "soundproof" the boiler room, make sure you provide a source of ample combustion air. EVERY fuel burning appliance needs air for burning. Failure to provide same will result in very inefficient, dirty, & dangerous conditions.

Weight isn't really an issue - the pads I'm thinking of are rated for 1500 lbs each, which would take machinery up to 6000 lbs for 4 of them. My concern is if it would in any way impede the operation of the furnace. I can't think why it would, but still, best to ask.

Thanks,

Anthony

If you can lift the boiler & all of the attached piping without doing damage, go for it. You might be biting off more than you can chew.

I keep forgetting there are pipes attached! Lifting the boiler is easy, but I'll have to look at how the pipes are run.

Thanks!