Can My Subwoofers Damage My Home


Hi, I have 2 Paradigm Signature Sub 25s in my second Floor Home Theater and they vibrate my room when i watch movies. I wonder if this causes any structural damage to my Home . Each sub is sitting on top of 2 Auralex Grammas and i beleive the virations are coming from the sound rather than the physical vibration of the Subs itself. Do you think this will cause any structural damage to my House?
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While playing the Jurassic Park soundtrack my friends house was creaking and groaning even though we heard no sounds coming from the speakers.
Absolutely they can damage your home. My wife became so enraged by the eruptions of base during her yoga sessions in the next room that she punched a hole in the wall.
Can a subwoofer wreck a house? It sounds like fantastic claim made by an ultra expensive cable company. I think its far more likely the people that live on the once quiet street got some revenge.
A lot depends on the material used to cover the wall studs and ceiling joists.

If drywall was used it would then depend on whether the drywall was hung using nails
or screws, and whether the drywall was glued to the wall studs and ceiling joists.

I have seen in the case where only drywall nails were used, no glue, the drywall compound that was used to cover the recessed head of the nail popped loose exposing the nail head......

As for plaster and lath I suppose the vibration could cause the white coat to crack and in the event the bond of the white coat to the brown coat was poor there could be some loosening damage of the white coat and subsequent flaking off.
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