I borrowed a db meter to check the noise level of my house. I also wanted to check it against a db meter app for my phone to see if it was accurate.
A weighted I have a whopping 55 db of noise in my house, that's with the refrigerator, and furnace running.
What is cool is the ph app. measured the same as the db meter.
That's a lot of noise. In the recording room with the treatment (only bass traps, and diffusion/absorption for top end, no soundproofing from outside noise), it was still high at 48db.