Move your Wifi immediately: These common materials could be blocking its signal

Some household materials affect your WiFi speed more than others. Finding out what makes your Internet lag will help you fix the issue right away.

These are the worst signal blockers, according to experts.

Here is why your WiFi is so slow

Routers transmit radio waves to communicate with wireless devices. But sometimes the waves’ paths can be blocked by certain materials, or undergo electromagnetic interference, weakening their pathway.

According to experts at SignalBoosters, a provider of router boosters, building materials are the worst WiFi signal blockers, followed by physical objects and radio waves from other devices.

Here are some of the worst materials for good connection.

Moving your router to avoid them slowing down the reception can make your internet way faster.

Metal can absorb the waves

Metal is the material that radio waves will have the toughest time passing through because metal is a conductor of electricity and radio waves are electromagnetic.

The metal can absorb the waves, meaning anything from metal furniture, doors, blinds and walls can undermine the connectivity.

This means metal blinds, doors, furniture, buildings, and walls – any metal between the router and you.

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Concrete walls and ceramic tiles create impenetrable wall

Concrete is a notoriously thick building material, making it difficult for radio waves to pass through. Pair it with metal laths for an even more impenetrable wall.

Commonly used on walls and floors, typically mastic is used to install ceramic tiles on plaster or drywall. The mix of these materials decreases your WiFi speed.

Window, glass and mirrors reflect the radio waves

Glass reflects the radio waves, and if they are Low-E windows or metallic film, this will interfere with the signals.

Mirrors consist of a thin coat of metal on a piece of glass which causes electromagnetic interference too. The bigger the mirror, the greater the disruption.

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Sources used:

- The Sun: 'People are just realising WiFi signals are blocked by six common materials – move your router now for faster internet'