PicturePanels by NetWell offer a visually appealing way to resolve reverberant noise problems, while improving both the aesthetics and acoustics of your existing space. PicturePanels can feature custom graphics, photos, logos, artwork, and more. The design options are virtually limitless. The panels are available in sizes up to 4′ x 10′, and they can be mounted…
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Reducing Echo in a Gym
Charlie Mann, Director of Operations at Alvord ISD in Texas, reached out to NetWell Noise Control looking for help with reducing the reverberation time in their school’s large gymnasium. Gyms are notorious for being echo chambers due to their tall ceiling heights and hard reflective surfaces. The NetWell team gathered information about their gym (size…
Read MoreSoundproofing a Pickleball Court
Noise Reduction for Pickleball Courts: How-to Pickleball has become one of America’s leading participation sports programs, entertaining kids from ages 8 to 108. The increase in the popularity of the sport especially holds true for the senior population, as the activity tends to generate both an enjoyable social environment as well as a good deal…
Read MoreSound Proof Room Dividers
Soundproofing Room Dividers Social distancing in today’s commercial marketplace places a premium on the design and function of commercial space. The ability to take a larger room and sub divide it into two smaller rooms that remain sound protected from one another is a popular means by which to stay social distanced while making the…
Read MoreSoundproofing Your Fellowship Hall
Similar to other social gathering venues, fellowship halls are faced with the common issue of sound reflections (echoes) interfering with the quality of acoustics within the room. When a group converses in a fellowship hall, particularly one containing several hard, reflective surfaces, the collective voices create reverberations that affect the quality of acoustics throughout the area. As these reverberations interfere with
Read MoreHow to Soundproof Kennels and Puppy Playlands
Kennel noise is generated by barking dogs and their impact sounds reflecting off all the hard, washable, reflective surfaces our clients find in a kennel environment. Concrete floors, hard reflective walls, block, brick, metal, washable surfaces that combine to reflect up to 97% of the bark of the dog. The repercussions of this echo carry…
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Reducing Your Gym Noise Gymnasiums are mostly big, over-sized, shoe box shaped rooms with 3 sets of parallel surfaces. All the surfaces are typically hard and reflective, with floors, ceilings and perimeter walls absorbing less than 5% of the sound wave reflections within the space. As the gym fills with people, whether for classes, sporting…
Read MoreBack to School and Noise Exposure
COVID is Not The Only Threat to Children Going Back to School, Noise is a Close Second Soon those infamous orange buses will be strolling down the road, breaking to stop at your child’s pick-up location in your neighborhood. The kids are excited, their new backpacks are loaded with tools and utensils, the parents eager…
Read MoreHow to Choose Acoustical Panels
9 Tips For Choosing Acoustical Sound Panels If you are experiencing unwelcome levels of noise in your office space, gym, cafeteria, or church and want to lower the level of echo, a series of wall or ceiling mounted sound panels is your answer. Place them in your room, they’ll absorb echoes, lower noise levels,…
Read MoreSelecting Your Acoustic Foam
Acoustic foams come in many shapes and sizes. They are typically cut into squares or rectangles because its easier to ship the material that way. Rolled forms of foam typically are flat foams with no convolute cut into the face of the material. But flat foam won’t absorb as much sound, because scultped foam has more surface space exposure, meaning it captures more sound waves per
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