One of the most mis-understood aspects of the soundproofing business is clients that call asking for sound panel treatments to help block noise bleeding from one room to the next. The reality is, sound panels do not block noise. Sound panels absorb echoes. Sound panels will produce lower background noise within the same room the…
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Why Are Restaurants So Loud?
Architects, Designers, Builders and Restaurant Owners combine to target wipe-able, cleanable, decorative surfaces in their restaurant projects. These surfaces can include brick, block, wood, glass, tin, marble, granite, stone and metal. On average, these surfaces combine to absorb an average of 5% of the sound wave reflections inside the restaurant space. That leaves the dead…
Read MoreSoundproofing Basement Walls
The outer walls in most basements will be concrete block or poured cement. The inner walls defining the rooms in a basement will be wooden stick frame. Four walls, two concrete, two wood frame is the standard starting point for a client attempting to hold noise to within a room in the basement. The room…
Read MoreHow Expensive is Soundproofing?
The answer to this is dependent on the size of your room. The larger the space, the more square footage of product will be needed in order to trigger the sound values you are after. We are careful to not under treat the space and force a decay in your results. A simple Room Analysis…
Read MoreWhat is a Sound Panel?
The term “sound panel” is generic, and can refer to a variety of different types of panels designed to capture echoes. Sound panels are made of either foam or compressed fiberglass. Foam panels are filled with tiny pores that accept sound waves, while fiberglass panels are filled with tiny fibers that also capture the sound…
Read MoreWhy Batting Insulation Isn’t Effective
Stuffing your walls full of batting insulation may help isolate room temperature, but the treatment does nothing to block noise from bleeding from room to room. Much like a pile of sponges can’t block flooding water, you need sandbags, the same holds true with block noise. You need density, and fiberglass batting insulation stuffed between…
Read MoreHow to Quiet A Loud Pool Pump
Want to shut down up to 90% of your pool pump noise? Pool pumps can produce annoying levels of unwelcome noise in an atmosphere designed to deliver calm, comfort and fun. Loud pool pumps can have an adverse impact on the environment around the pool. To control the excessive levels of noise, a simple frame…
Read MoreCafeteria Noise. How to Lower It.
Cafeteria’s fill with noise as crowds gather and voices begin to carry. Cafeteria’s need to have hard, cleanable surfaces, which in turn means those surfaces will also combine to reflect and scatter echoes rather than absorb them. As a result, echoes carry, background noise builds, and conversation over tables spikes as communication becomes strained. If…
Read MoreGot a Noisy Furnace?
If you have a loud furnace that spills noise into adjoining spaces, wrap the ductwork with a sound barrier lagging product called NetLag and line the inner walls of your furnace room with a sound barrier curtain system called QBS Blankets. Both of these products are Class A fire rated sound barrier treatments that combat…
Read MoreSculpted vs Flat Foam Panels
Sculpted foam panels, or panels that have a convolution (pattern) cut into their face, expose more of the pores of the foam to air space, increasing the panels ability to capture and convert more sound wave reflections out of a space. Flat foam has a lower overall surface area, presenting fewer pores to the same…
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