How 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…

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What 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…

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How 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…

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Cafeteria 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…

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Got 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…

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Sculpted 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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Church Too Loud?

If your favorite House of Worship suffers from noise, the mystery is here waiting to be unlocked.  Whether it is your sanctuary, synagogue, mosque, fellowship hall, band room, choir rehearsal room, gym space, classroom or confessional booth, there are soundproofing treatments for all of these spaces that are time tested and proven to be successful.  …

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3 Steps to Soundproofing a Wall

Common walls bleed noise because they are not build properly.   Vibrations structurally pass through common contact points inside the wall, namely, the framing.   To properly insulate a wall against noise bleed, there’s a simple 3 step approach to force the collapse of this vibration.   The treatment can collapse up to 90% of the noise bleed…

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#1 Mistake With Acoustic Foam Panels

We constantly remind our clients that acoustic foam panels absorb echo, but they don’t block noise.   For clients seeking to isolate a noise source, foam is NOT the answer.   Foam protects the people inside the same room the noise is generated from, by collecting echoes and converting them out of the room.   Foam makes it…

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Too Loud? Why Ceiling Tiles Don’t Work.

Commercial grade acoustic ceiling tiles really aren’t all that acoustic.   Most commercial grade ceiling tiles carry poor NRC ratings that average .50, while most sound panels in today’s marketplace carry NRC ratings that average between .80 and 1.25.   Commercial grade ceiling tiles are not designed to absorb sound, they are not designed to make a…

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