Floor Sound Insulation Solutions

Our iso step floor underlayment is engineered to provide superior impact sound insulation and better performance over other sound control materials.

Floor sound insulation solutions.

Add same sound rated insulation can bring the rating to stc 47. Here you will find video replay downloadable video and a transcript of our impact and airborne sound solutions for floors webinar held at our head offices on 18th april 2018 with sean smith and keira proctor. This video showcases the quietfloor plus floor soundproofing insulation which can be used under carpets. Unlike other acoustic insulation solutions the soundboard 4 features 4 layers of different high mass soundproofing materials which block a wide range of sound frequencies all laminated together in one board.

Building the same wall using 2 1 2 metal studs with 1 2 drywall on each side you get an stc of 34. Residing on an upper floor can provide a bit more privacy and safety but also comes with a cost. Design datamapesilent is our free software program to help design soundproofing systems. The soundboard 4 adds 34 83kg of mass to your wall and a dampening layer to prevent the sound energy vibration from travelling through.

Sound absorbing floor insulation this would be acoustic insulation that gets stuffed between floor joists immediately below the subfloor. The type of flooring also affects the iic rating too. Floor joist spacing 12 16 or 24 thickness 8 10 or 12 and composition dimension lumber i joists engineered or laminated also can impact the stc and iic values by up to 5 points. Recently my neighbor came knocking to inform me she could hear loud music through the ceiling.

Acoustic floor tiles these are special floor tiles that help reduce echo and reverberation in rooms with hard surfaces and floors. Embarrassed i quickly turned down the volume and began investigating ways to reduce noise from traveling through the floor my search landed me on a site specializing in noise isolation solutions. Adding sound rated insulation can improve that to stc 45. It may be installed over a wood or concrete sub floor and under a wide range of flooring finishes.

The denser insulation usually provides better sound absorption. Not so with qt underlayment. Using 5 8 drywall instead of 1 2 on the steel studs brings the sound insulated wall up to stc 49. Many floor soundproofing solutions work in conjunction with suspended ceilings in order to achieve their iic ratings.

Mapei has a range of certified soundproofing products available for floor slabs and floors to combat the noise of footsteps including for existing buildings requiring restoration. Even with a thickness under 1 2 it still performs at least 25 better on iic tests than any other floor soundproofing material.