Reduce Unwanted Footfall and Impact Noise with our New Acoustical Floor Underlayment Products
Impacta acoustical floor underlayments are a new line of products that reduce footfall and impact noise. There are seperate systems for ceramic tile, natural stone, carpet, laminate and engineered hardwood floors.
(PRWEB) December 27, 2004 -- Impacta acoustical floor underlayments are a new
line of products that provide floor sound isolation solutions for every
condition in multi-family residential design. To meet the specified requirement
for impact insulations, different systems are required for various types of
flooring systems.
Nothing is more frustrating to new home owners than to
discover that the multi-family home (condo, townhouse or apartment) that they
just purchased has loud neighbors upstairs or neighbors below them who complain
about the amount of noise coming from above. The biggest compliant in these
situtations is impact noise, such as footfall noise. Nothing is worse than
trying to go to sleep or relax and hearing kids or adults running around above
you. With the trend of installing more engineered hardwood, laminate and cermic
tile floors instead of carpeting on the rise, this noise problem is becoming
even more common.
Another big compliant is that the neighbors above have
always had carpeted floors and there were never any noise problems and everyone
got along fine, until they pulled out the carpet and put in engineered hardwood
floors. Once a comfort level has been established any change to that level can
be seen as very dramatic. Engineered hardwood floors, laminate floors and cermic
tile floors obviously transmit much more sound than carpet, because they are
hard solid surfaces.
Within the acoustical industry there have always
been floor underlayments to help reduce impact noise. However, Acoustical
Solutions is one of the first companies to introduce different underlayments for
different flooring systems. The Impacta line of acoustical floor underlayments
has been specifically designed to offer maximum sound reduction while
maintaining a very low or thin profile, so as to not add extra height to the
floor. The Prozorb and Cerazorb, to be used under ceramic tile and engineered
hardwood floors, are a synthetic cork underlayment that are mold and mildew
resistant, economically priced, lightweight and easy to install. The Redupax
system is a totally free floating underlayment system designed to get "luxury"
ratings underneath engineered hardwood and lamainte floors. The Superfloor
product is a commercial carpet underlayment designed to reuce impact noise and
extend the life of the carpet.
Impacta floor underlayment products
provide proven field and laboratory-tested solutions for floor build-ups in wood
frame, metal pan and concrete construction to meet HUD’s Grade I “luxury” and
Grade II impact isolation building requirements.
Impacta floor
underlayment systems are locally reacting systems that are installed above wood
or concrete slab. Impacta soundproofing floor underlayments are ideal for
hotels, condominiums, apartments, office buildings, schools, or any area where
footfall noise is a concern.
You can view all four acoustical floor
underlayment systems at http://www.acousticalsolutions.com/products/isolation/impacta.asp
Contact
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Dave Ingersoll
800-782-5742
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