Hush Acoustics provides the complete solution for architects, developers and building contractors seeking to create separating walls and floors with sound reduction levels which are much higher than the minimum standards demanded by the Building Regulations.
Its extensive range of acoustic products and systems can be combined for use with numerous different types of timber and masonry wall and floor constructions to deliver enhanced performance in domestic, commercial and public buildings. The key to using them most successfully it to find the optimum way to add mass and decouple the room facing walls, floors and ceilings from structural elements.
Whether the goal is to achieve better acoustic performance to meet higher than the compliance levels as a condition of planning in material change of use projects, or to proactively build or convert with superior soundproofing as a key objective, Hush Acoustics can provide expert guidance on how best to deploy its insulation solutions.
Hush Acoustics’ high mass acoustic floor panels, including Hush Panel Cem 33 and 37, are particularly effective at blocking the transmission of airborne sound through a separating floor, beyond the levels possible with more standard chipboard acoustic panels such as Hush Panel 28.
Several options
In addition, Hush offers several different resilient bar options to provide highly effective decoupling in ceilings and walls, along with products such Hush Batten 55 and 70 acoustically insulated battens which allow larger voids to be created in floor constructions. These voids can be infilled with Hush Slab mineral wool absorber slabs to further disrupt sound paths, and Hush Fill 60 granular heavy pugging, which is ideal in the conversion and renovation of older buildings.
Impact sound reduction performance in floors can be incorporated to superior levels through the use of Hush’s rubber-based membranes and resilient layers, some of which are incorporated into its acoustic panels and easy-to-install mats. These include Hush FFR Acoustic Underlay, designed to perform well with both hard or soft floorcoverings, and Hush Mat 15, a product which contains high levels of mass to contribute to airborne sound reduction as well as impact.
‘Off the shelf’
Whilst a bespoke acoustic wall or floor/ceiling design may be the optimum solution in many applications, Hush Acoustics’ fully tested ‘off the shelf’ systems can also be deployed where the project permits. A number of different systems have been developed to suit the building’s construction materials and the target performance required, some of which provide sound reduction levels far beyond the Building Regulations minimum.
For example, the HD1035: Hush Resilient Bar System TF Robust for timber joisted floors provides an airborne sound reduction figure of 59 dB (DnT,w + Ctr), versus the minimum level within Approved Document E of 45 dB. Similarly exceptional performance is offered by the HD1055: Masonry Wall With Stud Lining system, which provides airborne sound reduction of 64 dB (DnT,w + Ctr) – 19 dB more than what Approved Document E requires.
To find out more about how Hush Acoustics’ products and systems can deliver sound reduction which goes way beyond compliance levels, visit www.hushacoustics.co.uk or call 0114 352 0729.
