Acoustic Concrete Floor

That s why acoustic floors are key when it comes to reducing noise in buildings.

Acoustic concrete floor.

Most resilient flooring that does not incorporate a cushioning structure and or a felt backing will not significantly contribute to meeting or exceeding the requirements of an iic 45 or 50 rating. Call our friendly experts on 01204 548400. This is basically to establish how efficient they are at reducing the transmission of noise from outside to inside environments. In our acoustic range you will find floors with an impact sound reduction of 14 15 17 19db.

The following conclusions are drawn from laboratory testing over lightweight structures and from tests with a 6 thick concrete slab structural floor. Concrete floating floors density 2360kg m3 are the most common type of acoustic floating floor due to their high strength weight and versatility. The concrete acoustic floating floors are ideal for environments that are considerably noisy. Sound can have adverse effects on the human body such as sleeping disorders stress and headaches.

This type of system is more economical than a jack up system as it creates a full area homogenous slab with minimal flanking. Jcw acoustic high quality floor soundproofing products solutions for timber concrete floors. The acousti mat floor underlayment is used to increase sound isolation and reduce impact noise in wood concrete and steel deck construction assemblies. This acoustic floor underlayment can improve the iic impact insulation class by up to 12 points over a wood frame and up to 20 points over concrete.

Forbo flooring is a specialist in acoustic floors with more than 32 years experience. Floor panels precast concrete floor and wall panels as well as other materials eg glass are tested both under laboratory conditions and on site to establish their acoustic ratings. The weight of the concrete can increase the low frequency noise reduction to create an airspace between the poured non structural slab and the subfloor below.