WALL

Walls provide building occupants with the most protection from

exterior noise. Different wall materials and designs vary greatly in
their sound insulating properties.

The figure shows provides a visual summary of some ways in which the
acoustical properties can be improved
Figure shows a sample of wall types ranging from the
lowest to the highest sound insulation values.
 This system utilizes Acoustic Mineral Wool,
Resilient Bars and acoustic plasterboard. The
perimeter and all joints on first layer off board will
be sealed with acoustic mastic.
 Rubber mats are fixed to existing walls.
 Two layers of 12.5mm acoustic plasterboard are
added for final noise barrier.
 The wall face will be removed to expose void
between existing batons and acoustic mineral wool
installed in void. Resilient bars will be installed on
the batons. These systems utilize Acoustic Mineral
Wool, Resilient Bars and acoustic plasterboard. The
perimeter and all joints on first layer off board will
be sealed with acoustic mastic.
 The main aim of this system is to reduce “the
speaker box effect” that the cavity between
batons creates. The wall face will be removed to
expose the voids between existing batons.
Acoustic mineral wool gets installed in these
voids.
 An acoustic plasterboard is installed directly to
the batons. This system utilize Acoustic Mineral
Wool and acoustic plasterboard.
 The perimeter and all joints on first layer of board
will be sealed with acoustic mastic.
 A new frames with added resilient bars is built
away from the existing wall.
 This system utilise acoustic mineral wool and two
layers of acoustic plasterboard
 The perimeter and all joints on first layer off board
will be sealed with acoustic mastic.
• Independent Wall System can be applied to any
wall structure. A frame with added resilient bars is
built away from the existing wall.
• This allows the wall to reduce both vibration and
impact noise penetration to substantially improve
the sound insulating qualities of the wall.
Bar Installation:
 The bars should be fixed to joists or battens using
either drywall or self drilling screws below ceiling
joists and on timber stud walls.
Plasterboard:
 A double layer of plasterboard, or similar
composite, should be used and fitted to within the
surrounding walls.
Edge Sealant:
 Sealant should be applied to all the edge
perimeters after the installation of each layer to
achieve optimum results.
The characteristic of impact noise depend
on the floor structure. Impact sounds
on concrete slabs finished with a hard
surface such as ceramic tile can be
described by terms such as click, clack
or sharp tap. Most of the energy of
such sounds occurs at high frequencies.
 Timber floating floor
 Carpet
 Underlayment
 Timber floating board will installed at
existing floor surface such as concrete
surface with underlayment.
 Surface sealed wood flooring is easy and
inexpensive to maintain by regular
sweeping or vacuum cleaning.
 Damage to timber floors may occur due
to continual movement of furniture, or
heavy foot traffic.
Approximate IIC ratings for a 150-mm-thick concrete slab with various kinds of
toppings.
 Usage of underlayment will increase the
IIC and STC.

 Underlayment system acts as a

decoupler by breaking the sound
transmission path through the floor-
ceiling assembly and prevents noise
flanking room to room.
Floating timber floor is installed at existing concrete surface with
underlayment
Advantages :
1. Low-frequency sounds that have long
wavelengths and a purely absorptive bass trap
needs to be at least one eighth of a wavelength
deep.
2. This membrane (underlayment) functions as an
acoustic barrier and softens and quiets when walk.
3. Features for acoustic mineral wool is for effective
reduction of airborne noise through floors and
wall, acoustic infill between floor/ceiling joists,
acoustic infill for stud partitions, easy to cut and
install, produced from natural products, and
significantly reduces noise through timber floors.
Method :
1. Generally installed when old floorboards are
being removed and new chipboard flooring is
being fitted.
2. Floorboards will be lifted and removed to
expose floor joists.
3. Mineral wool is friction fitted between joists.
4. Absorber can be made from two-inch mineral
wool slab, fixed to a frame two inches away
from the wall and covered with open-weave
fabric to prevent the fibres escaping into the air.
5. Perimeter strips will be installed as standard to
minimize flanking noise traveling down the walls.
6. A similar absorber can be made from two-inch
mineral wool slab, fixed to a frame two inches away
from the wall and covered with open-weave fabric
to prevent the fibres escaping into the air.
7. A variation on this is the acoustic blanket used in
broadcast work where layers of mineral wool
reinforced with lightweight wire mesh are covered
with fabric and hung from walls.
Ceiling
Disadvantages:
➢Up to 150mm (6 inch) of room height is lost in
rooms up to about 5 metres wide;
➢This method becomes unviable for really large
rooms beyond about 7 metres;
➢There's a need to drop down any ceiling fixtures
(such as lights etc).
Advantages:
 Slightly less head room is lost from the room;
 The insulation covers the whole of the ceiling
structure so noise deadening is slightly
increased;
 The insulation quilt is run at right angles to
the new joist so is easier to put into place
during installation.
WINDOW
 Sound enters a building through its
acoustically weakest points, and windows
are one of the weakest parts of a wall.
 An open or weak window will severely
negate the effect of a very strong wall.
Whenever windows are going to be a part
of the building design, they should be
given acoustical consideration.
 Window Type Diagram

Single pane window

REDUCING NOISE USING

DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS
Soundproof window and
single pane window

• Double pane windows reduce

a little more noise than single
Double pane window
pane window
• The insulation values in
Soundproof window and
double pane windows are
double pane window
much better than single pane
windows.
Two soundproof windows
• Soundproof Windows can
and double pane window
reduce the current noise
levels by 95% or by 75%

Window noise reduction

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