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Soundproof Flooring Products
By Dr. Bob Orther, Fri Dec 9th
In past articles we have talked extensively about soundproofingunderlay's for hardwood flooring and tile. This article willdeal with soundproof carpet underlay's. Many people think thatsimply rolling out a layer of mass loaded vinyl onto thesubfloor and then installing your carpet and pad will protectthe neighbors downstairs from hearing the impact (footfallnoise) coming from the unit above. Unfortunately this is not thecase. MLV needs to maintain a dead air space between the subfloor and the the vinyl itself in order to resonate with thesounds thus canceling it out. The MLV's ability to resonate willgive you the STC numbers you desire and it will work to it'sfull potential. We have discovered that it is better to use acarpet underlay that does not need to resonate in order to giveyou maximum soundproofing. There are a variety of carpetunderlays that fit this bill, one is known as American ImpactPro. It is the exact same product that is used for impactprotection under hardwood and tile floors. American Impact Proand it's brother American Impact Standard are both provenstate-of-the-art underlays for almost any floor coveringavailable. The only exception is marble flooring.
There areother soundproofing underlay's specifically designed for marbleand are available through this website:www.soundproofingamerica.com There is also an economicalalternative to the more costly Impact Pro and Impact Standardwhich is simply called "Impactless". It does not offer the sameimpact protection that you'd get from Impact Pro and ImpactStandard, but for the budget minded it is a very realisticalternative and is much less costly to purchase and to ship. Wehave gotten some good feedback on all of these products. Whenyou are thinking about carpet underlay products, look no furtherthan the professionals at Soundproofing America. We have theindustrial strength materials to soundproof any floor. Thanksfor reading and learning. For more information on carpet underlays, please call aprofessional at (877) 530-0139 Thank you. As Always,
Bob O. www.soundproofingamerica.com www.massloadedvinyl.com tollfree (877) 530-0139 About the author:Dr. Bob is the Senior technical advisor for SoundproofingAmerica, Inc.
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