Acoustiblok came to our rescue on a residential construction project we had just started. We were required to run a large and very loud diesel motor 24 hours a day to remove ground water during our initial foundation excavation. This project was located in a prestigious neighborhood and the neighbors weren’t going to put up with it. In fact, one neighbor had called the local building department and reported us, prompting a local inspector to visit our site.

We needed a way to quiet the motor, but we thought getting the noise level to 55dB was nearly impossible – until we decided to call Acoustiblok. We described the situation to L.J. and Steve and they thought they could fix the problem and meet the city’s noise ordinance requirements. Within hours Steve was on our job site taking decibel readings and arranging the noise-reducing Acoustiblok panels around the noisy diesel motor. After a few adjustments, we were getting noise levels of 52-54dB. In fact, it was so quiet, simply a bird chirping during the noise level testing was pushing the dB meter into the 58-60dB range! They were also able to provide documentation to our local inspector who was extremely impressed with our solution. Steve also personally talked to the neighbor who originally called the building department and they were very grateful for the quick response and the professionalism of the solution. Thank you Accoustiblok for saving our project!

Brandon Boss and Graham Mennie
Boss & Mennie, Inc.

At the new Ko’olani luxury condominium in Honolulu Hawaii, Acoustiblok was built into the penthouse floors. The results were so outstanding that the developer/builder has now required that the Acoustiblok floor system be used in all units having solid floors.

“I’ve been in the business for over 7 years and this is the best I’ve ever seen.” – Rick Jans, Chief Mechanic

When the suppliers of the high power pumps at Coastal De-Watering were called in to drain footers on a $6.2 million dollar custom home construction site, they also had to solve a noise problem. Water from the nearby bay was seeping into the footers before the concrete could adequately set up. When the pumps was turned on the neighbors complained about the noise, especially when it was explained that it would be needed 24/7 for at least three days.

The temporary installation of Acoustiblok All Weather Industrial Sound Panels was completed in less than 1 hour and the sound reduction was dramatic. At the pump the sound was reduced from 90.7 dbs to 71.5 dbs. At the lot line where the neighbors had complained the sound was reduced from 62.3 dB to less than 52 dB. This is a reduction of about 50% in audible sound.

“We are reviewing purchase of these panels to take to every job—you’re damn right they’re good.”

Rick Jans
Chief Mechanic
Coastal De-Watering
Tampa Florida
coastaldewatering.com

Grand Canyon Quiet Again

Stuck with 105 dB noise from an air intake head, Grand Canyon National Park service personnel were truly in a bind. Massive amounts of air must flow, so the intake could not have a restrictive housing.

Simple solution: Four Acoustiblok All Weather Sound Panels™ Easily installed and preserving ease of access, the AWSP solution provides an amazing 30 db noise reduction! “Works very well… can not be distinguished from ambient noise of surrounding equipment.” – Dave Welborn

To The Prospective Customers of Acoustiblok:

When we started looking at this product, I was on a short time table and was not sure what I was looking for. We found the customer service department to be great. They helped get the information and the pricing to us for our project. When it came to ordering and handling the product, they out did themselves again. We could not be any happier and looking forward to using them and their products again.

James Banks, Estimator
Kight Home Center
Corporate Headquarters
Evansville, IN 47715
www.kighthomecenter.com

Shephards Beach Resort has a very popular chic nighclub called The Wave. The club is jammed pack and the music is very loud (105dB). The guests staying in the rooms above the club always complained about the vibrating loud music penetrating into their rooms.

We decided to install Acoustiblok inside the club to hopefully alleviate the complaints. Extra measures were taken to ensure the highest abatement would be obtained. Sound measurements were recorded before and after installation of the material. The noise reduction was impressive, but more importantly, the complaints from guests have stopped. If the material is installed correctly, it really works.

www.Shephards.com

Schell Brothers has an excellent reputation of providing our homeowners with quality construction and excellent customer service. One or our premier projects is the Windswept Condos located in the Peninsula Resort.

Ensuring the Resort’s tranquility and serenity be experienced in each unit, Schell Brothers chose Acoustiblok for noise abatement. We have installed Acoustiblok on the floor joist and walls. As builders we really like how easy the material is installed compared to other products. It is just very heavy! We built an A frame roller system enabling us to buy the master rolls.

Although the project is still under construction, we were amazed that the noise from chop saws, nail guns, compressors and blasts were drastically reduced. Along with our other measures taken to reduce noise, Acoustiblok has provided great results!

Chris Azsec
www.SchellBrothers.com

During our years as a dealer for Acoustiblok we have installed Acoustiblok on various types of projects and all have been successful. We have used Acoustiblok for treating walls, ceilings, and floors, for wrapping pipes, isolating mechanical equipment and many other creative applications. Since the product is pliable and easy to cut our installation is very productive in most all applications. Due to the proven effectiveness of Acoustiblok treatments we always recommend your product when blocking sound transmission is desired. We look forward to more projects as a dealer with Acoustiblok in the future!

Jason Gordon
Heartland Acoustics & Interiors, Inc.
7271 S. Eagle Street – Suite A
Centennial, CO 80112
Tel (303) 694-6611
Fax (303) 694-6612
www.heartland-acoustics.com

As a company, Acoustiblok is one of the few that backs its claims with hard science. Their website is filled with useful information including predicted results using various construction methods including resilient channels and double walls. Without this information, choosing one technique over another would be extremely difficult, as “trial and error” is not an option in construction.

As a product, we have found Acoustiblok to be very effective. Our storefront is on a major road, and our theater room had a thin wall with a door and window. Road noise made the room unusable, with both midrange car noise and the occasional low frequency truck sound. After installing a false wall inside that wall, using Acoustiblok, the room is essentially silent. Furthermore, since we built the wall in stages, we can say that the before Acoustiblok wall was not nearly as effective as the one after installation. The actual installation of the product does take two people, but is otherwise quick and easy!

Sean Tretiak
Home Theater Doctor

Although this project was not our first time with installing Acoustiblok, it definitely gave us the most exposure. We designed the home theater for a house selected in the local “Parade of Homes”. The room itself posed several acoustical challenges, but with the assistance of the staff at Acoustiblok, we solved them all. Another home also had a media room but was not treated with Acoustiblok. Finally the day arrived for the homes to be showcased. The reactions of the people streaming through the homes were entertaining. Everyone that came into the home treated with the Acoustiblok asked where the home theater was located. They stated they could hear the other home theater from out on the street. They were amazed and impressed they could not hear the home theater in the Acoustiblok treated home even though the theater was “booming” continuously. The product works great. We will continue recommending it in all of our projects.

Jim Green, President
AVID Home Systems
Daphne, AL 36526
251-621-0126

Valle del Tamarindo condominium San Juan Costa Rica

Located at Escazu, on the hills of the west side of San Jose, the most exclusive vertical condominium to date is under construction. Valle del Tamarindo is the name of the project and comprehends a 9 stories high building which houses 12 condos and 2 penthhouses.

Each condo is 5.000 sq/feet, and the penthouses are 10.000 sq/feet, constructions in 2 levels. The project houses the highest international standards regarding construction, security and finishes.

Privacy is a very important issue, especially in 6 figure homes. Where its vertical nature, masonry can not be used on all internal walls due to weight and structural limitations. Costa Rica is a located in a very active seismic zone.

The options considered common use construction materials in several configurations with multiple layers or improving the simple gypsum wall with an Acoustiblok liner. Once the developer considered the options, the labor required for each configuration, and indirect costs, the best investment choice considering soundproofing benefits was the Acoustiblok option. Acoustiblok presented a STC52 rating in a very easy and fast way to do it.

Most of the bedroom and bathroom walls are considered critical and are treated. Walls dividing kitchen and dining areas, as well as laundry areas are commonly treated zones as well. Each apartment owner has also added his choice for specific treatments: offices, gyms, dens, yoga rooms, etc…

To the right is my preliminary results of the performance of the Tamarindo Valley walls. Each wall is a composed by 1 layer of 1/2 inch gypsum, 3 inches metal stud, fiberglass filling , 1 layer acoustiblok and the other gypsum layer, sealed and painted. The walls run from the floor all the way to floor ceiling assembly of the upper story.

Our firm feels really proud to be part of such a high end project and having fulfilled the developers’ requirements on such a sensitive topic.

Best regards,
Francisco Brenes.

Atentamente,
Ing. Francisco Brenes Obaldía M.B.A.
PRESIDENTE
Ingeniería ALFA: Ingenieria de control de ruido y acústica
A member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA

www.ceroruido.com
San Jose, COSTA RICA

I not only have sold 120 town homes with Acoustiblok in Baldwin Park but I also live in one. The quality and efficiency of Acoustiblok has helped me ease the concerns of all of my buyers for an attached town home product. I have spoken with various home owners that all tell me they are very happy with the quality of the sound protection in between the units. I can also personally attest to the quality of AcoustiBlok in my own home. I have a surround sound system and I have asked my neighbor repeatedly if they hear it and the answer is always no. I definitely recommend this product.

Thank you,

Patrick de la Roza
Sales Manager, Rey Homes

Premier Property Group, Inc

We use AcoustiBlok faithfully in our construction. Our TerraVilla Masterplanned Community being one of the projects we’ve used it in. We love the product and can’t say enough about it!!

Ann Seaquist
Premier Property Group, Inc.
TerraVilla Community

The noise and vibration from the trolley cars right outside my condominium were unbearable. I am amazed with how well Acoustiblok worked! Now my wife and I can enjoy peace and quite in our home.

R. M., San Francisco, CA

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the super job you did on blocking out the loud buzzing sound in our shipping area. Everyone here at Semiconductor Diagnostics is pleased that the noise level has noticeably diminished.

Amy M. Mueller
Controller
Semiconductor Diagnostics, Inc.

When the plans were drawn for an office at the Diesel Shop, no one knew how to solve the acoustical nightmare the trains posed for the office. Not only were the trains very loud, the vibrations were intense throughout the structure. We selected Acoustiblok and depended greatly on the their expertise to solve the noise problem. Not only did they calculate the correct amount of material, but suggested the areas to cover. When the material arrived, the contractors were skeptical it would work. We are all “Believers” now. Even the contractors are amazed with the effectiveness of Acoustiblok. We cannot hear the air handlers, much less the diesel trains. Needless to say, we will install Acoustiblok in our future projects. It really works!

Sidney Thompson
Union Pacific Railroad
Diesel Shop
Chicago, IL

Our experience with Acoustiblok was absolutely positive and even exceeded our expectations. This hospital project had a severe acoustic problem due to the fact that the only feasible location for the chilled water plants (90 tons each) of the A/C system is right next to the building, specifically 4 feet apart from the intern’s dormitories!!!!!

Once the chillers were installed, the owner discovered that the high pitch (very uncomfortable) noise produced by the rotary screw compressors went through the structural concrete walls like nothing, measuring up to 67 dBA inside the dorms and adjacent areas.

With just 3 weeks prior to the deadline, I recommended a perimeter acoustical barrier wall to deflect sound out of the hospital walls, the wall was simply made out of Sheetrock and a single layer of Acoustiblok, it only took a week to finish it and we obtained an impressive 20 dbA sound transmission loss in that same areas, now under

Previous installed walls in similar applications made out of concrete or concrete and Styrofoam cost more time and money and are only half as efficient as the Acoustiblok solution, I definitively recommend to give Acoustiblok a try, you´ll be impressed, just like us!!!

PROJECT: Calderón Guardia Hospital: New E.R. Building

Francisco Brenes
President
INGENIERIA Y CONSULTORIA ALFA (Acoustic consultants)

I recently purchased “Acoustiblok” for the purpose of reducing suspension and road noise in my 1999 Corvette Coupe. After reading an article in Corvette Fever Magazine about noise reduction using a product called “Koolmat” I decided to investigate. Koolmat appears to be an excellent product which comes precut making installation easy, however Koolmat is expensive, about $650.00 plus shipping.

Upon further investigation on the internet, I found Acoustiblok as an excellent alternative. The total cost is about $200.00, you will need about 45 to 50 square feet for the coupe. By using Acoustiblok I had to make patterns out of poster board for all of the pieces needed. Cuttings patterns was time consuming, but easy to do. I used 3M spray adhesive (yellow) to secure the pieces in place, just make sure to properly ventilate the work area.

The final result, my Corvette is much quieter and much more enjoyable for long drives, I can even hear the CD at 75 miles per hour. I am very pleased with the people at Acoutiblok who were very helpful with installation tips and shipment of the product.

Should you have any questions I would be happy to help my Corvette friends.

Richard Carlson
Grand Junction, Colorado
970-241-2909

Dear Ms. Myers

Some time ago you supplied me two rolls of Acoustiblok which I used in the “media room” of the house I was constructing. It has been a long project getting (nearly) done with the house, and even longer getting my home theater equipment out of the boxes and set up, but I can tell you I am quite pleased with the results.

The house is a single level over a basement (unfinished), so there was no attempt to acoustically isolate the ceiling or the floor. There are several walls throughout the house that were built with double stud or offset stud framing, filled with fiberglass batts. This has provided some level of reference for comparision with the room with Acoustiblok, which also has the vertical drywall installed over resilient channel over the Acoustiblok.

Even with the sound cranked up, the room is remarkably quiet from adjacent rooms. The only weak links are the floor joists and the door, which even though an exterior grade solid oak door with a compression vinyl seal, “leaks” some sound. This room does a much better job at sound isolation than the other rooms with the only offset studs and fiberglass.

Appreciate your personal attention to getting this out to me quickly, and also for finding very economical freight shipping.

Sincerely,

George Wallace
Heron, MT

We have been in the custom audio/Video business for over 35 years, and for the last several years we have been using Acoustiblok in virtually all of our home theaters. We have found it a very significant benefit in stopping sound interference in the home or in the theater room.

Many of our theaters are over $200,000 and the last thing our client wants to hear is “…turn it down, the sound is going all over the house”, or a neighbor complaining about the sound. This is a “win-win” for us and the client. The installation is simple and easily adapts to changes on site.

We have tried other systems which did help, but were extremely time consuming and complex. And of course, making a change or moving a wall using one of the suspended wall systems is all but impossible.

Please feel free to call us for personal experience references. It really does work well.

Home Theater Department
Sensuous Sound Systems
Tampa, Florida (813) 988-7059

My client came to me from one of our local builders living in a 2.5 million dollar home on the water. Everything was nice except with one exception, across the inlet was a train track.

Although this normally would not be a problem during the day, it became quite the nuisance at night because the train would come 2 to 3 times a night between the hours of 1:00 am to 5:00 am. Frustrated he called the builder and explained the problem. The builder suggested Hurricane proof windows, you know the ones with the thick glass, they have a very high STC rating 3 to 4 times that of a normal window. Now, although that helped a little, you could still hear the train in the background, and that’s were Acoustiblok came in. Only living in the U.S. 6 months out of the yea, we decided to tear out the drywall on the entire top floor after applying the acoustiblok to the ceiling, walls and floors of the three bedrooms. Then reapplied the drywall, and to everybody’s amazement the once annoying train noise was finally gone

Thanks Acoustiblok!

Don Dixon
President,
Definitive Electronic Solutions
Florida

After discovering the Acoustiblok product I was immediately interested in installing it into our home theater that I was in the process of remodeling. In the existing basement area, the ceiling and three walls were already framed, insulated, and dry-walled. After studying the application methods recommended by Acoustiblok at the time, I was disappointed to see that there was really no elegant way to address soundproofing* “finished” walls.

Bill Pieser
Theater in the Home Expert
Boulder, CO