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Drywall Alternative for Soundproofing: Wall Blokker vs Double Drywall

Posted on August 28, 2017May 27, 2026 by Emily Silverman
28
Aug

Why layered drywall is the long, expensive way to hit STC 50 — and how Wall Blokker (MLV behind single-layer drywall) hits the same number with less labor, less wall depth, and field-verified performance.

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Call Center Sound Masking: White Noise for Speech Privacy & Voice Carryover

Posted on August 23, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Call Center Sound Masking White Noise for Speech Privacy Voice Carryover
23
Aug

Carefully-spaced sound masking speakers tuned to a white-noise spectrum across MidFlorida Credit Union’s high-density financial call center headquarters — restoring agent speech privacy and ending the voice-carryover that had agents straining to hear their own calls.

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IIC and STC Ratings Guide: Condo and Apartment Flooring Permit Compliance

Posted on July 26, 2017June 3, 2026 by Austin Peek
IIC and STC ratings guide hero image for condo and apartment flooring permit compliance
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Jul

What IIC and STC actually measure, IBC code minimums for condos and apartments, a real Hallandale Beach flooring permit walkthrough, and the field-versus-lab variances that explain why walls underperform their spec sheets.

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Atlanta Soundproofing: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Super Suites

Posted on June 28, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Atlanta Soundproofing Mercedes-Benz Stadium Super Suites Case Study
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Jun

Wall Blokker soundproofing membrane installed above the acoustical ceiling tile in the Premier Super Suites at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta — preserving game-day VIP-box privacy at the $1.5B Atlanta Falcons venue’s highest-revenue seating during construction.

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Pre-Renovation Acoustic Testing: Hospital Atrium Reverberation Study

Posted on June 25, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Pre-Renovation Acoustic Testing Hospital Atrium Reverberation Study
25
Jun

Pre-renovation reverberation baseline taken across the Moffitt Cancer Center atrium ahead of replacing the wood flooring with terrazzo — Type 1 SPL meter plus three impulse sources captured RT60 at 10 frequencies to predict the renovation’s acoustic impact.

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Door Flanking in Demising Walls: Why Hollow-Core Doors Defeat Soundproof Walls

Posted on June 21, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Door Flanking in Demising Walls Hollow-Core Doors
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Jun

ASTM E336 ASTC field test of two luxury timeshare demising walls in Orlando — proving Wall Blokker brought ASTC up to 46 against a gypsum-only 44 baseline, with the door-base measuring 9 dB louder than the wall itself and exposing the real failure path.

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Sound Panels in Tampa: Open Office RT60 Reduction

Posted on June 20, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Sound Panels in Tampa Open Office RT60 Reduction
20
Jun

Three-product acoustic mix — wall absorption panels, hanging baffles, and ceiling clouds — installed across a bare open-plan Tampa office above an exposed metal deck — pulling RT60 down from a 1.2-second baseline so conference calls became viable at the desk.

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Law Firm Soundproofing: ASTC Test Results for Confidential Office Speech Privacy

Posted on June 19, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Law Firm Soundproofing ASTC Test Results for Confidential Office Speech Privacy
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Jun

ASTM E336 confidential-speech privacy field test across three adjacent law-firm suites in a Class A Sarasota office building — exposing the window-frame flanking path that was undercutting otherwise code-compliant ASTC 38 demising walls between tenants.

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Corrugated Metal Deck Ceiling Acoustics: Panel Install for Echo Reduction

Posted on June 18, 2017June 1, 2026 by Austin Peek
Corrugated Metal Deck Ceiling Acoustics Lake House in Lake Nona, FL
18
Jun

100 fabric-wrapped 2’×4’×2″ acoustic panels installed into an exposed corrugated metal-deck ceiling at a Lake Nona master-planned community clubhouse — cutting RT60 from 1.5 down to 0.58 seconds (a 61% reduction) across a glass-and-hardwood event hall.

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Condo Soundproofing Retrofit: STC 58 in an Existing Orlando Building

Posted on June 15, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Condo Soundproofing Retrofit STC 58 in an Existing Orlando Building The Sanctuary
15
Jun

Post-construction retrofit at The Sanctuary Downtown Orlando — a 173-unit, 18-story 2006 luxury tower — hitting STC 58 and IIC 60 after Wall Blokker Pro went over the existing 20-gauge stud walls, doors, and floors during an HOA-funded acoustic scope.

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