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Case Studies

Hotel Acoustic Consultant: Guest Room ASTC Field Test for Noise Complaints

Posted on June 2, 2017July 7, 2026 by Austin Peek
Hotel Acoustic Consultant Guest Room ASTC Field Test for Noise Complaints
02
Jun

ASTM E336 ASTC field testing across an upscale Tampa hotel three years post-opening — diagnosing window-traffic noise, door undercuts, and bar-speaker flanking that left guestrooms at ASTC 47, well above code but short of the luxury 55-60 target.

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Case Studies

Bathroom Soundproofing: Pipe Lagging for Plumbing Noise

Posted on June 1, 2017July 7, 2026 by Austin Peek
01
Jun

Two-part pipe lagging — mass-loaded vinyl over fiberglass batting — wrapped across 50+ linear feet of supply and drain piping above living spaces in a single-family home, dropping the toilet flush and kitchen drain noise that had been broadcasting during dinners.

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Case Studies

Hospital Noise Reduction: HCAHPS Sound Study & SPL Audit

Posted on May 24, 2017July 7, 2026 by Austin Peek
Hospital Noise Reduction HCAHPS Sound Study
24
May

Hospital-wide HCAHPS sound study across a multi-floor Central Florida acute-care facility — Class 1 SPL meter logging time- and space-stamped noise events, producing a multimodal behavioral plus architectural noise-reduction program for hospital leadership.

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Case Studies

Luxury Condo Soundproofing: STC 53-58 Demising Wall Design

Posted on May 1, 2017July 7, 2026 by Austin Peek
Luxury Condo Soundproofing STC 53-58 Demising Wall Design
01
May

Demising-wall soundproofing design for The Salvador — a 13-story 74-unit green-certified luxury condo tower in downtown St. Petersburg — using Wall Blokker membrane in place of stacked drywall to hit an STC 53-58 luxury target while cutting cost and schedule.

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ACT Ceiling Flanking in Interview Rooms: Sound Masking & Wall Blokker Fix

Posted on April 29, 2017June 28, 2026 by Austin Peek
ACT Ceiling Flanking in Interview Rooms Sound Masking Wall Blokker Fix
29
Apr

Layered sound-flanking fix across 10 Pinellas County Sheriff interview rooms — Sound Masking Classic plus Wall Blokker on the demising walls killed the plenum sound path even with high-CAC ceiling tile, restoring speech privacy at roughly $1.00-$2.50 per SF.

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Commercial Gym Soundproofing: Vibration Isolation for Multi-Tenant Buildings

Posted on April 27, 2017July 13, 2026 by Austin Peek
Commercial Gym Soundproofing Vibration Isolation for Multi-Tenant Buildings
27
Apr

Vibration and noise assessment for a Crunch Fitness lifting and group-fitness location on the second floor of a multi-tenant Ohio commercial building — measuring ASTC 53 in the adjacent hallway and tracing the dropped-weight vibration through a 4″ concrete slab.

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Soundproof Gypsum Board: Wall Blokker vs QuietRock vs SoundBreak

Posted on April 26, 2017July 30, 2026 by Austin Peek
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Apr

How Wall Blokker compares to QuietRock and SoundBreak — STC performance per dollar, install labor differences, and where the acoustic gypsum premium does and doesn’t make sense on commercial and multifamily projects.

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Case Studies

Hotel Window Soundproofing: MLV Curtains for Highway Noise

Posted on April 19, 2017July 1, 2026 by Austin Peek
Hotel Window Soundproofing for Highway Noise MLV Curtains - Residence Inn
19
Apr

Mass-loaded vinyl soundproofing curtains hung over the highway-facing guestroom windows at a Residence Inn property under NDA — designer-grade cotton-canvas drape with an MLV core knocking down traffic noise that hotel glazing alone could not contain.

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Multifamily Acoustic Testing: ASTC & AIIC Field Test in New York

Posted on April 1, 2017July 13, 2026 by Austin Peek
Multifamily Acoustic Testing ASTC & AIIC Field Test in New York
01
Apr

Multifamily field defect investigation for an Upstate New York property — pink-noise ASTM E336 ASTC plus ASTM E1007 AIIC tapping-machine testing from 100 Hz to 4000 Hz, pinpointing the stairway and floor-system defects driving resident noise complaints.

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Second Floor Soundproofing: IIC 45 Floor System for Custom Home Construction

Posted on March 23, 2017July 2, 2026 by Austin Peek
Second Floor Soundproofing IIC 45 Floor System for Custom Home Construction
23
Mar

Second-floor footfall fix for a new-construction Tampa custom home — Floor Blokker membrane in the second-story subfloor plus Wall Blokker Pro on walls bringing IIC from the low 30s up to approximately 45 across the playroom and master suite below.

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