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Sound Advice

Soundproof Gypsum Board: Wall Blokker vs QuietRock vs SoundBreak

Posted on April 26, 2017May 27, 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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Hotel Window Soundproofing: MLV Curtains for Highway Noise

Posted on April 19, 2017May 31, 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, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Multifamily Acoustic Testing ASTC & AIIC Field Test in New York
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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, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Second Floor Soundproofing IIC 45 Floor System for Custom Home Construction
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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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Movie Theater Acoustics: STC 65 Wall Build with Low-Frequency Bass Attenuation

Posted on February 15, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
STC 65 movie theater wall build with low-frequency bass attenuation
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Feb

Demising-wall acoustic build for a multi-auditorium Dallas luxury cinema — Wall Blokker membrane on each side of the studs (lab-tested at Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories) delivering STC 65 plus 20+ dB attenuation in the 50-80 Hz cinema bass band.

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Historic Hotel Soundproofing: STC 50 Retrofit in 1920s Wood-Frame Construction

Posted on February 5, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Historic Hotel Soundproofing Fenway Hotel Wood Frame Construction
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Feb

Historic restoration soundproofing at The Fenway Hotel — a 1920s wood-frame property in Dunedin, FL — hitting STC 50+ across original 2×6 demising walls with Wall Blokker Pro both sides plus Floor Blokker on the joist system without adding wall thickness.

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Outdoor Event Venue Noise Control: Fence Barrier at Tampa Yacht Club

Posted on February 3, 2017May 25, 2026 by Austin Peek
Outdoor Event Venue Noise Control Fence Barrier Tampa Yacht Club
03
Feb

Fence Blokker MLV panels installed on the perimeter fence and tent overhang at the Tampa Yacht & Country Club outdoor event patio — cutting wedding-band noise by 15 dB at the patio and 12 dB at the property line, hidden behind decorative curtain covers.

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STC Rating for Movie Theaters: Soundproofing Guide

Posted on January 17, 2017May 27, 2026 by Austin Peek
17
Jan

What it takes to keep one auditorium’s soundtrack out of the next — STC targets for movie-theater walls, decoupled assemblies that actually deliver, and the detailing mistakes that cost theaters their cinematic isolation.

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Outdoor Noise Control: Effective Soundproofing & Barrier Design

Posted on January 11, 2017May 31, 2026 by Austin Peek
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Outdoor noise control across highways, industrial sites, and construction — how barriers, distance, source characteristics, and composite facade STC combine, plus the planning moves that prevent post-occupancy complaints.

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Mechanical Noise Control: 10 Proven Methods to Reduce Equipment Sound

Posted on January 5, 2017May 27, 2026 by Austin Peek
Mechanical Noise Control 10 Proven Methods to Reduce Equipment Sound
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Ten field-proven methods for cutting mechanical noise — vibration isolation, constrained-layer damping, duct silencers, resilient hangers, flexible connectors, and the enclosures that handle the loudest equipment.

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