Gulf Coast Bank’s contractor contacted Commercial Acoustics to install an acoustic fabric wall system in the bank behind their small offices for reverberation mitigation and act as the finished back walls of their offices.  The remodel plans called for a fabric wall with the seams matching the cabinetry. 

Fabric Wall in Banks to Reduce Echo

A one inch Fabric wall system has an NRC of 0.8 and can accommodate almost any fabric style. During the renovation process, it was determined to add the fabric wall system into the newly finished spaces, just above the cabinet height at 4′.

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This system, at 8′ high and 12′ wide was accommodated with 3 sections of fabric wall. Acoustic fabric wall, similar to acoustic panels, is designed to reduce the reverberation in a space by trapping airborne sound and converting to heat energy. Unlike fabric-wrapped acoustic panels, fabric wall is designed to fit end-to-end with snug finish lines.

A number of acoustic fabrics are available for selection, including breathable fabrics such as Guilford of Maine, Maharam, and Carnegie. These “acoustically-transparent fabrics” are designed to allow sound to pass through the fabric and be trapped and converted to heat energy by the dense fiberglass within. 1″ fiberglass is sufficient for high-frequency sounds, but 2″ to 4″ fiberglass should be strongly considered for mid- and low-frequency sounds.