Project Overview: Bathroom Plumbing Soundproofing Case The family in this Tampa home was dealing with a noise problem most homeowners write off as unavoidable. Every toilet flush and kitchen drain cycle was audible from the dining room. During family dinners, the rush of water through the pipes overhead was loud enough to interrupt conversation. When […]
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May
May
Project Overview: Crunch Fitness Multi-Tenant Building Assessment Crunch Fitness opened a second-floor commercial gym in December 2016. Within months, the tenants below and the spa next door were filing complaints. The healthcare provider on the floor below was hearing weight drops during patient sessions. The spa next door felt vibration during deep tissue treatments. The […]
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Apr
Project Overview: Residence Inn Highway-Facing Rooms This Residence Inn sat on the wrong side of a major highway. Guests in the highway-facing rooms could hear traffic the entire night and the front desk fielded the complaints every morning. The hotel had never done acoustic testing and the windows had never been treated. The owner needed […]
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Mar
Mar
Project Overview: Tampa Custom Home Build The owner wanted the master bedroom downstairs to sound nothing like the upstairs playroom. The playroom would see kids most days. The entertainment room would see a sound system most evenings. The master bedroom would see two adults trying to sleep through all of it. New construction made the […]
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Feb
Feb
Project Overview: Dallas Luxury Cinema Multi-Auditorium Build This Dallas luxury cinema needed walls that did something most theater drawings ignore. The auditoriums sit shoulder to shoulder, and an action movie running at peak volume next door cannot be audible in the quiet drama starting on the other side. The STC 65 spec was just the […]
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Feb
Feb
The Tampa Yacht and Country Club was struggling with an exterior acoustics issue. While it is a beautiful venue with a history of hosting elegant events, this also led to large wedding parties that sometimes were louder than local neighbors appreciated. And while many clubhouses deal with echo and reverb problems, this was a unique […]
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Jan
Jan
Sound Issues in the Old Hotel Initially opened in the 1920s, the historic Fenway Hotel is due to be reopened later this year as a boutique hotel. While the transformation included cosmetic and functional upgrades, there was one portion of the hotel renovation that called for soundproofing expertise – the noise transfer between rooms. Construction […]
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Nov
Nov
In many parts of the country where acoustic tests are not mandated prior to completion, there has been a growing number of class-action suits and corresponding renovations to multi-family developments. Often, one of the most straight-forward mitigations developers and architects can make is adding a flooring underlayment to reduce structure-borne noise in units above; mainly, […]