Project Overview: Acoustic Floor Solutions for a High-End Multi-Family Development Located in the vibrant heart of Downtown Denver’s Arts District, Art District Flats (ADF) is a modern multi-family development designed for residents who expect premium finishes and superior living comfort. With over 125,000 SF across eight stories, the project was planned to meet stringent acoustic […]
Tag Archives: Product – Floor Blokker
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Jul
Jul
Project Overview: LVT Soundproofing Underlayment Why LVT Installations Are Acoustically Sensitive Luxury vinyl plank is now the dominant finished floor in mid-market multi-family construction. It looks like wood, costs less than wood, and tolerates moisture better than wood. Acoustically it behaves nothing like wood. LVT is a thin hard surface that transmits impact noise efficiently […]
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Jan
Jan
Project Overview: Dance Studio Soundproofing Why Dance Studios Are Acoustically Difficult Dance studios sit at the intersection of two acoustic problems most other building types only have one of. Foot-fall and movement generate structure-borne noise that travels straight down through the floor assembly into whatever space sits below. Music systems and instructor cues add airborne […]
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Dec
Dec
Project Overview: Retrofit Soundproofing Between Floors The Between-Floor Noise Problem Mixed-use commercial buildings stack incompatible noise profiles on top of each other. Ground-floor commercial kitchens, food halls, and back-of-house operations generate constant low-frequency rumble, hood noise, equipment cycling, and impact from pots and prep work. Second-floor event spaces need a quiet floor and a clean […]
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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: The Fenway Hotel Historic Restoration The Fenway Hotel was reopening after a full historic restoration, and the architect ran into the same wall every historic hospitality project runs into. Modern STC 50 demising wall targets, century-old wood-frame construction, and zero spare inches anywhere in the building. The acoustic spec called for boutique-hotel speech […]
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Nov
Nov
Project Overview: Berkshire Santal Apartments Multi-Family Floor Noise in Hardwood Apartments The Berkshire Santal sits in the Hill Country corridor of southwest Austin, near the AMD, SolarWinds, and Silicon Labs campuses. It is a three-story luxury apartment community with hickory hardwood floors as the standard finish across one-, two-, and three-bedroom units. Hardwood is the […]
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May
May
Project Overview: Warehouse Soundproofing This was a full-stack warehouse soundproofing job across three different noise paths. Floor work for footfall transmission from the mezzanine, demising wall work for tenant-to-tenant speech privacy, and 1,100 Sabins of acoustic absorption to tame the open-volume echo. The same warehouse and factory noise control playbook applies whether the warehouse end […]