Thermal Imaging Inspections for Electrical Equipment Maintenance Over the last few years facility management companies are seeing the importance of electrical thermal imaging inspections for their predictive maintenance programmes. Thermal imaging is essential in electrical predictive maintenance programs because it identifies potential faults and allows for swift inspections and one image can show you various …
Improving the Sound Insulation Performance in Historical HousesHeavy concrete floors and masonry walls, therefore, have very good sound insulation properties; whereas single met-sec walls with 1 layer of standard plasterboard on either side and lightweight timber walls are much poorer acoustically and usually fail the sound insulation tests. This isn’t the whole story as by …
Soundproofing Walls to Reduce Noise from Neighbours Have you moved into a new house and realised you have noisy neighbours and thought it a good idea to soundproof your party walls? There are many soundproofing methods you can undertake to reduce noise through your party walls, many of which can be installed by yourself …
Sound Proofing – Adding Mass to Walls How exactly do soundproof a wall? Well, that’s a very common question. Let’s start with a basic understanding of the main 4 elements of soundproofing construction – they are: Adding mass Decoupling of materials Noise absorption Noise damping If you understand the above elements that make up party wall design and …
What Types of Sound Testing Do I Need Sound Testing needs to be carried out between pairs of rooms separated by party walls or floors. In most cases, the rooms to be sound tested will be the two main habitable rooms – living rooms and bedrooms. All new build dwellings and conversions that were built after …
Designing Buildings to Pass Sound TestingFrom the very start of the design phase of a new building, it’s extremely important that careful consideration is given to the acoustic element of the building. By getting APT involved at the start of the design process we can undertake comprehensive acoustic design reviews and ongoing site surveys. We …
Robust Acoustic Design to Pass Sound Testing in Conversion ProjectsIt is essential that acoustic design is carefully thought out at the start of every conversion project to avoid sound test failures. Throughout the 1980s, most timber frame separating floors involved the following standard construction details: Floorboards (18–22mm thick) Gypsum-based board Mineral wool batt (80kg/m3) Sub …
The Different Types of Sound Testing Sound Insulation Testing needs to be carried out between pairs of rooms separated by party walls or floors. In most cases, the rooms to be sound tested will be the two main habitable rooms – living rooms and bedrooms. The sound testing procedure involves setting up a noise source …
Looking at Floor Plenum Testing A floor plenum is a void between a building’s floor structure and a raised access floor, used for distributing the conditioned air to the spaces above. It is important that conditioned air in a floor plenum flows into the occupied zone and does not leak into cavities, risers, stairwells, heating trenches …
Acoustic Design & Sound Test Package To try and help our clients achieve compliance with Approved Document E, we offer the following 4 step acoustic design & sound test package: Site Survey Visits – This allows us to check for potential problematic construction such as inclusion of lightweight blocks in the existing construction. It also …