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About Acoustic Insulation

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Acoustic insulation experts Hush say it is an essential consideration for both new builds and refurbishments, so that noise does not leak and travel too far. As well as being annoying for those people in other rooms, it's also annoying for neighbours too.

Noise is also a Health and Safety issue, and the law states that everyone is entitled to live a normal life including sleeping and resting without a threat to their health from noise. Acoustic insulation is used in order to minimise the noise that escapes from room to room, and from property to property.

Noise is classed as either airborne or impact transmission. Airborne noise is the sound of a conversation, music, or the TV. Airborne noise acoustic insulation is needed to reduce the effects of airborne sounds.

Impact noise is the sound of one thing hitting against another, which covers footsteps on floors and stairs, a banging drum, or a washing machine on its spin cycle. Dedicated acoustic insulation to deaden impact sound will help to lessen the noise produced by people going about their daily lives.

Flanking transmission is the indirect route that noise takes from one area to another. This might be from one room to another, one floor to another, or even one property to another. It's an important part of any construction project, and so it's essential to use the appropriate acoustic insulation in order to help to minimise the effects of flanking transmission.

Many of the Hush acoustic insulation products meet or exceed the standards specified by Robust Details, which is an improvement on the minimum standards of Approved Document E. If robust details systems and acoustic insulation is used it means that the build will not be subject to sound testing.

Hush acoustic insulation can be fitted to floors, walls and ceilings so that noise doesn't intrude to neighbouring rooms or properties. Hush acoustic flooring can be fitted as part of the acoustic insulation, to ensure that footsteps, and other impact sounds aren't heard below.

With new builds and refurbishments needing to meet different standards, there are different acoustic insulation products available. Some are designed only for new or refurb builds, whilst other are suitable for both.

If you're involved in the construction industry, or just want to renovate an old building, you need to know all about acoustic insulation. Why not see how Hush acoustic insulation can help with your next building project?