In The Press
July/August 2012 - CMS Danskin Bridge the Gap Between Form and Function
CMS Danskin have announced the launch of “the next generation of spray-applied acoustic plastering systems.” Fellert Even Better, has a Noise Reduction Coefficient typically around 0,8-0,95, moving it from a Class C to a Class A absorber, and making it the most acoustically absorbent product of its kind currently available..
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July 2012 - The Flooring Magazine - Acoustic Flooring: Selection, Synergies and Savings.
I don’t need to tell the readers of this magazine that floors are complicated. There are all those layers: final finish, underlayments, subfloors, joists, resilient bars, underscreeds and so on. Each part has a job to do and it has to do that job to a very specific and demanding standard...
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July 2012 - Power Engineering International - The Challenges of Soundproofing in a Power Station Environment
The fact that power stations produce high levels of noise won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who has spent more than a few minutes inside one. Quite how dangerous these levels of noise can be, however, might. How Loud is ‘Too Loud’?
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July 2012 - Royal Institute of British Architects Online, ‘Select’ Case Study - Acoustic Flooring and the Noise Abatement Issue
We tend to think of acoustic flooring products as being very much an ‘internal’ solution, implemented in accordance with Part E, preventing the spread of nuisance noise to neighbouring rooms or properties. However, airborne sound can be extremely disruptive to any community within the immediate vicinity of a source of noise. [ read more ]
June 2012 - Housing Association Magazine - For CMS Danskin, Part E is Only Part of the Soundproofing Story
It’s easy to think of the demands of Part E as presenting a single problem with a single solution; the problem being unwelcome noise, the solution being the installation of soundproofing materials. The reality is a little more complicated than that, and it’s a reality that CMS Danskin encounter on an almost daily basis.
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April 2012 - Contract Flooring Journal - Unravelling the Complexities of Acoustic Flooring
The eradication or, at the very least, the control of unwanted sound – that’s noise to you and me – should be a relatively straightforward matter. And yet the marketplace is saturated with soundproofing products and ‘acoustic solutions’. Nowhere is this more so than in the flooring market...
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March 2012 - Housing Association Magazine - Part E, Nine Years On
Since Part E of the Building Regulations came into effect on 1st July 2003, residents have benefited from minimum sound insulation requirements in all new build and ‘material change of use’ properties.
What has proved to be a boon for residents, however, has presented a considerable challenge...
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