Application
- Condominiums
- Apartments
- Schools
- Hotels
- Other multi-story occupied spaces
Kinetics Soundmatt is used for controlling noise in condominiums, apartments,
multi-family dwellings, commercial buildings, and other areas where footfall
and impact noise can be the cause of occupant complaints.
Soundmatt allows the designer to meet and exceed codes. For example,
the UBC (Uniform Building Code) for Sound Transmission Control states
that "hotels and apartment houses" are "required to meet a sound transmission
class (STC) of 50" and "an impact insulation class (IIC) of 50."
Impact noise can be intrusive to occupants in spaces below. Construction
that calls for hard floor surfaces such as hardwood flooring, ceramic
tile, quarry tile, marble, wood parquet, and vinyl tile are all areas
where impact noise is of concern. Without a floor underlayment, intrusive
impact noise can be objectionable.
Description
Kinetics Soundmatt is a floor underlayment used to control sound transmission
of both impact and airborne noise in floor systems. Soundmatt is a 5/16"
(8 mm) thick underlayment comprised of precompressed molded glass fibers
which provides a system stiff enough to prevent grout cracking in tile
floors while being resilient enough to greatly reduce noise.
