09 8500 - Sound Transmission Control Materials

(Impact and STC-rated Materials)

See also: 07 9200 - Joint Sealants - includes acoustical caulking


Acoustics First

Acoustics First Corporation
Acoustics First Corporation manufactures and distributes acoustical products to control sound and eliminate noise in commercial, residential, government, institutional and industrial applications worldwide. Products include diffusers, sound absorbers, noise barriers, vibration isolation products and accessories. Acoustics First Corporation holds several patents and brand names include Art Diffusor®, Cutting Wedge®, Sound Channels®, and BlockAid®Barrier.


Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge Fiberboard
Use SOUNDSTOP® to maximize sound deadening power from: Neighbor to neighbor - shared walls and corridors. Room to room - noise-generating media rooms, workshops, laundries, and children's bedrooms and playrooms; offices and conference rooms. Outside in: dogs barking, traffic and industrial noises, trains and airplanes. 1-hour fire rated in a load bearing wall system when installed behind drywall.


UnderGard

Custom Building Products
Custom® Building Products is revolutionizing the tile industry with EasyMat™, the most technologically advanced, lightweight mat underlayment. EasyMat is highly versatile, and can be used for setting tile or stone directly over any acceptable subfloor. Dimensionally stable, EasyMat creates an exceptionally strong, bonded crack prevention system and delivers credible impact sound reduction.


Hacker Industries

Hacker Industries
Hacker Industries, Inc. offers a line of FIRM-FILL® Sound Control Mats (SCM) in varying thicknesses and color coded to aid quality assurance. SCM are durable, lightweight sound control mats that are engineered to limit impact sound transmission between units when used in conjunction with FIRM-FILL® Brand Gypsum Underlayments. FIRM-FILL® SCM can improve IIC ratings 15-25 points.


Isostore

IsoStore
The QuietBox is used to isolate IC rated recessed lighting for nearly every brand and style of housing. The concept of the QuietBox is to restore this lost mass created by the recessed light housing by fitting the entire housing within the QuietBox and sealing the QuietBox to the back of the finish layer of drywall.


Kinetics Noice Control

Kinetics Noise Control
The Noise Control Construction Group understands that product solutions need to work within your design. A variety of products are offered for use inside walls, ceilings, and floors. Our online STC/IIC library allows you to start with a basic wood frame or concrete assembly, then compare how different composites can augment noise control performance. These solutions include isolating cast-in-place slabs (typically 4" thick) from the structural deck.


Mull It Over

Mull-It-Over Products
Mull-It-Over Products sound barrier mullion trim caps minimize sound transfer between rooms in buildings with glass facades. The mullion trim cap increases the STC rating of the mullion from STC 28 to STC 62 and has a 1 hour fire rated option. Mull-It-Over Products has solved the partition wall to curtain wall transition detail.


Noble

Noble Co.
Noble Company produces NobleSeal® SIS, a patented sheet membrane that reduces floor-to-floor impact noise. SIS is only 3/64" thick so it minimizes the need to alter door/cabinet heights. SIS also provides waterproofing and crack isolation – perfect for kitchens, baths. Specify under tile or hardwood floors over common substrates (even radiant heat systems and gypsum underlayment).


PAC International

PAC International
RSIC Noise Control Products by PAC International provide low cost, high performance noise control solutions. This complete noise control system achieves superior STC's and IIC's in ceilings and walls. Made in the USA with recycled materials, over 150 UL fire resistive assemblies and innovative design make RSIC products ideal for new or retro fit construction.


Emseal

Sika Emseal
QuietJoint is a Sound, draft, heat, cold, and dust blocking acoustic partition closure and joint filler for interior, non-moving joints and gaps. It is a non-mechanical, high-STC (Sound Transmission Class), non-invasively anchored closure that quickly and easily mates partitions to windows, mullions, or stud walls. QuietJoint blocks sound transmission between rooms.


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See also:
03 5400 - Cementitious Floor Underlayment
07 8440 - Mineral Fiber Insulation
09 6005 - Flooring Specialties - for flooring underlayment materials
09 8200 - Sound Absorption Materials (NRC rated)



Acoustics First

Acoustics First Corporation
Acoustics First Corporation manufactures and distributes acoustical products to control sound and eliminate noise in commercial, residential, government, institutional and industrial applications worldwide. Products include diffusers, sound absorbers, noise barriers, vibration isolation products and accessories. Acoustics First Corporation holds several patents and brand names include Art Diffusor®, Cutting Wedge®, Sound Channels®, and BlockAid®Barrier.



Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge Fiberboard
Use SOUNDSTOP® to maximize sound deadening power from: Neighbor to neighbor - shared walls and corridors. Room to room - noise-generating media rooms, workshops, laundries, and children's bedrooms and playrooms; offices and conference rooms. Outside in: dogs barking, traffic and industrial noises, trains and airplanes. 1-hour fire rated in a load bearing wall system when installed behind drywall.



UnderGard

Custom Building Products
Custom® Building Products is revolutionizing the tile industry with EasyMat™, the most technologically advanced, lightweight mat underlayment. EasyMat is highly versatile, and can be used for setting tile or stone directly over any acceptable subfloor. Dimensionally stable, EasyMat creates an exceptionally strong, bonded crack prevention system and delivers credible impact sound reduction.



Hacker Industries

Hacker Industries
Hacker Industries, Inc. offers a line of FIRM-FILL® Sound Control Mats (SCM) in varying thicknesses and color coded to aid quality assurance. SCM are durable, lightweight sound control mats that are engineered to limit impact sound transmission between units when used in conjunction with FIRM-FILL® Brand Gypsum Underlayments. FIRM-FILL® SCM can improve IIC ratings 15-25 points.



Isostore

IsoStore
The QuietBox is used to isolate IC rated recessed lighting for nearly every brand and style of housing. The concept of the QuietBox is to restore this lost mass created by the recessed light housing by fitting the entire housing within the QuietBox and sealing the QuietBox to the back of the finish layer of drywall.



Kinetics Noice Control

Kinetics Noise Control
The Noise Control Construction Group understands that product solutions need to work within your design. A variety of products are offered for use inside walls, ceilings, and floors. Our online STC/IIC library allows you to start with a basic wood frame or concrete assembly, then compare how different composites can augment noise control performance. These solutions include isolating cast-in-place slabs (typically 4" thick) from the structural deck.



Mull It Over

Mull-It-Over Products
Mull-It-Over Products sound barrier mullion trim caps minimize sound transfer between rooms in buildings with glass facades. The mullion trim cap increases the STC rating of the mullion from STC 28 to STC 62 and has a 1 hour fire rated option. Mull-It-Over Products has solved the partition wall to curtain wall transition detail.



Noble

Noble Co.
Noble Company produces NobleSeal® SIS, a patented sheet membrane that reduces floor-to-floor impact noise. SIS is only 3/64" thick so it minimizes the need to alter door/cabinet heights. SIS also provides waterproofing and crack isolation – perfect for kitchens, baths. Specify under tile or hardwood floors over common substrates (even radiant heat systems and gypsum underlayment).



PAC International

PAC International
RSIC Noise Control Products by PAC International provide low cost, high performance noise control solutions. This complete noise control system achieves superior STC's and IIC's in ceilings and walls. Made in the USA with recycled materials, over 150 UL fire resistive assemblies and innovative design make RSIC products ideal for new or retro fit construction.



Emseal

Sika Emseal
QuietJoint is a Sound, draft, heat, cold, and dust blocking acoustic partition closure and joint filler for interior, non-moving joints and gaps. It is a non-mechanical, high-STC (Sound Transmission Class), non-invasively anchored closure that quickly and easily mates partitions to windows, mullions, or stud walls. QuietJoint blocks sound transmission between rooms.


 

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