Reduce Unwanted Footfall and Impact Noise with our New Acoustical Floor Underlayment Products

Impacta acoustical floor underlayments are a new line ofproducts that provide floor sound isolation solutions for everycondition in multi-family residential design. To meet thespecified requirement for impact insulations, different systemsare required for various types of flooring systems.Nothing is more frustrating to new homeowners than to discoverthat the multi-family home (condo, townhouse or apartment) thatthey just purchased has loud neighbors upstairs or neighborsbelow them who complain about the amount of noise coming fromabove. The biggest compliant in these situations is impactnoise, such as footfall noise. Nothing is worse than trying togo to sleep or relax and hearing kids or adults running aroundabove you. With the trend of installing more engineeredhardwood, laminate and ceramic tile floors instead of carpetingon the rise, this noise problem is becoming even more common.Another big compliant is that the neighbors above have alwayshad...

... carpeted floors and there were never any noise problems andeveryone got along fine, until they pulled out the carpet andput in engineered hardwood floors. Once a comfort level has beenestablished any change to that level can be seen as verydramatic. Engineered hardwood floors, laminate floors andceramic tile floors obviously transmit much more sound thancarpet, because they are hard solid surfaces.Within the acoustical industry there have always been floorunderlayments to help reduce impact noise. However, AcousticalSolutions is one of the first companies to introduce differentunderlayments for different flooring systems. The Impacta lineof acoustical floor underlayments has been specifically designedto offer maximum sound reduction while maintaining a very low orthin profile, so as to not add extra height to the floor. TheProzorb and Cerazorb, to be used under ceramic tile andengineered hardwood floors, are a synthetic cork underlaymentthat are ...

... mold and mildew resistant, economically priced,lightweight and easy to install. The Redupax system is a totallyfree-floating underlayment system designed to get "luxury"ratings underneath engineered hardwood and laminate floors. TheSuperfloor product is a commercial carpet underlayment designedto reduce impact noise and extend the life of the carpet.Impacta floor underlayment products provide proven field andlaboratory-tested solutions for floor build-ups in wood frame,metal pan and concrete construction to meet HUD's Grade I"luxury" and Grade II impact isolation building requirements. Impacta floor underlayment systems are locally reacting systemsthat are installed above wood or concrete slab. Impactasoundproofing floor underlayments are ideal for hotels,condominiums, apartments, office buildings, schools, or any areawhere footfall noise is a concern.You can view all four acoustical floor underlayment systems athttp://www.acousticalsolutions.com