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Improving Acoustics

Improving acoustics with Acousticshop products
The advantages of good acoustics, or improving acoustics, in spaces is still very underestimated, which is strange, because good acoustics has lots of benefits. We’ve all been in a restaurant, club or workplace where everything and everybody seems to be so loud, a decent conversation is hardly possible. Just being in a space with poor acoustics is very tiring. Why would you go there again?

Advantages of improving acoustics
Improving the acoustics in a building makes it more pleasurable to be there, it lets customers return to a restaurant or club. It has been proven that good acoustics reduces sick leave, increase concentration and leads to more productivity in the workplace or classroom. But also in your home, improving acoustics in a living room for example adds to the comfort and pleasure of being in that space.

How improving acoustics is done
Let’s give you a short and simple description on how to improve room acoustics in an average room. Reverberations or echo makes for a hollow sounding space. This is because airborne sound reflects on hard surfaces, like concrete and glass. Adding soft materials to an interior such as curtains, furniture and carpets, will reduce reflections and therefore improve the acoustics. But in most cases this is not enough, so more soft surfaces are needed. In the acoustic branch we call soft surfaces acoustic panels.

When a customer asks us how to improve the acoustics in an office or living room we give them our “rule of thumb”. This ensures a very reasonable improvement for a reasonable price, without us seeing your room. If you send us some pictures of your room we can provide you a more in depth solution to your acoustic issues. The rule of thumb: If your room, office space or classroom, is about 100 m² (1100 Ft²) with a regular height you should add about 30 to 40 m² (330 to 480 Ft²) of sound absorbing products or acoustic panels. These products should be mounted  a cross the room, so some on the ceiling, some on one or two walls, depending on the situation. This will result in a reasonable improvement, which is many cases quite adequate. It is our believe that it’s better to add more panels in a second phase than to buy too much.

Questions about improving acoustics?
We have some guides about acoustics on our tips page called ‘Reverberation & Room Acoustics’. But if you need some guidance please let us know, just fill in the contact form and we get back to you.

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    Acoustic ceiling panel
    • Improve room acoustics
    • Suitable for suspended ceilings
    • Easy to cut, white fibreglass coating

    Starting at £15.37

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The acoustics in any building is important for a comfortable stay and wellbeing. Get in touch with us to see what we can do for your acoustic wellbeing.


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