Soundbreaker Bars will reduce sound transmission through walls and ceilings.- Used on all wall and ceiling constructions.
- Easy to install.
- Reduce airborne and impact noise.
Length
| 3000mm
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Width
| 75mm x 15mm
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dB reduction
| 6dB increase to walls & ceilings
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SoundBreaker Bars are lengths of hot dip zinc steel, formed into a ‘U’ shape. They are suitable for fixing onto timber and metal stud walls, timber joists and wooden battens on ceilings. SoundBreaker Bars are designed to reduce both airborne and impact noise transfer between adjacent rooms by decoupling an existing wall or ceiling from a secondary wall or ceiling.
They can help to reduce transmission of sound between floors and ceilings when using traditional plasterboard ceilings. The bars are helpful when separating NoiseStop panels from wall and ceiling structures.
To reduce the level of sound transmission through solid materials ‘SoundBreaker bars’ can be used. This can act as a damping system by absorbing a part of the vibration passing through. Stand alone this will not be suffice to solve all sound issues, but it’s a system that can be very effective when used correctly. The typical Sound transmission Class points achieved by the channels, compared to the same wall without, would be expected at +4 to +6 decibels.
Specification
Colour: Silver
Application
SoundBreaker Bars are used extensively on party walls and ceilings of meeting rooms, offices, conference facilities, interview rooms, classrooms, theatres, cinemas, studios, surgeries, clinics, hotels, gymnasiums, dance studios and bedrooms.
Operating Temperatures
SoundBreaker Bars are suitable for use at normal building temperatures.
Compliance with Building Regulations. SoundBreaker Bars will assist in compliance with Approved Document E of the Building Regulations effective from 1st July 2003.
Installation
Walls
When SoundBreaker Bars or resilient channel is used in a walling system, you must be very careful in making sure they are attached correctly and the right way round. The general consensus is to run the bars horizontally across the wall with the narrow flange running along the underside of the bar, allowing the separation to be created.
When fastening any materials to the face of the bars, fasten then to the broad face at even points in the bar. Try to create an ‘interlocking’ effect by fixing in between the fixings on the wall. (see diagram). If you are working with a stud framework , fix in between the stud. Not doing so could reduce the effectiveness. Make sure when fixing the channel, to stop 10mm from every edge. This is to reduce sound transmission ‘leakage’. When fixing any materials or panels to the face of the bars, please make sure to run a bead of flexible mastic along all the edges, to seal of the materials and surfaces together.
Ceilings
For ceilings the principles above are the same, just remember to keep all the channels facing in the same direction.
| SoundBreaker Bars |
3 m x 75mm x 15mm |
£6.96 per unit |
