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| 5mm ISOBASE R50 - Under Floor Resilient Layer |
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ISO-BASE R50 (Part Code A320) 5mm IsoBase R50 is designed to provide excellent acoustic sound insulation with ease of installation. The product is designed to be used as a resilient layer underneath T&G chipboard type flooring. This product can also be used on top of a concrete floor. If the product is bonded down impact improvements in the order of: Impact Sound Improvement Index ISO Method 140 part8 - Delta Lw.34dB can be expected. |
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| Incorporating the latest changes to the Approved Document E 2003, the minimum and maximum sound insulation requirement for separating floors are as follows: | ||||||||
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Tested Performance of the Above Structure:- Airbourne Impact Rw=59dB (Ctr-10) Lnw59dB Rw + Ctr= 49dB |
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Further improvements can be made by placing 19mm Gypsum based plank over the IsoBase R50 before installing the 22mm T&G Chipboard.
If this is undertaken first then improved results will be in the order of: Airbourne Impact Rw=62dB (Ctr-8) Lnw54dB Rw + Ctr= 54dB |
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| GENERAL PHYSICAL DATA | |
| Roll Size- | 30m x 0.925m |
| Thickness- | 5mm |
| Full System Fire Protection- | 60 minutes |
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DOMESTIC HIGH PERFORMANCE FLOOR UPGRADES |
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Retained Existing Floorboards Sometimes customers want to add acoustic insulation but keep the existing floorboards especially if the property has period ones. This can often be problematic. A very simple, but nominal, improvement can be achieved by adding the 100mm acoustic mineral wool into the floor cavity, stapling the 2kg membrane over the joists before screwing back the boards. This does not, however, add very much isolated mass to the floor so improvements will not be ideal. Improvements in airborne noise will be better than improvements in impact noise. Fitting a strip of our high density Resilient Floor Tape along the tops of the joists before screwing down the floorboards will help a little with improved impact noise transfer especially if you use screws sparingly. It is not 100% ideal as there will be screw fixings but it is better than doing nothing. Ideally acoustic mineral wool, or even better the heavy weight 2FT45 quilt should first be inserted between the joists. If using mineral wool in this application it would be much better to use the 140kg version and do not go any lower than the 60kg version. |
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A much better solution which will greatly reduce impact and airborne noise transfer is to use the system shown below. This involves an isolation layer of IsoBase R50 along with heavy weight damping sheet T60 to form a much heavier and isolated acoustic sandwich. The top layer of chipboard is floated on the R50. The floorboards can be screwed, or nailed, through the T60 and into the top chipboard layer but these screws or nails must not penetrate through into the green IsoBase layer or the acoustic isolation will be breached and the system will not work effectively. Attention to detail should be paid at the room perimeter. You need to make sure the flanking strip keeps the chipboard from touching the wall and also make sure the floorboards are not touching the walls or the skirting board. |
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Replacing a carpet with Laminate or Engineered Flooring If you take up an existing carpet with good underlay and want to replace it with laminate or engineered floor you are likely to have complaints from downstairs. In situations like this you really need a double isolation layer, one between a base board and the joists and then another between the laminate floor and the baseboard floor. This would involve not only this product but also using the Wood/Laminate Underlay between the two sections. |
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These solutions above do raise the floor height which may be a problem but they are necessary because you are likely to not be treating the underside of the ceiling below. The above solutions are also in some ways easier if you do not want to lift the existing base floor for any reason. Obviously you need to lift the floor to install mineral wool or 2FT45 heavy quilt in the cavity space and if this is the case then there are a few options for reducing the overall floor height rise. If thinner solutions are desired you could consider using our high density Resilient Floor Tape or the Joist Caps directly on top of the joists and then floating the base floor of T&G chipboard on this material. It does away with the 5mm IsoBase layer and the 18mm chipboard base thus saving around 11-17mm depending on which product you use. |
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