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News Release from: A Proctor Group | Subject: Profloor Activ Deck
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 February 2006
Profloor Activ Deck acoustic floor panel
The A.Proctor Group have recently launched a high performance overlay deck panel, aimed at the conversion and refurbishment market.
As part of the ongoing innovation within their range of Acoustic Floor Systems, The A.Proctor Group , have recently launched a high performance overlay deck panel, aimed at the conversion and refurbishment market Building on 20 years experience in the floating floor systems market using known technologies and well tried solutions, the focus was quickly on a new generation of resilient materials
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is the resilient layers in acoustic panels, which provide the structural separation needed for good impact sound, but which if good enough, can give additional airborne sound insulation to that of the structure to which they are applied.
Utilising their in house test facility, The A.Proctor Group quickly established that Profloor Activ Deck, which uses a new vertical oriented fibre (VOF), consistently improved both impact and airborne performance of timber floors to a level above that of materials traditionally associated with sound insulation.
The performance levels achieved are in line with those required to meet the Building Regulations in Ireland, N.Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales, all of which have different sound insulation requirements.
At only 31mm thick, the Profloor Activ Deck panel is loose laid onto existing timber floors, the tongue and grove joints are glued by traditional methods and a perimeter flanking/support strip is utilised to both provide additional support to heavy items of furniture and to separate the walking surface of the floor from the surrounding walls.
The latter is critical in preventing flanking sound transmission, a common cause of sound insulation test failures.
The A.Proctor Group recommends that traditional methods of adding absorption within the floor void and upgrading the ceilings for fire protection are employed, but that site tests show that if these measures are not possible, the addition of the Profloor Activ Deck panel alone can provide impressive performance improvements. Request a free brochure from A Proctor Group ...
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