For projects in Athens
Cinema and multiplex soundproofing in Athens
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes. Church buildings, civic halls and open air venues are hard volumes with long decay.
- Screen to screen
- Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
- In room response
- Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
- Plant and projection
- Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / What it is
The material, and what it actually does on a Athens job
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes.
Church buildings, civic halls and open air venues are hard volumes with long decay.
Work reaching us from Athens is mostly apartment blocks, hotels and short lets, restaurants and roof terraces, offices, clinics, schools.
- Concrete blocks, hard interiors The structure carries mass, so airborne transfer between flats is rarely the issue. Marble and tile making the room ring is.
- Impact through slabs Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix, not a treatment below.
- Roof terraces and late trading Venues operate above and beside homes through a long season, so containment is what protects the operation.
- Screen to screen Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for cinema soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Athens.
02 / The build-up
What goes where, from the structure in
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Layer 1
Soundproofing materials
The blocking side of the range taken together: mass loaded vinyl, resilient layers, cavity absorption and the build-ups they belong in. In Athens, split units with condensers on balconies and in light wells that act as reverberant shafts.
Floating floor. Resilient layer and deck, to break impact energy before it reaches the structure.
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Layer 2
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Athens, church buildings, civic halls and open air venues are hard volumes with long decay.
Loose lay on tackifier. Tiles lifted individually for access under a raised floor, which is why tile beats broadloom in an office.
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Layer 3
PET felt acoustic panels
A rigid non-woven panel pressed from 100% polyester fibre, a large part of it recycled. In Athens, school buildings are concrete and tile with high ceilings and courtyards that amplify break time noise.
Direct to wall. Panel bonded or mechanically fixed flat to the substrate. Simplest, and the weakest at low frequency.
Architects working in Athens usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What decides the build-up in Athens
- Concrete blocks, hard interiors
The structure carries mass, so airborne transfer between flats is rarely the issue. Marble and tile making the room ring is.
- Impact through slabs
Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix, not a treatment below.
- Roof terraces and late trading
Venues operate above and beside homes through a long season, so containment is what protects the operation.
- Piraeus is next to the city
Direct sea into the port beside Athens keeps landed cost and dates both predictable.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Church buildings, civic halls and open air venues are hard volumes with long decay.
04 / Room by room
Space by space, for Athens briefs
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Screen to screen
Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. The structure carries mass, so airborne transfer between flats is rarely the issue. Marble and tile making the room ring is.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 2100 kg per cubic metre
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 4 mm
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
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In room response
Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended. Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix, not a treatment below.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
- PET felt acoustic panels, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, 4 x 8 ft
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Plant and projection
Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source. Venues operate above and beside homes through a long season, so containment is what protects the operation.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
- PET felt acoustic panels, 2440 x 4270 mm, 2.44 x 4.27 m, 8 x 14 ft
Interior designers tend to arrive with the look already decided. We will tell you which finish gets there without losing the acoustics. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate
What the Athens climate rules in and rules out
Athens is hot dry summers and mild wet winters, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
The swing between a dry summer and a wet winter moves timber. PET felt is dimensionally stable across that swing; slat panels want a stable substrate and a ventilated fixing.
The failure we design against here is seasonal movement in timber and winter damp in unheated stock.
If a consultant has set the target, we will quote against their figures rather than ours, and stay out of the scope they own. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Read this first
What we watch go wrong on jobs like this
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A shared service void running across the wall line
A treated wall under a bare hard ceiling gives you a fraction of the reduction you paid for, and the room still sounds wrong.
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Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen
It sounds like a small detail until the room is finished and the complaint arrives.
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Doors and lobbies specified late and undersized
A gap undoes the partition it sits in. Sealing is the cheapest line on the quote and the first one to get cut.
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Treating it as a generic Athens job
The structure carries mass, so airborne transfer between flats is rarely the issue. Marble and tile making the room ring is.
05 / Supply
Getting it to Athens, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Piraeus, then a short road run to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Piraeus |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
Sea freight into Piraeus, then a short road run to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Athens projects
What makes cinema and multiplex soundproofing different in Athens?
Church buildings, civic halls and open air venues are hard volumes with long decay. The structure carries mass, so airborne transfer between flats is rarely the issue. Marble and tile making the room ring is.
Where should the budget go first on a Athens project?
Screen to screen. Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. In room response. Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
Do you have an office or installation team in Athens?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Athens. We give you drawings, build-ups, a BOQ and material that arrives complete, and we will tell you plainly when a job needs a local contractor we cannot be.
How does material get to a Athens site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Piraeus, then a short road run to site, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
A shared service void running across the wall line. Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen.
What do you need from us to quote?
A plan, a section through the critical partition or ceiling, and what the room is for. From that we can give a build-up and a BOQ rather than a price per square foot.
Next step
Tell us the room, we will tell you the build-up
One drawing gets you a proper answer. Build-up, quantities, a delivered date, and an honest note on anything we think is the wrong approach.