For projects in Bangkok
Hospital and healthcare acoustics in Bangkok
Two duties at once: privacy where confidential conversations happen, and a lower noise floor where people are trying to rest. Hygiene and cleanability rule out a lot of products before acoustics is even discussed. Split units and VRF with condensers on balconies and in light wells, running at full load most of the year.
- Consulting room privacy
- Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work.
- Ward noise floor
- Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling.
- Cleanability
- Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The product
What this is, and what it changes in a Bangkok room
Two duties at once: privacy where confidential conversations happen, and a lower noise floor where people are trying to rest. Hygiene and cleanability rule out a lot of products before acoustics is even discussed.
Split units and VRF with condensers on balconies and in light wells, running at full load most of the year.
Work reaching us from Bangkok is mostly condo towers, hotels and lounges, offices, restaurants, clinics, studios.
- Elevated rail and traffic Trains and traffic close to facades put noise in through glazing, not through the wall. Fix the window path first.
- Concrete towers, live interiors The structure blocks a lot already. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring, and that is a treatment job.
- Impact through slabs Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix.
- Consulting room privacy Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for healthcare acoustics are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Bangkok.
02 / The build-up
How the layers stack, from the structure inwards
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Layer 1
PET felt acoustic panels
A rigid non-woven panel pressed from 100% polyester fibre, a large part of it recycled. In Bangkok, split units and VRF with condensers on balconies and in light wells, running at full load most of the year.
Direct to wall. Panel bonded or mechanically fixed flat to the substrate. Simplest, and the weakest at low frequency.
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Layer 2
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Bangkok, temples, function halls and hotel ballrooms are tall hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
Zoned. Carpet in the circulation and meeting zones, hard floor elsewhere, so the treatment sits where the noise is made.
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Layer 3
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Bangkok, classrooms are hard and naturally ventilated, open to traffic and corridor noise, with large class sizes pushing levels up.
Wall, decoupled. Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.
03 / On the ground
What we see driving Bangkok briefs
- Elevated rail and traffic
Trains and traffic close to facades put noise in through glazing, not through the wall. Fix the window path first.
- Concrete towers, live interiors
The structure blocks a lot already. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring, and that is a treatment job.
- Impact through slabs
Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix.
- Heat and humidity all year
Our PET felt does not hold moisture or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag in a tropical climate.
- Plant and HVAC
Split units and VRF with condensers on balconies and in light wells, running at full load most of the year.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Bangkok job
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Consulting room privacy
Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. Trains and traffic close to facades put noise in through glazing, not through the wall. Fix the window path first.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
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Ward noise floor
Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling. The structure blocks a lot already. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring, and that is a treatment job.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 9, 12, 18 and 24 mm standard, tolerance plus or minus 5 percent
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
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Cleanability
Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime. Hard flooring over concrete passes footfall straight down. A resilient underlay before the finish is the fix.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request
- Acoustic panels, 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Durability
What the Bangkok climate rules in and rules out
Bangkok is warm and humid through most of the year, with a long wet season, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Humidity is the deciding factor. PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which is why it outlasts fabric-wrapped mineral wool in this climate. Wood wool and timber need a ventilated cavity behind them.
The failure we design against here is mould, sagging fabric finishes and swelling in timber.
On a Bangkok job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Read this first
The six errors that cost the most
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Fabric wrapped products in a clinical area
Plant noise treated as a room problem is the most reliable way to spend a budget and change nothing anyone can hear.
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Absorption used where privacy was the requirement
Nobody has ever achieved speech privacy with a panel. Privacy needs mass, a sealed head detail and a door that actually closes.
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Ceiling void left open above a partition
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 it as a generic Bangkok job
Trains and traffic close to facades put noise in through glazing, not through the wall. Fix the window path first.
05 / Route to site
Getting it to Bangkok, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Laem Chabang, then a short road run into Bangkok |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Laem Chabang |
| 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 Laem Chabang, then a short road run into Bangkok. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Bangkok projects
What makes hospital and healthcare acoustics different in Bangkok?
Split units and VRF with condensers on balconies and in light wells, running at full load most of the year. The structure blocks a lot already. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring, and that is a treatment job.
Where should the budget go first on a Bangkok project?
Consulting room privacy. Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. Ward noise floor. Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling.
Do you have an office or installation team in Bangkok?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Bangkok. 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 Bangkok site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Laem Chabang, then a short road run into Bangkok, 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?
Fabric wrapped products in a clinical area. Absorption used where privacy was the requirement.
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
Drawings in, BOQ and a delivered date out
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.