For projects in Berlin
Hospital and healthcare acoustics in Berlin
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. Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows.
- 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 material is and where it earns its place in Berlin
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.
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows.
Work reaching us from Berlin is mostly altbau flats, studios, clubs, startup offices, schools, clinics.
- Altbau floors Timber joists with fill between them pass footfall and speech. Adding mass and a resilient layer works better than anything fixed to the ceiling underneath.
- Club and live venues Berlin nightlife runs long hours beside housing. Low frequency containment is the whole job, and it is structural, not decorative.
- Courtyard buildings Hinterhof layouts bounce plant noise and voices between facing windows, which turns one noisy unit into a block wide problem.
- 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 Berlin.
02 / The build-up
The build-up, layer by layer
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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 Berlin, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows.
On a 25 to 50 mm air gap. The same panel on battens. The air gap moves absorption down in frequency at no extra material cost, and is the cheapest improvement available.
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Layer 2
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Berlin, concert halls, church buildings and civic Saal spaces are long-reverberation rooms where any intervention has to be reversible and visually disciplined.
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 Berlin, school and university buildings are built to a high thermal standard with hard, cleanable surfaces. Speech clarity in classrooms and long corridors is where the acoustic budget goes.
Duct and plant wrap. Membrane wrapped over the duct with a decoupling layer beneath, sealed at every lap.
We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What decides the build-up in Berlin
- Altbau floors
Timber joists with fill between them pass footfall and speech. Adding mass and a resilient layer works better than anything fixed to the ceiling underneath.
- Club and live venues
Berlin nightlife runs long hours beside housing. Low frequency containment is the whole job, and it is structural, not decorative.
- Courtyard buildings
Hinterhof layouts bounce plant noise and voices between facing windows, which turns one noisy unit into a block wide problem.
- Cold winters, sealed rooms
Tight, well insulated rooms sound dead in the wrong way. Balanced absorption matters as much as isolation.
- Plant and HVAC
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Berlin job
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Consulting room privacy
Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. Timber joists with fill between them pass footfall and speech. Adding mass and a resilient layer works better than anything fixed to the ceiling underneath.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, 9 to 24 mm
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
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Ward noise floor
Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling. Berlin nightlife runs long hours beside housing. Low frequency containment is the whole job, and it is structural, not decorative.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 9, 12, 18 and 24 mm standard, tolerance plus or minus 5 percent
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, Made to the drawing, standard and custom
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
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Cleanability
Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime. Hinterhof layouts bounce plant noise and voices between facing windows, which turns one noisy unit into a block wide problem.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 64 sq ft per pack
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Conditions
The Berlin climate decides the material list
Berlin is cool and damp, with long heating seasons and cold external walls, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Cold wall build-ups and long heating seasons mean interstitial condensation is a real risk behind any lining. PET felt is unaffected by damp air and will not feed mould where a fabric-faced mineral product would.
The failure we design against here is condensation behind linings in older, poorly insulated stock.
On a Berlin job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Straight talk
Six mistakes that turn into a second fit-out
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Fabric wrapped products in a clinical area
Noise with a source is fixed at the source. Treating the receiving room is the expensive way to get a small result.
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Absorption used where privacy was the requirement
If the complaint is being overheard, no amount of absorption inside the room will fix it. That is a partition job and we will say so.
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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 Berlin job
Timber joists with fill between them pass footfall and speech. Adding mass and a resilient layer works better than anything fixed to the ceiling underneath.
05 / Logistics
How material reaches a Berlin site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Hamburg or Bremerhaven |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Hamburg |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order.
Sea freight into Hamburg or Bremerhaven, then road to Berlin. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Berlin projects
What makes hospital and healthcare acoustics different in Berlin?
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows. Timber joists with fill between them pass footfall and speech. Adding mass and a resilient layer works better than anything fixed to the ceiling underneath.
Where should the budget go first on a Berlin 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 Berlin?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Berlin. 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 Berlin site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Hamburg or Bremerhaven, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Grooved and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order.
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
We quote from drawings, not from a square foot rate. Send a plan and the section through the critical wall or ceiling and you will get something you can actually build from.