Manufactured in India, supplied in Cape Town
Acoustic carpet and rugs in Cape Town
We manufacture acoustic carpet and rugs at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Cape Town. Made at our own plant in India and shipped straight into Cape Town, so the container lands at the city rather than crossing the country by road.
- Tile size
- 500 x 500 mm
- Thickness
- 4 mm
- Face
- High density polyester
- Backing
- Felt
- Pack coverage
- 64 sq ft per pack
- Lead time
- 4 to 7 working days
- Minimum order
- From 320 sq ft
- Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
- One batch across the order, no blending between runs
- Test reports sent on request, not just quoted
This comes from our own plant, not a trading desk. We do not have an office in your city and we will not invent one. What we can give you is factory pricing, consistent material and a technical answer before you commit.
01 / The material
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Cape Town
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. It absorbs at the floor and, more usefully, kills footfall and chair scrape at the point they are generated.
Work reaching us from Cape Town is mostly hotels and restaurants, heritage conversions, offices, apartments, schools, studios.
Brick and concrete construction with hard floors. Townhouse and cluster developments share walls that were built for structure, not for separation.
- Loose lay on tackifier Tiles lifted individually for access under a raised floor, which is why tile beats broadloom in an office.
- Over a resilient underlay Where impact noise to the floor below is the actual complaint, the underlay does that work, not the carpet.
- Zoned Carpet in the circulation and meeting zones, hard floor elsewhere, so the treatment sits where the noise is made.
- What it will not do Carpet fixes footfall and chair noise and takes the edge off a live room. It will not deliver a reverberation target on its own, because the ceiling is almost always the bigger surface.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for acoustic carpet and rugs are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Cape Town.
02 / Specification sheet
One specification sheet, the same in every market
The specification below is the same everywhere we supply, because a specification that changed by city would not be a specification. What changes is which grade and build-up is the right buy, and that is what the rest of this page is about.
- Standard tile4 mm. Offices, classrooms, studios, corridors
| Tile size | 500 x 500 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Face | High density polyester |
| Backing | Felt |
| Pack coverage | 64 sq ft per pack |
| Boxed | 20 kg, 55 x 55 x 15 cm |
On a Cape Town job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
03 / In this market
What we see driving Cape Town briefs
- Hospitality is the market
Hotels and restaurants where the room is part of what the guest is paying for, judged when it is completely full.
- The port is at the city
Direct sea into Cape Town avoids the long inland haul, which makes the landed cost and the date both easier to hold.
- Heritage fabric stays put
Older buildings in the city cannot be structurally altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible.
- Wind and coastal damp
PET felt does not absorb moisture or feed mould, which matters on exposed coastal elevations.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Church buildings and community halls are large hard rooms carrying amplified music and speech at high level.
- The housing stock
Brick and concrete construction with hard floors. Townhouse and cluster developments share walls that were built for structure, not for separation.
If you are specifying for a Cape Town project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
04 / Climate and durability
The Cape Town climate decides the material list
Cape Town is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even discussed.
PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH.
The risk we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.
For a Cape Town interior where the finish leads, we will say plainly what each option costs you acoustically. See how we work with interior designers.
05 / Getting it there
Supply into Cape Town, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Cape Town, then a short road run to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea into Cape Town |
| Packing | Boxed, 64 sq ft per pack, 20 kg. Easy to carry up a stair, which matters on fit-out sites with no lift access. |
| Lead time | 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.
Sea freight direct into Cape Town, then a short road run to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
The same minimums apply on export.
| Carpet tiles | 320 sq ft, about 30 sq m |
|---|---|
| Rugs | 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m |
A pack of tiles covers 64 sq ft and weighs 20 kg boxed, so the tile minimum is exactly five packs and about 100 kg.
06 / Before you buy
Where this goes wrong, said plainly
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The wrong product for the problem
Carpet fixes footfall and chair noise and takes the edge off a live room. It will not deliver a reverberation target on its own, because the ceiling is almost always the bigger surface.
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A number chased without a measurement
If nobody has measured the room or set a target, the specification is a guess with a decimal point in it. We will ask for the target before we quote the quantity.
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Local approvals that nobody actually holds
We hold no Cape Town certification and we will not borrow one. The test data we publish is ours, and we will send the reports rather than describe them.
Cape Town: questions we are actually asked
Do you manufacture acoustic carpet and rugs in Cape Town?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Cape Town as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India and shipped straight into Cape Town, so the container lands at the city rather than crossing the country by road. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What changes the specification on a Cape Town job?
Direct sea into Cape Town avoids the long inland haul, which makes the landed cost and the date both easier to hold. Older buildings in the city cannot be structurally altered. Work has to be internal, shallow and ideally reversible. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
How does the Cape Town climate affect this product?
Cape Town is hot summers, mild winters and a distinct wet season. PET felt handles the wet months without absorbing moisture or feeding mould. Timber and wood wool want a ventilated cavity and a stable indoor RH. The failure we design against here is wet-season humidity behind linings.
What is the delivery time into Cape Town?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Cape Town, 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.
When are acoustic carpet and rugs the wrong purchase?
Carpet fixes footfall and chair noise and takes the edge off a live room. It will not deliver a reverberation target on its own, because the ceiling is almost always the bigger surface.
Is there a minimum order, and how does it arrive?
The same minimums apply on export. Carpet tiles, 320 sq ft, about 30 sq m. Rugs, 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m. A pack of tiles covers 64 sq ft and weighs 20 kg boxed, so the tile minimum is exactly five packs and about 100 kg. Boxed, 64 sq ft per pack, 20 kg. Easy to carry up a stair, which matters on fit-out sites with no lift access.
Next step
Tell us the room, we will tell you the build-up
Send what you have. We will give you a layer by layer build-up, a bill of quantities and a date material lands, and we will flag anything in the brief that will not achieve what you want.