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SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl in Chennai

We manufacture soundBlanket mass loaded vinyl at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Chennai. Chennai is coastal, hot and industrial, and salt air decides which acoustic materials are still doing their job in five years.

Density
2100 kg per cubic metre
2.5 mm
STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
4 mm
STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
6 mm
12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request
Roll size
5 x 1.2 m, 6 sq m per roll
Lead time
4 to 7 working days
Minimum order
From 10 rolls
  • 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

We are the manufacturer. There is no local office and we do not claim approvals we do not hold. What you get is factory pricing, one consistent batch across the order, and a straight answer on what the material will and will not do.

01 / Start here

What you are buying, and what it fixes in Chennai

A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. It is the barrier product, not an absorber, and it is the right answer when the problem is noise passing through a structure.

Work reaching us from Chennai is mostly IT corridor offices, automotive plants, recording and dubbing rooms, hospitals, schools, hotels.

RC frame houses and apartments with hard floors, built for heat and humidity with open plan layouts that carry sound room to room.

  • Wall, decoupled Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
  • Floor, floating Membrane under a resilient layer and a floating deck, so impact energy is broken before it reaches the slab.
  • Duct and plant wrap Membrane wrapped over the duct with a decoupling layer beneath, sealed at every lap.
  • What it will not do Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.

Full specification

Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for SoundBlanket MLV are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Chennai.

SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl

02 / Specification sheet

The published figures, unchanged by location

We publish one data sheet for every market. If a supplier quotes you a different figure for the same product in a different city, one of the two numbers is wrong.

  • 2.5 mmSTC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m. Ducts, light partitions, retrofit where depth is tight
  • 4 mmSTC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m. Party walls, floors, plant rooms, the common specification
  • 6 mm12.6 kg per sq m. Machine enclosures and low frequency problems
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl: published specification
Density2100 kg per cubic metre
2.5 mmSTC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
4 mmSTC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
6 mm12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request
Roll size5 x 1.2 m, 6 sq m per roll
FormLimp sheet, cuts with a knife, seams lapped and sealed

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.

03 / Local conditions

What decides the build-up in Chennai

  • Salt air and humidity

    PET felt does not absorb moisture, rot or feed mould. On a coastal site that is the difference between a ceiling that lasts and one that sags in two monsoons.

  • Dubbing and recording rooms

    A long established film sound industry, mostly in rooms inside occupied buildings. Isolation first, tuning second.

  • Automotive plants

    Presses, conveyors and test rooms where the answer is enclosure and mass rather than absorption on a far wall.

  • Sealed against the heat

    Rooms stay closed and conditioned for most of the year, so sound builds up inside instead of leaking away.

  • The housing stock

    RC frame houses and apartments with hard floors, built for heat and humidity with open plan layouts that carry sound room to room.

  • The studio and content scene

    Studios go into basements, terrace rooms and back rooms with neighbours on every side and a generator somewhere in the lane. Isolating from the building has to come before treating the room.

We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.

04 / Durability

What the Chennai climate rules in and rules out

Chennai is warm and humid through most of the year, with a long wet season, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even 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 risk we design against here is mould, sagging fabric finishes and swelling in timber.

Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.

05 / Logistics

Getting it to Chennai, with real dates

Supply into Chennai
Made atOur own plant, Palwal, Haryana
Reaches site infive days
Dispatch2 to 4 working days
To sitefive days
PackingRolls on core tubes, wrapped and end capped, 5 x 1.2 m. Weights on the packing list, because a full roll is heavy and site access matters.
Lead time4 to 7 working days. Full container quantities scheduled against the vessel.

Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.

By road from Palwal, roughly twenty two hundred kilometres, normally five days on a dedicated truck.

10 rolls for 2.5 mm and 4 mm. Other thicknesses are made to order at 10 tonnes per thickness.

Minimum order, soundblanket mass loaded vinyl
2.5 mm10 rolls, 60 sq m, about 315 kg
4 mm10 rolls, 60 sq m, about 504 kg
6 mm and other thicknesses10 tonnes per thickness

A SoundBlanket roll is 5 x 1.2 m, which is 6 sq m. At 2100 kg per cubic metre a roll weighs about 31.5 kg at 2.5 mm and about 50.4 kg at 4 mm, so a 10 roll minimum is 60 sq m and roughly 315 kg at 2.5 mm or 504 kg at 4 mm.

06 / Straight talk

Where this goes wrong, said plainly

  • The wrong product for the problem

    Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.

  • 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.

  • Suppliers who imply a Chennai presence

    Ask any supplier where the material is made and who carries the warranty. We make it at Palwal in Haryana and we say so on every page, including this one.

FAQ

Chennai: questions we are actually asked

Is there a Chennai factory behind this product?

No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Chennai as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Chennai is coastal, hot and industrial, and salt air decides which acoustic materials are still doing their job in five years. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.

Why would a Chennai build-up differ from anywhere else?

PET felt does not absorb moisture, rot or feed mould. On a coastal site that is the difference between a ceiling that lasts and one that sags in two monsoons. Presses, conveyors and test rooms where the answer is enclosure and mass rather than absorption on a far wall. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.

Will this material last in the Chennai climate?

Chennai is warm and humid through most of the year, with a long wet season. 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.

When would material land on a Chennai site?

made at: Our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, reaches site in: five days, dispatch: 2 to 4 working days. Standard items dispatch in 2 to 4 working days from our plant at Palwal. Grooved panels and custom colours take longer, and we say so before you order, not after.

What should you not buy soundBlanket mass loaded vinyl for?

Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.

Is there a minimum order, and how does it arrive?

10 rolls for 2.5 mm and 4 mm. Other thicknesses are made to order at 10 tonnes per thickness. 2.5 mm, 10 rolls, 60 sq m, about 315 kg. 4 mm, 10 rolls, 60 sq m, about 504 kg. 6 mm and other thicknesses, 10 tonnes per thickness. A SoundBlanket roll is 5 x 1.2 m, which is 6 sq m. At 2100 kg per cubic metre a roll weighs about 31.5 kg at 2.5 mm and about 50.4 kg at 4 mm, so a 10 roll minimum is 60 sq m and roughly 315 kg at 2.5 mm or 504 kg at 4 mm. Rolls on core tubes, wrapped and end capped, 5 x 1.2 m. Weights on the packing list, because a full roll is heavy and site access matters.

Next step

Send a plan and a section, get a real build-up

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.