Manufactured in India, supplied in Dallas
Ceiling baffles and clouds in Dallas
We manufacture ceiling baffles and clouds at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Dallas. Made at our own plant in India, shipped into Houston and trucked north, with air freight through DFW when a date genuinely will not move.
- Material
- 100% PET non-woven, the panel family
- Thickness
- 9 to 24 mm
- Size
- Made to the drawing, standard and custom
- Exposure
- Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
- Test standard
- ASTM C423
- Lead time
- Confirmed against the drawing
- Minimum order
- 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m
- ASTM C423
- Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
- One batch across the order, no blending between runs
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 / What it is
The material, and what it actually does on a Dallas job
PET felt suspended from the soffit, vertically as baffles or horizontally as clouds. It is how you treat a room with exposed services, where there is no ceiling to line.
Work reaching us from Dallas is mostly corporate campuses, multifamily, schools, clinics, restaurants, home theatres, studios.
American homes are timber frame with gypsum board on both faces, so a party wall or a basement ceiling has almost no mass. Adding a second leaf with a limp membrane between does more than any amount of surface treatment.
- Vertical baffles Hung on edge in rows. Both faces absorb, so coverage figures based on plan area understate them.
- Horizontal clouds Flat rafts over the occupied zone, which also reflect early speech energy back down where it helps.
- Mixed with services Set out around ducts, trays and lighting rather than fighting them, coordinated from your reflected ceiling plan.
- What it will not do Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for baffles and clouds are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Dallas.
Acoustic ceiling baffles Acoustic ceiling clouds Acoustic ceiling tiles
02 / Data sheet
The published figures, unchanged by location
Nothing below changes by location. The decisions that do change are grade, thickness and how the material is mounted, and those are covered further down.
- EchoCore 151500 GSM. Offices, retail, general
- EchoPro 181800 GSM. Halls, atria, spaces with a target
- EchoMax 222200 GSM. High volume and high occupancy
| Material | 100% PET non-woven, the panel family |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 9 to 24 mm |
| Size | Made to the drawing, standard and custom |
| Exposure | Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat |
| Test standard | ASTM C423 |
Where a consultant is already engaged on a Dallas project, we supply to their specification and send the test reports rather than describing them. More on working with acoustic consultants.
03 / In this market
What we see driving Dallas briefs
- Campus scale repetition
A corporate campus means the same detail across many floors and buildings. The value is in consistent material and a build-up that is easy for a crew to repeat correctly.
- Multifamily party walls
Apartments built in light frame share a wall that has far less mass than people expect. Neighbour complaints here are a mass and decoupling problem, and treating the room will not fix them.
- Programmes that will not slip
Fast build schedules leave no room for a container arriving late. We quote the sea leg and the road leg separately so you can see where the time actually goes.
- Big rooms, big systems
Dedicated home theatres here are larger than most, which makes low frequency control the main event rather than an afterthought.
- School and campus buildings
Public school buildings run long corridors with hard floors and lay-in tile ceilings that were chosen for cost, not for speech. Classroom reverberation and corridor spill are the two complaints, and both respond to ceiling area rather than wall panels.
For a Dallas practice, the useful thing is a detail you can put in a drawing set, not a brochure. See how we support architects.
04 / Climate and durability
Durability in Dallas, before acoustics is discussed
Dallas is hot dry summers and mild wet winters, and that narrows the sensible material list before acoustics is even 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 risk we design against here is seasonal movement in timber and winter damp in unheated stock.
For a Dallas interior where the finish leads, we will say plainly what each option costs you acoustically. See how we work with interior designers.
05 / Logistics
Getting it to Dallas, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Port of Houston, then road north to Dallas |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea, or air into DFW |
| Packing | Flat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing. |
| Lead time | Confirmed against the drawing. Standard sizes 4 to 7 working days. |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Add the sea leg to Houston and the road leg north, and plan the full window into the programme. We quote it in the open.
Sea freight into the Port of Houston, then road to Dallas. Air freight into DFW for samples, colour approvals and urgent quantities.
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export.
| Baffles and clouds | 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m |
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Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does.
06 / Read this first
The things worth knowing before you place the order
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The wrong product for the problem
Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
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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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A claim of being local to Dallas
We manufacture in India and supply here. We do not run an office in this city and we will not pretend to, because you would find out on the first site visit.
Dallas: questions we are actually asked
Are these ceiling baffles and clouds made in Dallas?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Dallas as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India, shipped into Houston and trucked north, with air freight through DFW when a date genuinely will not move. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
Why would a Dallas build-up differ from anywhere else?
Apartments built in light frame share a wall that has far less mass than people expect. Neighbour complaints here are a mass and decoupling problem, and treating the room will not fix them. A corporate campus means the same detail across many floors and buildings. The value is in consistent material and a build-up that is easy for a crew to repeat correctly. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Will this material last in the Dallas climate?
Dallas is hot dry summers and mild wet winters. 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.
When would material land on a Dallas site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Port of Houston, then road north to Dallas, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. Add the sea leg to Houston and the road leg north, and plan the full window into the programme. We quote it in the open.
What should you not buy ceiling baffles and clouds for?
Baffles are efficient, not magic. In a very tall volume the height above the baffle line still rings, and the honest answer is either more area or accepting a higher RT, not a denser panel.
What quantity do we have to order, and in what packaging?
The same 500 sq ft minimum applies on export. Baffles and clouds, 500 sq ft, about 46 sq m. Baffles and clouds are cut to the drawing, so the minimum is counted on finished panel area. Both faces of a hung baffle absorb, which is why coverage taken off a plan understates what the order actually does. Flat packed with fixings, sets labelled by row so the install sequence matches the drawing.
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.