For projects in Hanoi
Hospital and healthcare acoustics in Hanoi
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 with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts.
- 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 Hanoi
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 with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts.
Work reaching us from Hanoi is mostly manufacturing plants, tube houses and apartments, offices, hotels, schools, clinics.
- Narrow, deep buildings The classic tube house is long and narrow with party walls on both sides and an open front onto the street. Noise comes from the front and through both sides.
- Continuous street noise Traffic is relentless and close. It gets in through openings and glazing, so the facade path is where the money should go first.
- New manufacturing at pace Plants going up quickly on greenfield sites, where enclosure and partition detail can still be designed in.
- 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 Hanoi.
02 / The build-up
What goes where, from the structure in
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Layer 1
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Hanoi, split units with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts.
Loose lay on tackifier. Tiles lifted individually for access under a raised floor, which is why tile beats broadloom in an office.
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Layer 2
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Hanoi, function halls, places of worship and conference rooms are hard volumes carrying amplified speech and music.
Duct and plant wrap. Membrane wrapped over the duct with a decoupling layer beneath, sealed at every lap.
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Layer 3
Acoustic panels
The full absorber range rather than one product: plain PET felt, printed felt, grooved panels and fabric finishes, chosen by how the room is used and how it has to look. In Hanoi, classrooms are hard, naturally ventilated and open to street noise, with large class sizes.
Ceiling first. In most rooms the ceiling is the largest untreated surface and the cheapest square metre of result.
If you are specifying for a Hanoi project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
03 / Local conditions
The Hanoi conditions that change the answer
- Narrow, deep buildings
The classic tube house is long and narrow with party walls on both sides and an open front onto the street. Noise comes from the front and through both sides.
- Continuous street noise
Traffic is relentless and close. It gets in through openings and glazing, so the facade path is where the money should go first.
- New manufacturing at pace
Plants going up quickly on greenfield sites, where enclosure and partition detail can still be designed in.
- Hot, humid, monsoon
PET felt does not absorb moisture or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag in a couple of seasons.
- Plant and HVAC
Split units with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Hanoi job
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Consulting room privacy
Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. The classic tube house is long and narrow with party walls on both sides and an open front onto the street. Noise comes from the front and through both sides.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, 9 to 24 mm
- 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. Traffic is relentless and close. It gets in through openings and glazing, so the facade path is where the money should go first.
- 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 panels, ASTM C423
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Cleanability
Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime. Plants going up quickly on greenfield sites, where enclosure and partition detail can still be designed in.
- 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 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
Why the climate in Hanoi changes the material, not the target
Hanoi 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 Hanoi job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Before you buy
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
Privacy is a transmission problem. Absorption makes the room sound nicer and does not stop anyone hearing through the wall.
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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 Hanoi job
The classic tube house is long and narrow with party walls on both sides and an open front onto the street. Noise comes from the front and through both sides.
05 / Route to site
Getting it to Hanoi, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Haiphong, then road into Hanoi |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Haiphong |
| 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 Haiphong, then road into Hanoi. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Hanoi projects
What makes hospital and healthcare acoustics different in Hanoi?
Split units with condensers on facades and in narrow gaps between buildings that act as reverberant shafts. The classic tube house is long and narrow with party walls on both sides and an open front onto the street. Noise comes from the front and through both sides.
Where should the budget go first on a Hanoi 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 Hanoi?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Hanoi. 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 Hanoi site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Haiphong, then road into Hanoi, 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
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.