For projects in Indonesia
Cinema and multiplex soundproofing in Indonesia
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes. Places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music.
- Screen to screen
- Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
- In room response
- Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
- Plant and projection
- Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / What it is
The material, and what it actually does on a Indonesia job
Screens stacked beside and above each other, each running full range at high level. Bleed between auditoria is the failure everyone hears, and it is decided by the shell, not the finishes.
Places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music.
Work reaching us from Indonesia is mostly offices and towers, hotels and resorts, manufacturing plants, hospitals, schools, studios.
- An onward leg is normal Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
- Tropical humidity all year PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- Dense cities, constant traffic Street noise reaches rooms through openings and glazing long before it comes through the wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- Screen to screen Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for cinema soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Indonesia.
02 / The build-up
What goes where, from the structure in
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Layer 1
Soundproofing materials
The blocking side of the range taken together: mass loaded vinyl, resilient layers, cavity absorption and the build-ups they belong in. In Indonesia, split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
Resilient bar. Where a full independent leaf will not fit. Effective, and very easy to short circuit with one wrong screw.
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Layer 2
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 Indonesia, places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music.
Mixed finish. Plain felt where it is out of eye line, printed or grooved where it is seen.
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Layer 3
PET felt acoustic panels
A rigid non-woven panel pressed from 100% polyester fibre, a large part of it recycled. In Indonesia, classrooms are hard, naturally ventilated and open to corridor and street noise, so absorption alone will not fix intelligibility.
Direct to wall. Panel bonded or mechanically fixed flat to the substrate. Simplest, and the weakest at low frequency.
We would rather argue about the build-up at design stage than on site. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What the buildings in Indonesia do to the specification
- An onward leg is normal
Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
- Tropical humidity all year
PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- Dense cities, constant traffic
Street noise reaches rooms through openings and glazing long before it comes through the wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- Manufacturing at scale
Plant noise where enclosure and mass do the work, and measurement rooms that need a genuinely low background.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music.
04 / Room by room
Space by space, for Indonesia briefs
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Screen to screen
Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
- Soundproofing materials, 2100 kg per cubic metre. 2.5 mm STC 30 at 5.25 kg per sq m, 4 mm STC 34 at 8.4, 6 mm at 12.6
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 4 mm
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
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In room response
Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended. PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
- PET felt acoustic panels, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, 4 x 8 ft
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Plant and projection
Equipment noise into the auditorium, treated at source. Street noise reaches rooms through openings and glazing long before it comes through the wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
- PET felt acoustic panels, 2440 x 4270 mm, 2.44 x 4.27 m, 8 x 14 ft
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate
The Indonesia climate decides the material list
Indonesia 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 Indonesia 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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A shared service void running across the wall line
Square metre for square metre the ceiling is the cheapest result in the room. Skipping it and buying wall panels instead is the most common way to overspend.
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Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen
Small on the drawing, expensive on site, and almost always found after handover.
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Doors and lobbies specified late and undersized
A gap undoes the partition it sits in. Sealing is the cheapest line on the quote and the first one to get cut.
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Treating it as a generic Indonesia job
Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
05 / Logistics
What the route into Indonesia actually looks like
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Tanjung Priok, then road or onward by sea |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Tanjung Priok |
| 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 Tanjung Priok, then road or inter-island onward. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Indonesia projects
What makes cinema and multiplex soundproofing different in Indonesia?
Places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music. Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
Where should the budget go first on a Indonesia project?
Screen to screen. Independent construction between auditoria, with services broken at the line. In room response. Heavy absorption on side and rear walls so the mix is heard as intended.
Do you have an office or installation team in Indonesia?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Indonesia. 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 Indonesia site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Tanjung Priok, then road or onward by sea, 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?
A shared service void running across the wall line. Treating the auditorium to fix bleed from the next screen.
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
Tell us the room, we will tell you the 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.