For projects in Indonesia
Office acoustics and soundproofing in Indonesia
Three separate problems get called one problem: speech carrying across an open floor, meeting rooms that leak, and hard rooms that ring. Each has a different answer and mixing them up is how budgets get wasted. Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
- Open plan
- Distraction distance, not reverberation time. Ceiling absorption plus screens at the desk.
- Meeting rooms
- Privacy between rooms. That is partition and door work, not panels.
- Cabins and calls
- Short RT so a call sounds clean. A small amount of well placed absorber.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / Start here
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Indonesia
Three separate problems get called one problem: speech carrying across an open floor, meeting rooms that leak, and hard rooms that ring. Each has a different answer and mixing them up is how budgets get wasted.
Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
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.
- Open plan Distraction distance, not reverberation time. Ceiling absorption plus screens at the desk.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for office acoustics are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Indonesia.
Office and conference room acoustics Acoustic office screens
02 / The build-up
The stack, in the order it is installed
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Layer 1
Ceiling baffles and clouds
PET felt suspended from the soffit, vertically as baffles or horizontally as clouds. In Indonesia, split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
Vertical baffles. Hung on edge in rows. Both faces absorb, so coverage figures based on plan area understate them.
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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.
Wall array. Panels placed at first reflection points rather than spread evenly. Fewer panels, better result.
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Layer 3
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Indonesia, classrooms are hard, naturally ventilated and open to corridor and street noise, so absorption alone will not fix intelligibility.
Duct and plant wrap. Membrane wrapped over the duct with a decoupling layer beneath, sealed at every lap.
Architects working in Indonesia usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. 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.
- Plant and HVAC
Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
04 / Room by room
What each space in a Indonesia project needs
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Open plan
Distraction distance, not reverberation time. Ceiling absorption plus screens at the desk. Material often continues by road or inter-island ferry after the port. Tell us and we brace and wrap for the second journey.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 4 mm
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
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Meeting rooms
Privacy between rooms. That is partition and door work, not panels. PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 9, 12, 18 and 24 mm standard, tolerance plus or minus 5 percent
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
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Cabins and calls
Short RT so a call sounds clean. A small amount of well placed absorber. Street noise reaches rooms through openings and glazing long before it comes through the wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
- Acoustic panels, 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM
If the visual is fixed and the room still has to perform, that is a solvable problem and a conversation worth having early. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate and durability
What the Indonesia climate rules in and rules out
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.
Where a consultant is already engaged on a Indonesia project, we supply to their specification and send the test reports rather than describing them. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Worth knowing
What we watch go wrong on jobs like this
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Lining every wall while leaving the ceiling bare
The ceiling is almost always the largest untreated surface, so leaving it out means paying for panels that cannot reach the target.
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Treating a privacy problem with absorption
If the complaint is being overheard, no amount of absorption inside the room will fix it. That is a partition job and we will say so.
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Glass cabins specified without a door and head detail
A 6 mm undercut under a door leaves a hole the size of a brick. The wall around it is then decorative.
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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 / Route to site
Supply into Indonesia, start to site
| 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 office acoustics and soundproofing different in Indonesia?
Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms. 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?
Open plan. Distraction distance, not reverberation time. Ceiling absorption plus screens at the desk. Meeting rooms. Privacy between rooms. That is partition and door work, not panels.
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?
Lining every wall while leaving the ceiling bare. Treating a privacy problem with absorption.
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
Send the drawings, get a straight answer
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.