For projects in Jakarta
Hospital and healthcare acoustics in Jakarta
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 everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
- 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 / Start here
The material, and what it actually does on a Jakarta job
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 everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
Work reaching us from Jakarta is mostly towers and offices, apartments, hotels, hospitals, schools, studios.
- Noise arrives from outside Traffic and construction reach rooms through glazing and openings long before they come through a wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- The port is in the city Tanjung Priok is close, which keeps the road leg short and the landed cost predictable.
- Concrete towers, live interiors The structure blocks well. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring.
- 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 Jakarta.
02 / The build-up
What goes where, from the structure in
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Layer 1
PET felt acoustic panels
A rigid non-woven panel pressed from 100% polyester fibre, a large part of it recycled. In Jakarta, split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
Direct to wall. Panel bonded or mechanically fixed flat to the substrate. Simplest, and the weakest at low frequency.
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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 Jakarta, places of worship, function halls and community buildings are large hard rooms carrying amplified speech and music.
Floor, floating. Membrane under a resilient layer and a floating deck, so impact energy is broken before it reaches the slab.
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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 Jakarta, classrooms are hard, naturally ventilated and open to corridor and street noise, so absorption alone will not fix intelligibility.
Mixed finish. Plain felt where it is out of eye line, printed or grooved where it is seen.
If you are specifying for a Jakarta project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What the buildings in Jakarta do to the specification
- Noise arrives from outside
Traffic and construction reach rooms through glazing and openings long before they come through a wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- The port is in the city
Tanjung Priok is close, which keeps the road leg short and the landed cost predictable.
- Concrete towers, live interiors
The structure blocks well. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring.
- Standby generation
Power backup sits close to occupied space in most commercial buildings and runs often enough to matter.
- Plant and HVAC
Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms.
04 / Room by room
Where the money goes on a Jakarta project
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Consulting room privacy
Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. Traffic and construction reach rooms through glazing and openings long before they come through a wall. Fix the weakest path first.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, 9 to 24 mm
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
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Ward noise floor
Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling. Tanjung Priok is close, which keeps the road leg short and the landed cost predictable.
- 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 carpet and rugs, Felt
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Cleanability
Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime. The structure blocks well. The problem is tile, glass and stone inside making the room ring.
- 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 carpet and rugs, 64 sq ft per pack
Interior designers tend to arrive with the look already decided. We will tell you which finish gets there without losing the acoustics. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate and durability
Durability in Jakarta, before acoustics is discussed
Jakarta 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 Jakarta project, we supply to their specification and send the test reports rather than describing them. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Before you buy
Where this kind of project usually fails
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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
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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Ceiling void left open above a partition
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 it as a generic Jakarta job
Traffic and construction reach rooms through glazing and openings long before they come through a wall. Fix the weakest path first.
05 / Logistics
What the route into Jakarta actually looks like
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Tanjung Priok, then a short road run into the city |
| 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 a short road run into the city. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Jakarta projects
What makes hospital and healthcare acoustics different in Jakarta?
Split units everywhere, with condensers on balconies and light wells that channel noise straight back into bedrooms. Traffic and construction reach rooms through glazing and openings long before they come through a wall. Fix the weakest path first.
Where should the budget go first on a Jakarta 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 Jakarta?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Jakarta. 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 Jakarta site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Tanjung Priok, then a short road run into the city, 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
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.