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SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl in Los Angeles
We manufacture soundBlanket mass loaded vinyl at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply them into Los Angeles. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Long Beach or Los Angeles, so the container lands at the city it is destined for.
- Density
- 2100 kg per cubic metre
- 2.5 mm
- STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- 4 mm
- STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- 6 mm
- 12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request
- Roll size
- 5 x 1.2 m, 6 sq m per roll
- Lead time
- 4 to 7 working days
- Minimum order
- From 10 rolls
- Made at our own plant, Palwal, Haryana, India
- One batch across the order, no blending between runs
- Test reports sent on request, not just quoted
Manufacturer, not reseller. We hold no local approvals and will not imply we do. You get the price the factory quotes, material that matches across a large order, and advice that sometimes talks you out of a purchase.
01 / What it is
The product, described honestly, for a Los Angeles brief
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. It is the barrier product, not an absorber, and it is the right answer when the problem is noise passing through a structure.
Work reaching us from Los Angeles is mostly post production and mix rooms, stages, offices, light frame housing, restaurants, schools.
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.
- Wall, decoupled Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
- Floor, floating Membrane under a resilient layer and a floating deck, so impact energy is broken before it reaches the slab.
- Duct and plant wrap Membrane wrapped over the duct with a decoupling layer beneath, sealed at every lap.
- What it will not do Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for SoundBlanket MLV are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Los Angeles.
02 / Specification 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.
- 2.5 mmSTC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m. Ducts, light partitions, retrofit where depth is tight
- 4 mmSTC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m. Party walls, floors, plant rooms, the common specification
- 6 mm12.6 kg per sq m. Machine enclosures and low frequency problems
| Density | 2100 kg per cubic metre |
|---|---|
| 2.5 mm | STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m |
| 4 mm | STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m |
| 6 mm | 12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request |
| Roll size | 5 x 1.2 m, 6 sq m per roll |
| Form | Limp sheet, cuts with a knife, seams lapped and sealed |
On a Los Angeles job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
03 / On the ground
What decides the build-up in Los Angeles
- Light frame and stucco
Housing here is gypsum on studs behind stucco, which passes low frequency far more easily than masonry. Mass and decoupling do the work.
- Production rooms have no tolerance
A mix room or ADR stage either isolates or it does not. There is no partial credit, which is why the shell gets designed before any fabric is chosen.
- Designed to move
Seismic detailing means junctions that must stay flexible. An acoustic build-up has to respect that rather than bridge it rigidly.
- The port is right here
Direct sea into Long Beach means no cross-country leg, which keeps both the landed cost and the date predictable.
- The housing stock
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.
- The studio and content scene
Home and project studios go into basements and converted garages with equipment budgets far ahead of the building. The room leaks to the floor above long before it sounds wrong inside.
Architects working in Los Angeles usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. See how we support architects.
04 / Climate and durability
Why the climate in Los Angeles changes the material, not the target
Los Angeles 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.
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.
05 / Supply
How material reaches a Los Angeles site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Arrives at | Long Beach or Los Angeles, then a short road run |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Long Beach |
| Packing | Rolls on core tubes, wrapped and end capped, 5 x 1.2 m. Weights on the packing list, because a full roll is heavy and site access matters. |
| Lead time | 4 to 7 working days. Full container quantities scheduled against the vessel. |
Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. The sea leg from India is long, so plan the full door to door window into the programme. We give real dates, not optimistic ones.
Sea freight into Long Beach or Los Angeles, then a short road run to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
The same minimums apply on export as on domestic orders.
| 2.5 mm and 4 mm | 10 rolls, 60 sq m |
|---|---|
| 6 mm and other thicknesses | 10 tonnes per thickness |
A SoundBlanket roll is 5 x 1.2 m, which is 6 sq m. At 2100 kg per cubic metre a roll weighs about 31.5 kg at 2.5 mm and about 50.4 kg at 4 mm, so a 10 roll minimum is 60 sq m and roughly 315 kg at 2.5 mm or 504 kg at 4 mm.
06 / Before you buy
Where this goes wrong, said plainly
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The wrong product for the problem
Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.
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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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Local approvals that nobody actually holds
We hold no Los Angeles certification and we will not borrow one. The test data we publish is ours, and we will send the reports rather than describe them.
Los Angeles: questions we are actually asked
Are these soundBlanket mass loaded vinyl made in Los Angeles?
No, and we will not say otherwise. We manufacture at our own plant at Palwal in Haryana, India, and supply into Los Angeles as the manufacturer rather than through a dealer. Made at our own plant in India and shipped into Long Beach or Los Angeles, so the container lands at the city it is destined for. You buy at factory prices with one consistent batch across the order.
What decides the specification for a Los Angeles project?
A mix room or ADR stage either isolates or it does not. There is no partial credit, which is why the shell gets designed before any fabric is chosen. Housing here is gypsum on studs behind stucco, which passes low frequency far more easily than masonry. Mass and decoupling do the work. Those two things move the build-up far more than the panel figure does.
Will this material last in the Los Angeles climate?
Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Long Beach or Los Angeles, then a short road run, dispatch: 4 to 7 working days. Standard items dispatch in 4 to 7 working days. The sea leg from India is long, so plan the full door to door window into the programme. We give real dates, not optimistic ones.
When are soundBlanket mass loaded vinyl the wrong purchase?
Mass fixed hard to an existing wall gives far less than the same mass on an independent leaf. If we are told the wall cannot be thickened, we will say what the membrane will and will not achieve rather than quote the laboratory figure and let the site find out.
What is the minimum order and how is it packed?
The same minimums apply on export as on domestic orders. 2.5 mm and 4 mm, 10 rolls, 60 sq m. 6 mm and other thicknesses, 10 tonnes per thickness. A SoundBlanket roll is 5 x 1.2 m, which is 6 sq m. At 2100 kg per cubic metre a roll weighs about 31.5 kg at 2.5 mm and about 50.4 kg at 4 mm, so a 10 roll minimum is 60 sq m and roughly 315 kg at 2.5 mm or 504 kg at 4 mm. Rolls on core tubes, wrapped and end capped, 5 x 1.2 m. Weights on the packing list, because a full roll is heavy and site access matters.
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.