For projects in Milan
HVAC, plant and machine noise control in Milan
Noise with a source. Almost every honest fix is at the machine, the duct or the plant room, and almost nothing useful happens by lining the far wall of the occupied space. Split and multi-split systems with condensers in courtyards that reflect noise back into every flat.
- At source
- Enclosure, barrier or anti vibration mounts at the machine.
- In the path
- Duct lining, attenuators and lagging on the first run out of the plant.
- At the receiver
- Only after the first two, and only for what is left.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / What it is
The product, described honestly, for a Milan brief
Noise with a source. Almost every honest fix is at the machine, the duct or the plant room, and almost nothing useful happens by lining the far wall of the occupied space.
Split and multi-split systems with condensers in courtyards that reflect noise back into every flat.
Work reaching us from Milan is mostly showrooms, studios, offices in Porta Nuova and CityLife, restaurants, hotels, apartments.
- Showrooms and retail fit-outs Hard floors, glass and high ceilings are the look. Absorption has to go where it does the work and disappears, usually the ceiling plane and the upper wall.
- Courtyard buildings The classic Milanese block puts flats, offices and a restaurant around one courtyard. Everything shares walls and slabs, so containment matters more than treatment.
- Towers with nothing soft in them Porta Nuova and CityLife floors are glass to glass with raised floors and exposed slabs. Speech carries because there is nothing for it to land on.
- At source Enclosure, barrier or anti vibration mounts at the machine.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for HVAC and plant noise control are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Milan.
02 / The build-up
How the layers stack, from the structure inwards
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Layer 1
Wood wool acoustic panels
Wood fibre bound into a rigid board with an open texture. In Milan, split and multi-split systems with condensers in courtyards that reflect noise back into every flat.
With a porous backing. Board over mineral backing where the room needs more than the board alone gives.
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Layer 2
Acoustic foam and BassBloc
Open cell foam shapes for high frequency control, and BassBloc, a high density absorber built for the low mid range where ordinary foam does nothing. In Milan, churches, theatres and civic halls are stone and plaster volumes with decay times measured in seconds.
Behind a fabric frame. Where the room has to look finished, absorber inside a frame rather than foam on show.
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Layer 3
Ceiling baffles and clouds
PET felt suspended from the soffit, vertically as baffles or horizontally as clouds. In Milan, school buildings are hard surfaced with high ceilings, and many sit inside older structures where intervention has to be reversible.
Horizontal clouds. Flat rafts over the occupied zone, which also reflect early speech energy back down where it helps.
If you are specifying for a Milan project, we can give you a section, a BOQ and the honest limits of each layer. See how we support architects.
03 / On the ground
What the buildings in Milan do to the specification
- Showrooms and retail fit-outs
Hard floors, glass and high ceilings are the look. Absorption has to go where it does the work and disappears, usually the ceiling plane and the upper wall.
- Courtyard buildings
The classic Milanese block puts flats, offices and a restaurant around one courtyard. Everything shares walls and slabs, so containment matters more than treatment.
- Towers with nothing soft in them
Porta Nuova and CityLife floors are glass to glass with raised floors and exposed slabs. Speech carries because there is nothing for it to land on.
- Design deadlines that do not move
Showroom and fair programmes run to a fixed opening. We give real dispatch and transit dates so the fit-out is not waiting on a container.
- Plant and HVAC
Split and multi-split systems with condensers in courtyards that reflect noise back into every flat.
04 / Room by room
Space by space, for Milan briefs
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At source
Enclosure, barrier or anti vibration mounts at the machine. Hard floors, glass and high ceilings are the look. Absorption has to go where it does the work and disappears, usually the ceiling plane and the upper wall.
- 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
- Wood wool acoustic panels, 20 mm
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, Made to the drawing, standard and custom
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In the path
Duct lining, attenuators and lagging on the first run out of the plant. The classic Milanese block puts flats, offices and a restaurant around one courtyard. Everything shares walls and slabs, so containment matters more than treatment.
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Wood wool acoustic panels, 400 kg per cubic metre
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, Both faces work, which is why suspended area outperforms the same area laid flat
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At the receiver
Only after the first two, and only for what is left. Porta Nuova and CityLife floors are glass to glass with raised floors and exposed slabs. Speech carries because there is nothing for it to land on.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Wood wool acoustic panels, 0.30
- Ceiling baffles and clouds, ASTM C423
Designers get colour, pattern and CNC options with the absorption figure attached to each. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Climate
Durability in Milan, before acoustics is discussed
Milan is hot dry summers and mild wet winters, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is 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 failure we design against here is seasonal movement in timber and winter damp in unheated stock.
On a Milan job with a consultant involved, our part is material that matches the submitted data. See working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Before you buy
What we watch go wrong on jobs like this
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Absorption on the office wall for a plant room problem
Noise with a source is fixed at the source. Treating the receiving room is the expensive way to get a small result.
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Lagging a duct that is carrying the noise as breakout from the fan
Enclose the machine, break the vibration path, then deal with what is left. Doing it in the other order costs more and achieves less.
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Ignoring structure borne vibration through the mounts
This is the one that comes back as a second fit-out rather than a snag.
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Treating it as a generic Milan job
Hard floors, glass and high ceilings are the look. Absorption has to go where it does the work and disappears, usually the ceiling plane and the upper wall.
05 / Route to site
How material reaches a Milan site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Genoa or La Spezia, then a short road run north |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Genoa |
| 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.
Sea freight into Genoa or La Spezia, then road into Milan. Air freight for samples, colour approvals and urgent quantities.
Questions from Milan projects
What makes HVAC, plant and machine noise control different in Milan?
Split and multi-split systems with condensers in courtyards that reflect noise back into every flat. Hard floors, glass and high ceilings are the look. Absorption has to go where it does the work and disappears, usually the ceiling plane and the upper wall.
Where should the budget go first on a Milan project?
At source. Enclosure, barrier or anti vibration mounts at the machine. In the path. Duct lining, attenuators and lagging on the first run out of the plant.
Do you have an office or installation team in Milan?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Milan. 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 Milan site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Genoa or La Spezia, then a short road run north, 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.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
Absorption on the office wall for a plant room problem. Lagging a duct that is carrying the noise as breakout from the fan.
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
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.