For projects in Munich
Home theatre soundproofing and acoustics in Munich
Serious equipment in a room with no isolation plan. The complaint is almost never the speakers. It is bass leaving the room and an untreated box making the system sound worse than it is. Altbau blocks have solid masonry walls and timber joist floors, so airborne noise is controlled but footfall is not. Neubau is concrete with better floors and much harder surfaces.
- Containment
- Bass through the wall, floor and door. Mass and decoupling, with the door usually the weakest point.
- Low frequency inside
- Corner absorption with depth, before any surface treatment.
- Reflections
- Side wall and ceiling first reflection points at the seating position.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / What it is
The product, described honestly, for a Munich brief
Serious equipment in a room with no isolation plan. The complaint is almost never the speakers. It is bass leaving the room and an untreated box making the system sound worse than it is.
Altbau blocks have solid masonry walls and timber joist floors, so airborne noise is controlled but footfall is not. Neubau is concrete with better floors and much harder surfaces.
Work reaching us from Munich is mostly apartments and villas, corporate floors, studios, hotels, clinics, schools.
- Altbau above, concrete below A stucco ceilinged Altbau flat and a post-war concrete block need different answers to the same complaint. We ask which one you are in before we quote anything.
- Specified, with numbers attached Send us the acoustician report and the target values. We will tell you what our build-up gets to and where it falls short, in writing, before you commit.
- Floor area is expensive here Every centimetre the wall grows into the room is money. A dense membrane plus a resilient layer usually beats a thick framed build-up on both cost and depth.
- Containment Bass through the wall, floor and door. Mass and decoupling, with the door usually the weakest point.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for home theatre soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Munich.
02 / The build-up
The stack, in the order it is installed
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Layer 1
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Munich, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is standard in newer stock, so duct-borne noise and terminal unit noise are the sources rather than open windows.
Wall, decoupled. Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
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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 Munich, concert halls, church buildings and civic Saal spaces are long-reverberation rooms where any intervention has to be reversible and visually disciplined.
Corner loading. Low frequency energy collects in corners, so absorber in the corners does more than the same area spread across a wall.
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Layer 3
Soundproof curtains
A layered curtain with a mass loaded vinyl core, used where an opening has to stay an opening. In Munich, school and university buildings are built to a high thermal standard with hard, cleanable surfaces. Speech clarity in classrooms and long corridors is where the acoustic budget goes.
Track with a seal. Ceiling track plus a floor seal or drape, so the perimeter is closed when it is drawn.
For a Munich practice, the useful thing is a detail you can put in a drawing set, not a brochure. See how we support architects.
03 / On the ground
What the buildings in Munich do to the specification
- Altbau above, concrete below
A stucco ceilinged Altbau flat and a post-war concrete block need different answers to the same complaint. We ask which one you are in before we quote anything.
- Specified, with numbers attached
Send us the acoustician report and the target values. We will tell you what our build-up gets to and where it falls short, in writing, before you commit.
- Floor area is expensive here
Every centimetre the wall grows into the room is money. A dense membrane plus a resilient layer usually beats a thick framed build-up on both cost and depth.
- Corporate and studio work
Head office floors, media rooms and production studios around the city want measured performance and a finish that survives a design review.
- The housing stock
Altbau blocks have solid masonry walls and timber joist floors, so airborne noise is controlled but footfall is not. Neubau is concrete with better floors and much harder surfaces.
04 / Room by room
Where the money goes on a Munich project
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Containment
Bass through the wall, floor and door. Mass and decoupling, with the door usually the weakest point. A stucco ceilinged Altbau flat and a post-war concrete block need different answers to the same complaint. We ask which one you are in before we quote anything.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 2100 kg per cubic metre
- Soundproof curtains, 10 to 12 mm
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, High density polyester
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Low frequency inside
Corner absorption with depth, before any surface treatment. Send us the acoustician report and the target values. We will tell you what our build-up gets to and where it falls short, in writing, before you commit.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Soundproof curtains, 5.5 kg per sq m
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, Felt
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Reflections
Side wall and ceiling first reflection points at the seating position. Every centimetre the wall grows into the room is money. A dense membrane plus a resilient layer usually beats a thick framed build-up on both cost and depth.
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Soundproof curtains, Up to 30 dB
- Acoustic carpet and rugs, 64 sq ft per pack
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 Munich climate rules in and rules out
Munich is cool and damp, with long heating seasons and cold external walls, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Cold wall build-ups and long heating seasons mean interstitial condensation is a real risk behind any lining. PET felt is unaffected by damp air and will not feed mould where a fabric-faced mineral product would.
The failure we design against here is condensation behind linings in older, poorly insulated stock.
Consultants get the raw data, not a sales sheet. That is the whole of our side of the job, and it is set out under working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Read this first
Where this kind of project usually fails
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Foam on the walls as a soundproofing measure
This is the one that comes back as a second fit-out rather than a snag.
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A standard door on a room built to hold bass
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 before the room is sealed
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 Munich job
A stucco ceilinged Altbau flat and a post-war concrete block need different answers to the same complaint. We ask which one you are in before we quote anything.
05 / Logistics
Supply into Munich, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Hamburg or Bremerhaven, then rail and road south to Bavaria |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Hamburg |
| 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 Hamburg or Bremerhaven, then rail and road south. It is a long inland leg and we build it into the dates we give you rather than pretending it is not there.
Questions from Munich projects
What makes home theatre soundproofing and acoustics different in Munich?
Altbau blocks have solid masonry walls and timber joist floors, so airborne noise is controlled but footfall is not. Neubau is concrete with better floors and much harder surfaces. A stucco ceilinged Altbau flat and a post-war concrete block need different answers to the same complaint. We ask which one you are in before we quote anything.
Where should the budget go first on a Munich project?
Containment. Bass through the wall, floor and door. Mass and decoupling, with the door usually the weakest point. Low frequency inside. Corner absorption with depth, before any surface treatment.
Do you have an office or installation team in Munich?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Munich. 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 Munich site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Hamburg or Bremerhaven, then rail and road south to Bavaria, 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?
Foam on the walls as a soundproofing measure. A standard door on a room built to hold bass.
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
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.