For projects in Sharjah
Recording studio acoustics and soundproofing in Sharjah
Two jobs that must not be confused: keeping the building out, and making the room honest inside. The first is mass and decoupling and has to be built first. The second is absorption and diffusion and can be tuned later. Production rooms are fitted inside existing office and warehouse shells. Plant noise and neighbouring tenancies set the achievable noise floor.
- Isolation
- A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought.
- Low frequency
- Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam.
- Early reflections
- Controlled at the mix position, and only there.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The material
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Sharjah
Two jobs that must not be confused: keeping the building out, and making the room honest inside. The first is mass and decoupling and has to be built first. The second is absorption and diffusion and can be tuned later.
Production rooms are fitted inside existing office and warehouse shells. Plant noise and neighbouring tenancies set the achievable noise floor.
Work reaching us from Sharjah is mostly residential towers, fit-out contractors, factories and warehouses, schools, clinics, offices.
- Buying direct from the factory Most material here arrives through a trader. Buying from the plant removes a layer of margin, and it means the person answering your technical question made the product.
- Dense mid-rise living Tower and mid-rise blocks stack families above each other on blockwork and concrete slabs. Footfall, speech and TV noise between flats is the complaint we hear most.
- Industrial and warehouse work Plant rooms, generator halls, compressor bays and workshops need mass and isolation, not decorative absorption. We say so rather than selling you panels.
- Isolation A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for studio soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Sharjah.
02 / The build-up
How the layers stack, from the structure inwards
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Layer 1
Soundproofing materials
The blocking side of the range taken together: mass loaded vinyl, resilient layers, cavity absorption and the build-ups they belong in. In Sharjah, district cooling and large AHU plant run continuously. Duct attenuation, plant room lining and riser treatment do the work.
Resilient bar. Where a full independent leaf will not fit. Effective, and very easy to short circuit with one wrong screw.
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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 Sharjah, hotel ballrooms, mosques and conference centres are tall hard volumes where a long tail defeats the speech system before anyone hears a word.
Mixed finish. Plain felt where it is out of eye line, printed or grooved where it is seen.
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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 Sharjah, international school campuses are new, highly glazed and built to a tight programme. Sports halls, atria and lecture spaces are the rooms that need treating.
Track with a seal. Ceiling track plus a floor seal or drape, so the perimeter is closed when it is drawn.
For a Sharjah 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 decides the build-up in Sharjah
- Buying direct from the factory
Most material here arrives through a trader. Buying from the plant removes a layer of margin, and it means the person answering your technical question made the product.
- Dense mid-rise living
Tower and mid-rise blocks stack families above each other on blockwork and concrete slabs. Footfall, speech and TV noise between flats is the complaint we hear most.
- Industrial and warehouse work
Plant rooms, generator halls, compressor bays and workshops need mass and isolation, not decorative absorption. We say so rather than selling you panels.
- Fit-out contractors serving the whole UAE
A lot of Sharjah businesses fit out sites across the Emirates. We quote full container loads and stage deliveries against the programme.
- The housing stock
Towers and villas are concrete and block with stone or porcelain floors throughout. Mass is not the problem, impact noise and live rooms are.
- The studio and content scene
Production rooms are fitted inside existing office and warehouse shells. Plant noise and neighbouring tenancies set the achievable noise floor.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Sharjah job
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Isolation
A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought. Most material here arrives through a trader. Buying from the plant removes a layer of margin, and it means the person answering your technical question made the product.
- 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
- Acoustic panels, 1800 x 900 mm, image printed into the felt rather than onto a facing
- Soundproof curtains, 5.5 kg per sq m
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Low frequency
Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam. Tower and mid-rise blocks stack families above each other on blockwork and concrete slabs. Footfall, speech and TV noise between flats is the complaint we hear most.
- Soundproofing materials, 1800 x 900 x 20 mm, 100 kg per cubic metre, NRC 0.85
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
- Soundproof curtains, Up to 30 dB
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Early reflections
Controlled at the mix position, and only there. Plant rooms, generator halls, compressor bays and workshops need mass and isolation, not decorative absorption. We say so rather than selling you panels.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
- Soundproof curtains, 30
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
The Sharjah climate decides the material list
Sharjah is hot and dry for most of the year, with dust and high daytime surface temperatures, and that narrows the material list before acoustics is discussed.
Dust is the enemy of open-cell products. PET felt does not shed, does not hold dust in the way fabric-wrapped glass wool does, and wipes down. Timber needs a stable indoor RH or it moves.
The failure we design against here is dust ingress and thermal movement in long runs.
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 / Straight talk
Where this kind of project usually fails
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Buying foam to solve an isolation problem
Small on the drawing, expensive on site, and almost always found after handover.
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Treating the room before the shell is isolated
It sounds like a small detail until the room is finished and the complaint arrives.
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Killing the room completely and calling it controlled
More absorption is not better absorption. Past the target the room goes flat and people raise their voices to compensate.
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Treating it as a generic Sharjah job
Most material here arrives through a trader. Buying from the plant removes a layer of margin, and it means the person answering your technical question made the product.
05 / Getting it there
Supply into Sharjah, start to site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Port Khalid or Jebel Ali, then road to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Port Khalid |
| 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 Port Khalid or Jebel Ali, then road to site. The transit from western India is short enough that sea suits most programmes. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Sharjah projects
What makes recording studio acoustics and soundproofing different in Sharjah?
Production rooms are fitted inside existing office and warehouse shells. Plant noise and neighbouring tenancies set the achievable noise floor. Most material here arrives through a trader. Buying from the plant removes a layer of margin, and it means the person answering your technical question made the product.
Where should the budget go first on a Sharjah project?
Isolation. A measured background level, agreed before anything is bought. Low frequency. Corner and boundary absorption with real depth, not surface foam.
Do you have an office or installation team in Sharjah?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Sharjah. 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 Sharjah site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Port Khalid or Jebel Ali, then road to site, 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?
Buying foam to solve an isolation problem. Treating the room before the shell is isolated.
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
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.