For projects in Sri Lanka
Hospital and healthcare acoustics in Sri Lanka
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 and generator sets, with condensers close to bedrooms and generators running during outages.
- 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 / The product
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Sri Lanka
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 and generator sets, with condensers close to bedrooms and generators running during outages.
Work reaching us from Sri Lanka is mostly hotels and resorts, apartments, offices, hospitals, schools, studios.
- A very short sea leg Western India to Colombo is one of the quickest runs we operate. Small and repeat orders are practical here in a way they are not for distant markets.
- Hospitality leads the market Resorts and city hotels drive most enquiries. Guest room isolation and function room acoustics are the two recurring briefs.
- Humid, coastal, monsoon Our PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- 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 Sri Lanka.
02 / The build-up
The stack, in the order it is installed
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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 Sri Lanka, split units and generator sets, with condensers close to bedrooms and generators running during outages.
Over a porous backing. Panel over mineral or PET backing where the room needs genuine low mid control.
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Layer 2
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Sri Lanka, temples, churches and function halls are hard volumes with long decay carrying amplified speech.
Zoned. Carpet in the circulation and meeting zones, hard floor elsewhere, so the treatment sits where the noise is made.
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Layer 3
SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
A limp, high density sheet that adds mass to a partition, floor or duct without adding depth. In Sri Lanka, classrooms are hard and naturally ventilated with large class sizes and open corridors.
Wall, decoupled. Independent stud, membrane between the boards, cavity absorption, two boards. The membrane is one part of a system, never the whole answer.
Architects working in Sri Lanka usually need the build-up before the product. We will draw the section and mark what does the work. See how we support architects.
03 / What drives the brief
The Sri Lanka conditions that change the answer
- A very short sea leg
Western India to Colombo is one of the quickest runs we operate. Small and repeat orders are practical here in a way they are not for distant markets.
- Hospitality leads the market
Resorts and city hotels drive most enquiries. Guest room isolation and function room acoustics are the two recurring briefs.
- Humid, coastal, monsoon
Our PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- Buying direct from the plant
No importer margin between the factory and your site, and the person answering the technical question made the product.
- Plant and HVAC
Split units and generator sets, with condensers close to bedrooms and generators running during outages.
04 / Room by room
Room by room, on a typical Sri Lanka job
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Consulting room privacy
Speech privacy between rooms, which is partition, door and ceiling void work. Western India to Colombo is one of the quickest runs we operate. Small and repeat orders are practical here in a way they are not for distant markets.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 100% PET non-woven, no added binder
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 30, 5.25 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, Cut pattern in PET felt, adds visual rhythm without changing the absorber
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Ward noise floor
Alarms, trolleys and staff conversation in hard corridors. Absorption at the ceiling. Resorts and city hotels drive most enquiries. Guest room isolation and function room acoustics are the two recurring briefs.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 9, 12, 18 and 24 mm standard, tolerance plus or minus 5 percent
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, STC 34, 8.4 kg per sq m
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
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Cleanability
Non shedding, non absorbent surfaces that survive a cleaning regime. Our PET felt does not absorb moisture, shed fibre or feed mould, which matters where mineral products sag within a couple of seasons.
- PET felt acoustic panels, 4 to 24 mm
- SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl, 12.6 kg per sq m, STC on request
- Acoustic panels, 9 to 24 mm, 1220 x 2440 mm standard, up to 2440 x 4270 mm, 1200 to 3600 GSM
For a Sri Lanka interior where the finish leads, we will say plainly what each option costs you acoustically. See how we work with interior designers.
04 / Durability
The Sri Lanka climate decides the material list
Sri Lanka 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.
If a consultant has set the target, we will quote against their figures rather than ours, and stay out of the scope they own. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Straight talk
What we watch go wrong on jobs like this
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Fabric wrapped products in a clinical area
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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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
The ceiling is almost always the largest untreated surface, so leaving it out means paying for panels that cannot reach the target.
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Treating it as a generic Sri Lanka job
Western India to Colombo is one of the quickest runs we operate. Small and repeat orders are practical here in a way they are not for distant markets.
05 / Route to site
Getting it to Sri Lanka, with real dates
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Colombo, then a short road run to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Colombo |
| 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 Colombo, then a short road run to site. The short transit means even modest consignments move economically. Air freight for samples.
Questions from Sri Lanka projects
What makes hospital and healthcare acoustics different in Sri Lanka?
Split units and generator sets, with condensers close to bedrooms and generators running during outages. Western India to Colombo is one of the quickest runs we operate. Small and repeat orders are practical here in a way they are not for distant markets.
Where should the budget go first on a Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Sri Lanka. 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 Sri Lanka site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Colombo, then a short road run 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, 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
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.