For projects in Sweden
Venue and restaurant acoustics in Sweden
Two different jobs that get quoted as one: keeping bass inside the building for the neighbours, and making the room comfortable enough that guests can talk. Solving one does nothing for the other. Church buildings, culture houses and school halls are hard long-decay volumes.
- Containment
- Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope.
- Table level comfort
- Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other.
- Entrance and service
- Doors, lobbies and extract paths, which is where most of the leakage actually is.
- Quote
- From a plan and a section, within 48 hours
01 / The material
What you are buying, and what it fixes in Sweden
Two different jobs that get quoted as one: keeping bass inside the building for the neighbours, and making the room comfortable enough that guests can talk. Solving one does nothing for the other.
Church buildings, culture houses and school halls are hard long-decay volumes.
Work reaching us from Sweden is mostly timber buildings and apartments, offices, schools, healthcare, hotels, studios.
- Classes are written and verified Projects arrive with a class and someone checks it afterwards. Send us the target and we will say where our material sits against it.
- Timber at scale Sweden builds tall in timber, and timber is light. Low frequency passes easily, so mass and decoupling do the work.
- Sealed through a long winter Ventilation runs constantly in closed buildings, so plant noise matters more than street noise.
- Containment Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope.
Full specification
Thickness, density, NRC by frequency, fire class, standard sizes and build-up detail for venue soundproofing are on the main product page. This page covers what that means for a project in Sweden.
Nightclub and venue soundproofing SoundBlanket mass loaded vinyl
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 Sweden, balanced mechanical ventilation with heat recovery running through long heating seasons, so duct noise is constant.
Floor, floating. Membrane under a resilient layer and a floating deck, so impact energy is broken before it reaches the slab.
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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 Sweden, church buildings, culture houses and school halls are hard long-decay volumes.
Wall array. Panels placed at first reflection points rather than spread evenly. Fewer panels, better result.
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Layer 3
Acoustic carpet and rugs
A tile carpet with a dense polyester face on a felt backing. In Sweden, classroom acoustics are regulated, and open plan learning areas make speech intelligibility the design target.
Zoned. Carpet in the circulation and meeting zones, hard floor elsewhere, so the treatment sits where the noise is made.
For a Sweden practice, the useful thing is a detail you can put in a drawing set, not a brochure. See how we support architects.
03 / In this market
What we see driving Sweden briefs
- Classes are written and verified
Projects arrive with a class and someone checks it afterwards. Send us the target and we will say where our material sits against it.
- Timber at scale
Sweden builds tall in timber, and timber is light. Low frequency passes easily, so mass and decoupling do the work.
- Sealed through a long winter
Ventilation runs constantly in closed buildings, so plant noise matters more than street noise.
- A long country
A site in the north has a real domestic leg. We quote it separately so the dates are honest.
- Assembly and performance rooms
Church buildings, culture houses and school halls are hard long-decay volumes.
04 / Room by room
Where the money goes on a Sweden project
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Containment
Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope. Projects arrive with a class and someone checks it afterwards. Send us the target and we will say where our material sits against it.
- 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
- Wooden slat acoustic panels, 2440 x 192 mm and 2440 x 128 mm
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Table level comfort
Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other. Sweden builds tall in timber, and timber is light. Low frequency passes easily, so mass and decoupling do the work.
- 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
- Wooden slat acoustic panels, 14, 16 and 18 mm
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Entrance and service
Doors, lobbies and extract paths, which is where most of the leakage actually is. Ventilation runs constantly in closed buildings, so plant noise matters more than street noise.
- Soundproofing materials, Mass, then decoupling, then cavity absorption, then sealing
- Acoustic panels, ASTM C423
- Wooden slat acoustic panels, 96 sq ft per unit
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 / Conditions
What the Sweden climate rules in and rules out
Sweden 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.
Where a consultant is already engaged on a Sweden project, we supply to their specification and send the test reports rather than describing them. More on working with acoustic consultants.
06 / Read this first
Where this kind of project usually fails
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Panels on the wall as a neighbour noise solution
Small on the drawing, expensive on site, and almost always found after handover.
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A lobby with both doors able to open at once
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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Extract ducting that bypasses every wall you built
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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Treating it as a generic Sweden job
Projects arrive with a class and someone checks it afterwards. Send us the target and we will say where our material sits against it.
05 / Route to site
How material reaches a Sweden site
| Ships from | Palwal, Haryana, India |
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| Arrives at | Gothenburg, then road onward to site |
| Dispatch | 4 to 7 working days |
| Freight | Sea via Gothenburg |
| Support | Drawings, build-ups, BOQ and material that arrives complete |
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 Gothenburg, then road onward to site. Air freight for samples and urgent quantities.
Questions from Sweden projects
What makes venue and restaurant acoustics different in Sweden?
Church buildings, culture houses and school halls are hard long-decay volumes. Projects arrive with a class and someone checks it afterwards. Send us the target and we will say where our material sits against it.
Where should the budget go first on a Sweden project?
Containment. Low frequency through structure to flats above and beside. Mass, decoupling and a sealed envelope. Table level comfort. Absorption at the ceiling so guests stop raising their voices at each other.
Do you have an office or installation team in Sweden?
No. We manufacture in India and supply into Sweden. 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 Sweden site?
ships from: Palwal, Haryana, India, arrives at: Gothenburg, then road onward to site, 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.
What goes wrong most often on this kind of project?
Panels on the wall as a neighbour noise solution. A lobby with both doors able to open at once.
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
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.