Some Tips For Purchasing The Best Exterior Sound Blanket

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Exterior sound blanket is an excellent cost-effective and highly efficient way of lessening loud noises.

If you are in the market for some exterior soundproofing, this is an excellent choice. Some will deliver better results than others.

What are exterior sound blankets?

These exterior sound panels are generally used to muffle the sound of big equipment, construction projects and HVAC systems. Moreover, the unique design of these flexible panels enable installation on almost any support structure, like frames or fences.

What should you look for?

1. STC

Nonetheless, for standard sound testing reasons, the soundproofing industry generally measures barrier performance according to a range of 125 Hz to 4000 Hz.

Candidly speaking, the higher the STC rating is, the better it is. Nonetheless, it is vital to not completely depend on STC rating as it may be misleading in specific soundproofing scenarios. For instance, if want to muffle the construction noise or heavy bass music, you should depend more heavily on the NRC rating. For higher pitched frequencies, ...
... STC ratings are highly dependable.

2. NRC

This is slightly science involved while buying sound blankets. This rating measures the sound absorption. The higher the rating, the better the product is in absorbing sound. The density is a crucial aspect in NRC rating calculation.

3. Weather resistance and temperature

The final most vital facet of an exterior sound blanket you should consider while buying is the weather durability. Considering these barriers will brace the natural aspects at any time of the year, you will want to make sure they are able to stand high heat in the summer, everything in between and freezing temperatures in the winter.

If you have to keep replacing them due to their lack of weather resistance, you lose the cost related advantage also. Therefore, invest in a top quality blanket in advance.

How can you install exterior sound blankets?

The hardest aspect of installation is setting up or preparing the structure the exterior sound blankets attached to.

Building a temporary fencing framework is an excellent choice that will enable you to strategically position the barriers to get the maximum amount of soundproofing, in respect to randomly safeguarding them to closest stable structures.

Once you have recognized or built the structure that the exterior sound blanket attached to, safeguarding the barriers on their own is as easy as zip-trying the grommets or installing hooks for hanging them.

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O’Neill Engineered Systems is your one-stop solution for exterior sound blanket, noise barriers LLC, soundproof windows, and soundproof bifold doors. Contact us today!