Office partitions as sound panels

Any one think of using office partitions attached to walls as a sound absorption alternative?

blueranger11-20-2012 8:13pm

kijanki Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,449 posts 11-21-2012 at 05:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'm building twelve 4x8 panels using 2" rigid Johns Manville 817 panels: http://www.jm.com/insulation/performance_materials/products/ci9_800series_spin-glas.pdf Look at the table showing sound absorption coefficient at 125Hz for 1" and 2" thickness. You can see that 1" panel is useless at lower frequencies in spite of 817 material being twice dense (and 2x more expensive) than standard 814 (more common). Ideal would be the panel made of two 817s (without backing) - total 4" in thickness but unfortunately there is also WAF. Corning also sells this stuff and is more common in some areas.
kijanki Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,449 posts 11-21-2012 at 09:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mapman, I wonder if placing 2" panels on opposite walls works the same way as 4" panels on one wall? It should. Kr4, I have a lot of reverberation between tall walls (cathedral ceiling). It would be ideal to space panels away from the back wall but I cannot do it being forced (by layout) to set my speakers and sofa on long walls. I can always control amount of reverberation by removing or adding panels.