Applications for Phonewell®

Phonewell® is an ecological plate to be used on floors, walls and ceilings, resulting in an outstanding reduction in air-borne and impact sound. Phonewell® is suitable for use in new and existing buildings for both domestic and commercial uses whether the structure is timber frame, steel frame or solid block.

Applications include:

• Timber Frame House Building
• Timber Frame Offsite Engineering
• Solid Block and Precast/in-situ Concrete Buildings
• Commercial Buildings e.g. Schools, Offices, Process Plant, etc.
• Local Authority Housing and Housing Associations
• Retrofitting, Refurbishments and Loft Conversions
• Relocatable, Modular and Portable Buildings
• Park Homes
• Home Cinema and Entertainment Rooms
• Historical Restorations

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Separating Walls
Phonewell® is suitable for use on timber frame and solid block separating walls.  The unique ‘Open Cavity System’ eliminates the possibility of acoustic bridges that are so often the cause of failure at pre-completion testing.  Phonewell® also insulates over the studs making the ‘twin structure’ unnecessary in all but the most critical applications.  This air void also facilitates superior sound insulation and ease of services installation.  No more cutting and fitting those cavity batts!

Separating Floors and Ceilings
Phonewell® is suitable for use with all timber frame and concrete floors.  Like the separating walls, the ‘Open Cavity System’ can be utilised.  Also one layer of plasterboard is sufficient for acoustic purposes.  When Phonewell® is used on both floors and walls, flanking strips are not required.

One layer of Phonewell® plates increases Impact Sound Insulation by 21dB (ΔLw) which results approximately in a 75% reduction in noise from, for example; moving furniture and footstep noise from the floor above.

Airborne Sound Insulation is increased by 36dB (Rw, Ctr = -4), which in general hearing levels equates approximately to an 85% reduction in noise from, for example; televisions, music or raised voices in other rooms.