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Installing a QuietZone Solserene Fabric Sound Absorbing Ceiling

Bob talks to Ken Lanoie of Owens Corning about adding sound attenuating insulation to the nursery. Lanoie describes the QuietZone Solserene Ceiling Fabric System used in the project. A Solserene ceiling is made up of three components, with high-density fiberglass boards to absorb sound installed in a track system that holds them in place. The boards are then covered with fabric. Lanoie reviews the installation process of the boards, followed by the fabric covering. After the boards are put in place, fabric is stretched over it and tucked behind the track, which has teeth to grab the fabric and secure it. QuietZone Solserene comes with a tacking knife to assist in the process. The system helps reduce the echo effect of noise in rooms with hardwood or stone floors, plaster walls, and other hard surfaces. The fabric is pulled so tight it looks like a normal plaster ceiling and can follow and architectural configuration, including angles, dormers, and rounded edges. It costs about six dollars per square foot.
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Installing a QuietZone Solserene Fabric Sound Absorbing Ceiling

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" We're back in the nursery in one I think who want to do here is sound attenuated shouldn't because it's a room that has a lot of angles and a hardwood flooring want to be able to absorb some of the sounds like a baby crying and can -- hear from Owens Corning. This is what's this called this product this is the Quietzone Solserene fabric system for Solserene fabric is it it basically and absorb active. Ceiling absolutely. It's made of about three main components -- a track that goes around. But the main sound absorber is this high density fiberglass board. With a fiberglass mesh -- goes on the bottom of it in this absorbs sound doesn't block it like a hard surface -- it absorbs the sound that's in the room softens the space bouncing it just absorbs it and then it's all covered up with a fabric right. So it's an acoustic we transparent fabric meaning that the sound will go through it but it be picked up by the board. Right they're doing right now is they're installing. The acoustic fiberglass board. Up against a hard surface. Okay so that's going to be the real. They absorb. And once that's in place in the track's in place then you're gonna take the fabric and structural. So. OK well this is something that a homeowner can tackle this very special -- itself. All right so then the next step is to take all this fabric and stretch it across. The material correct. And it tucked into the corner. To get -- up. Oh I see so you you -- The backside of that molding that's on the perimeter of the room absolutely correct and when you order the material that comes west. No attacking knife with this this tool yeah the tool -- like putty knife but it it. Material. Is grabbed by the back of that track molding so they get up in place. And you can see a lot of that wrinkles are coming out of it now and then later on we'll go back and make it very. The beauty in this system Bob is as warm warm. Homes have granite surfaces marble floors wood floors plastered ceilings there's a lot of hard surface lot of echo. A lot of echo yeah a lot of echo so this this absorbs it. On the ceiling here. So we're just doing a preliminary trim job. On the corner over here but right ready you you start to lose the sense that it's a fabric is it stretches so nicely that it really does. Look like a plaster ceiling absolutely it gives you that nice crisp clean line that you're looking for. And it gives you a lot of architectural. Detail possibilities. Dormant ceilings. -- Vaulted ceilings facade. So you didn't you leave it like that had no shadow line. Or as your saying a minute ago you can add a ceiling molding or -- earlier on them and change the color if you wanted to blend right with -- Ken what about the the cost the cost is everything about six dollars a square foot six bucks a square foot. And makes a difference doesn't it and I can tell thanks why they give up."

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