Floor Muffler Vs Quiet Walk Reviews

In my first room i put in 1 2 quietwalk qw and 1 2 floormuffler fm.

Floor muffler vs quiet walk reviews. This review is the summary of my experience and observations. I do find a rating of fii of 71. The airguard 5 in 1 floor underlayment is an ideal option if you re shopping for floor underlayment for laminate. If the ceiling below is not resilient then we suggest a thicker underlayment like the geniemat.

The subfloor floor dropped 1 5 inches over a few feet so i built a series of mini joists for this floor to ride on. Where a thin resilient rubber over concrete can accomplish quite a bit the same material over wood will not do nearly as much to increase isolation. Worked great but walking over it made quite a sound with the hollows between joists acting like drums. While laminate flooring is quiet to walk on noise can easily be transferred to the floor below without the proper underlayment.

Wood sub floor a wood sub floor is a fairly resilient and lightweight surface that will flex. What is the comparable iic stc i have an armstrong archetectual remnant laminate floating floor on top of the quiet walk system. The quietwalk underpayment totally eliminated all that sound. Lay down floor muffler prior to placing your favorite laminate or engineer wood product.

Fm is an unsuual foam. Product description the qw is a fairly heavy felt pad about 50 thicker than fm. My problem is it seems to defy logic that the thicker wouldn t be a better idea cuz it s well thicker. We put in the quiet walk below this plywood flooring.

As you say the floor muffler is thinner and like a dense foam the quiet walk is like a fiber and thicker. This is on top of thick soft concrete 6 or thicker. Floor muffler ultraseal 2mm underlayment what if my laminate has pre attached underlayment. I am putting in about 1 500 ft2 of floating flooring 5 wide planks x 1 2 thick over a wood subfloor.

Choose an underlayment like floor muffler or roberts super felt that will give you a high sound reduction rating. Do you have the rating for quiet walk absorbent pad including quiet walk vapor barrier. Floor muffler is a safe product in part by being an excellent moisture and mold barrier that protects your floor investment.