New Features
• Increased absorbency & dissipation of moisture with added Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) that enhances moisture carrying capacity
• Increased moisture barrier strength
Sound Absorption
• QuietWalk® filaments are randomly air-laid creating a capillary affect to cushion the floor, absorb sound, and help make laminate floors
sound more like real wood.
• Sound Transmission Class (STC) = 54
• Impact Insulation Class (IIC) = 58
• Field Impact Insulation Class (F-IIC) = 60
Moisture Protection
• When installed properly, QuietWalk® can wick sub-floor or incidental perimeter moisture and disperse it through the pad.
• Moderate amounts of moisture will eventually dissipate over time by perimeter or sub-floor evaporation, provided the source of
water such as a leak is stopped. **See below link for video moisture tests
Smoothes out minor sub-floor imperfections
• QuietWalk® is firm enough (density=13.3lbs/ft^3; compression resistance @ 25%=9.5psi) to support the overlaying floor, but flexible
enough to form around sub-floor surface roughness that may otherwise cause laminate panels to “rock” or lay unevenly.
Adds insulation value
• QuietWalk®will add an R-Value of .50 to the floor system.
Economical
• QuietWalk® is ideally priced as a quality upgrade from polyethylene or polystyrene film and is less than 1/2 the cost of either cork or
rubber underlayment with similar sound numbers.
Made from recycled materials
• QuietWalk® is a “green” product, constructed (over 80%) with postindustrial/pre-consumer fibers, materials that may otherwise have
been land filled.
Anti-Microbial Properties
• Synthetic fibers by their composition do not support the growth of bacteria and fungus.
• The high temperature manufacturing process used to produce QuietWalk® will eliminate live organisms.
• We incorporate an EPA registered anti-microbial in QuietWalk® to control mold or bacteria on the treated product.