We came up with this chart to help you see what our underlayment thicknesses are for our flooring underlayment. QuietWalk 1/8″ QuietWalk Plus 1/8″ Insulayment 7/64″ VentiLayer 13/64″ SoundBuffer 3/64″ SoundStepXL 5/64″; DuoFoam 5/64″ MoistureBlock .006 mm AbsorbaSound 5/64″ – 15/32″
With the new addition of QuietWalk Plus, our customers are wondering what the difference between QuietWalk and QuietWalk Plus. The main benefits for QuietWalk Plus is: Enhanced film – The film allows the glue to adhere to the floor and subfloor. It is malleable to allow nail down flooring. More Dense Pad – The pad…
Buying your ideal flooring can be an exciting experience. With pricing of $2 – $8 per sq ft, you want to make sure you install your flooring the correct way. Maybe you heard of horror stories of people installing laminate flooring and hear cracking sounds when walked on. What lies underneath the flooring can determine…
The floor covering industry considers the sound insulation very important in living areas such as multi-family or single-family dwellings. When evaluating flooring underlayment, sound deadening and acoustical ratings are one of the things homeowners or HOA considers. It all begins with how sound is generated and the medium it transfers through. The main test done…
Crack isolation and sound control products are designed to solve well-known issues in flooring installation. Crack isolation products keep subfloor cracks from transferring into tile and stone floors. Sound control products are designed to minimize impact noise from footfalls and other types of traffic, as measured by their Impact Insulation Class (IIC) rating. We asked…
Looking for Underlayment for Vinyl Plank Flooring? We recognize that luxury vinyl plank is a growing trend in the flooring industry due to its waterproofing capability. It does have benefits for the DIY/homeowner market. In this post, we will cover the following: Does Vinyl Plank Need Underlayment? What Underlayment Is Made For Luxury Vinyl? What…
Challenge: Specifying underlayment for new flooring at the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort, a hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The developers of the resort, Donald Trump and Dezer Properties, wanted an underlayment that would address noise abatement, crack suppression, and potential mold issues. The hotel has 355 hotel rooms and guest suites, each with…
[Norfolk, Neb.] Engineered specifically for installation under glue-down or nail-down hardwood and engineered wood floors, MP Global’s Insulayment is designed to dampen impact noise and decrease airborne sounds from traveling to the room below, the company stated. According to MP Global, Insulayment is an appealing choice for installations where concern for the environment is a…
Norfolk, Neb. – MP Global Products’ Insulayment is a high performing acoustic underlayment engineered specifically for installation under glue-down or nail-down hardwood and engineered wood floors. The roll-out fiber underlayment is designed to dampen impact noise and decrease airborne sounds from traveling to the room below. Insulayment is a very appealing choice for installations where…
Contractors installing a variety of hard surface flooring in new homes, condos, multi-family housing, and hospitality settings can now stock the jobsite with one “universal” underlayment, VersaWalk™ that offers superior performance under nail-down or glue-down wood, floating laminate, and engineered wood. Float it, nail it, or glue it! Odorless and non-allergenic, VersaWalk is composed of…
VersaWalk from MP Global Products LLC adds an R-Value of 0.50 to the floor system, creating a thermal break to the flooring assembly that helps keep floors warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Contractors installing a variety of hard surface flooring in new homes, condos, multi-family housing, and hospitality settings can now…
PRESS RELEASE: [Norfolk, Neb.] Contractors installing a variety of hard surface flooring in new homes, condos, multi-family housing, and hospitality settings can now stock the job site with one “universal” underlayment, VersaWalk, that offers superior performance under nail-down or glue-down wood, floating laminate, and engineered wood. Float it, nail it, or glue it! Odorless and…