In the busy modern world, noise – or rather excess noise – can be a significant factor in our everyday health! Indeed, recent reports show that exposure to road traffic noise considerably increases the risk of stroke in older people, whilst for children, prolonged exposure to excess noise has been proven to impair long term memory, reading and speech perception! Getting the required amount of sleep and rest is important to everyone’s health and wellbeing – so being disturbed at home by other people watching TV or playing music whilst you are trying to sleep can be a real nuisance!

Most people would automatically associate acoustic soundproof doors with specific environments and types of buildings – the most obvious, of course, being a recording studio or such! Establishments such as nightclubs, theatres, and cinemas need to have doors where loud music or other excessive noise can be inhibited so as not to disturb adjoining rooms or spaces.

There are many aspects in everyday life that can cause stress and upset – noise pollution is one of those issues. Whilst noise pollution in the workplace is often identified and accommodated for, it is not always the case in your home. Aside from any ‘outside’ noise like traffic, construction, neighbours and such, there are […]

There are many environments in which soundproof doors are necessary or desirable – office environments where certain meetings and conversations need to be privately conducted, workshops where industrial work can generate excessive noise inhibiting other areas of the workplace, some educational establishments such as lecture theatres and classrooms where sound projected to an ‘audience’ needs […]

In every work place there are daily distractions and issues that can disturb the smooth and efficient practice of your business. One of the most prevalent of these distractions is noise – if your workspace is based around an open plan design – and many are – then daily efficiency will be disturbed by noise […]

Noise is bad for health. People who are exposed to constant high levels of noise, whether it’s in the workplace, home or outdoors, show increased hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases. The Architectural and Specialist Door Manufacturers’ Association (ADSMA) quotes two studies: a 2013 British Medical Journal study showed those who lived near Heathrow airport were […]

Many industrial environments require parts of the buildings to be free from the everyday noisy atmosphere created on site. Industrial acoustic doors are an excellent noise control solution for containing sound in very loud environments such as factories, industrial buildings, power generation plants, film studios and theatres. To reduce noise from the likes of manufacturing, […]