Acoustic panelling - slatted wooden walls.

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Its a thing here but i think its on its way out. I dont think ive seen it in UK homes but i could be wrong..

Do any of you have it as a feature wall?

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Doesn't really fit in a london 1930s terraced house kinda situation.... i dont think :P

Challenging to put up on a wonky wall...
 
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Was a consideration on the wall where our bed is, but changed our minds and will do panels at a later date.

Looks good with Cob lights installed and for us it would have had a dark grey finish to the timbers and black backing.
 
I considered it and ended up going with accoustic panels which ended up cheaper and much less work (not as nice looking though)
 
Again thought about it for my office room as it's very echoey (is that a word?) but seems like people just stick them on the wall and that's sounds like an absolute nightmare to change later.

I need to mount on plasterboard (dot+dab) so thing they will be to heavy to just screw to it.

As you say I think it's already becoming to common that's its getting a bit of a reputation like corner sofas :p

For me though it seems like the best looking solution to my problem so still looking into it.
 
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Do you mean the foam type panels? How did you attach to the wall?
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Yes, they are built in frames and have hooks on them, similar to this.

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I looked into these during lockdown when researching acoustic panels for reducing noise transmission in my flat, I have an open stair which is open to my living space but backs onto my neighbours living space and the stairs create an echo which carries the sound. I was going to use these to start on the staircase and build a false wall in the bedroom to reduce noise transmission there too.

At the time these were £80+ a panel and at 8-12 panels to do 2 rooms for full length walls it was extortionate. In the end I had 50 shipped in on a pallet at the same cost for a cheaper product (the wood not as good quality, cheap fibre board with thin lamination).

My flat project didn't go ahead due to issues with the structure and the lease. Some went to a relatives media wall (nearly a corner sofa) and I used some at work in 2 offices. The long office it made a difference half way across taking the edge off some of the echo when on the phones, the meeting room has far less furniture and we didn't cover anywhere near enough of the wall surface to stop reverberation, but it did make a small difference.

If you have a lot of hard surfaces and not much soft furniture, these will help with the sound, but 1-2 panels won't make a difference and is purely decoration. Mounting on dot and dab is probably the easiest as short plasterboard screws will hold it on as the weight is parallel to the plasterboard. 9-12 screws per panel no problem direct to the board through the felt.

I'm still planning to use the panels I have, just haven't decided if it's going to be on this property or my next one.
 
don't they need to be a few inches thick to actually make a difference.

I doubt there's anything acoustic about it

You can probably make better on your own from pallets.
if you live near a fruit and veg shop. they likely have dozens of excess pallets and loads of insulated foam boxes


You know why you often see Carpets on the wall in Russian flats right? its because the walls are so thing, maybe it works better than a thin hard surface
 
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arknor said:
don't they need to be a few inches thick to actually make a difference.

I doubt there's anything acoustic about it

You can probably make better on your own from pallets.
if you live near a fruit and veg shop. they likely have dozens of excess pallets and loads of insulated foam boxes


You know why you often see Carpets on the wall in Russian flats right? its because the walls are so thing, maybe it works better than a thin hard surface
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There's a difference between sound treatment (make the sound in the room better) vs sound insulation/isolation (stop sound traveling in or out of the room). Egg boxes, thin foam panels and this slatted stuff, are more to improve the sound inside the room. Stop high frequency reverberation, echoes etc. If you want to absorb bass or make next door less audible, you need to seal any gaps between rooms and add mass. The thick padded ones are for absorbing bass in corners and edges, and coating them in fabric treats the high frequencies too.
 
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