Floating Floors, Floating Walls & Floating Ceiling Systems

Floating floors, floating walls, and floating ceilings are a means of vibrationally isolating these structures from the surrounding construction. These isolation systems are manufactured by Kinetics Noise Control. They are used to

• Reduce the transmission of noise and vibration from mechanical equipment onto a building structure, support
• Isolate and suspend mechanical equipment
• Protect equipment from damage during seismic activity.

What are Floating Floors?

Designed to isolate the finished floor from the subfloor, floating floors can reduce the vibration or air borne noise from passing through the floor. Floating floors create an airspace with resilient members that result in a reduction of noise and vibrations.

What are Floating Walls?

In order to control vibration throughout a space, floating walls are installed. In typical walls, noise penetrates the wall and activates the studs inside the wall, allowing the transmission of sound and vibration. Utilizing sound isolation clips, vibration is absorbed before making contact with the studs – preventing a significant amount of vibration from occurring.

What are Floating Ceilings?

Attached to the existing ceiling structure, ceiling isolators create floating ceilings that can absorb vibration caused by machinery, music and people in a variety of applications. Through the use of springs, neoprene, fiberglass, and other resilient members, floating ceilings can dramatically reduce noise and vibration through the ceiling.

O’Neill can provide the technical assistance in selecting a floating floor, wall, and ceiling as well as in specification development of a tailor-made isolation system to meet the requirements of the project.