12mm cork underlayment TOP density

Cork Underlayment

Cork underlayment placed under the floors reflect heat of our body, thus offering a more comfortable feel and protecting the natural warmth of your feet.

Old fashioned STC/IIC ratings are well documented to be heavily falsified – but no one at on the Board is listening.  They can’t hear anything over the noise of thumping feet and or a bouncing bass.  Noise complaints are the single greatest producer of written and verbal complaints that an HOA or Condo Board will face.  And their idea of a fix is to ask for the moon – or more commonly a luxury condo insulation rating for a lower-than-middle class building.  This is common and becoming more and more main-stream as consumers choose to move away from carpet or soft coverings.

In comes 12mm cork underlayment.  It has been tested underneath Pergo laminate (considered an acoustic “zero” = 0 dB of insulation) and scored an incredibly impressive Delta IIC rating of 22.0 dB.  That’s just for the underlay.  Most floor+underlay combinations rate less than 14.0 dB, where the “good acoustic” floor/underlay combos score 14.0 dB or greater.

Overview

• Made in Portugal
• Density: 230 – 250 kg/m3
• Thickness: 12mm (1/2 inch)
• Width: 2ft
• Length: 3ft
• 6 sq.ft per sheet
• Carton Coverage: 90 SF
• Weight: 54lb
• Carton size: 36 inch x25 inch x 8 inches
• MSDS
• Resin Statement

Specification

• The 12mm cork underlay has been tested and found to absorb 22 dB of noise.  This is the Delta IIC rating
• 100% cork (bark from the cork tree)
• Excellent impact noise reduction, reduce sounds of footsteps: Reduce the amount of noise that a floor will make as people walk on it.
• Insulation and Increases thermal resistance
• The best choice for sound control and stress crack suppression issues involving the installation of hard surfaces in condominiums and apartment buildings
• Cork underlayment has such outstanding acoustical properties that it will meet or exceed the multi-level code requirements of most homeowner associations
• Natural and economical solution to provide a necessary sound control
• Environmentally friendly
• Direct and easy installation
• Does not deteriorate after years of use
• Moisture resistant, avoid the appearance of moisture in the floor top layer
• Controlling the temperature in the room
• The best material to raise a subfloor
• Floor improvement: de-emphasize an irregularities subfloor.
• It has been independently tested according to ASTM standards for acoustical values