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Floating Floor
Project Type: Home Theater Options
It’s essential to have the right acoustics in your home theater. There are many advantages to floating the floor in your home theater. The first is that your floating floor will act as a bass absorber covering the entire bottom of the room. One of the other good reasons is if you set the subwoofers on this floating floor, the bass from them will translate through the floor, the seat and into your body — totally enhancing your home-theater experience.
We believe that installing a “floating floor” or acoustical floor is the first place to start. There are two popular acoustical floor materials on the market today. Kinetics makes a version with rubber “feet” at 16″ apart with batt insulation in between. A plastic sheet membrane holds the batt insulation and rubber feet in place. Owens Corning makes Quietzone acoustical floor mat that is 3/8″ thick and made of lightweight, closed-cell polyethylene foam.
Both floor materials are used in the same way. They are spread out over the entire floor surface. Then the first layer of plywood is place horizontally and the second layer is placed vertically so none of the seams overlap. Certain interior design elements can drastically improve the sound. This is why it’s critical to use the right carpet on top of the floating floor.
