Acoustic ceilings in Edinburgh and Lothians
Our teams carry out acoustic ceilings in Edinburgh and Livingston and across the rest of Edinburgh and Lothians. An acoustic ceiling uses high-absorption tiles, and sometimes denser backing, to cut echo inside a room and stop speech travelling over partitions into the next one.
Acoustic ceilings for Edinburgh and Lothians buildings
Much of Livingston was built from the 1960s onwards, and many of its original office and public-building ceilings are now due for re-tiling or replacement. In older buildings in Edinburgh we check void depths, window heads and the asbestos register before setting a new ceiling height.
Typical acoustic ceilings jobs we price in Edinburgh and Lothians include first-generation ceilings in post-war buildings due for replacement, ceilings in older buildings with low window heads, office floors being re-tiled between tenants. Edinburgh and Lothians is in Scotland, around 240 miles from our Birmingham base on average.
What the job includes
- Schools designed to Building Bulletin 93 targets
- Healthcare acoustics to HTM 08-01 where specified
- Room-to-room attenuation (Dn,f,w) quoted in dB
- Void barriers and over-lays where partitions stop at ceiling height
Towns we cover in Edinburgh and Lothians
- Edinburgh EH · 240 mi
- Livingston EH · 239 mi
Questions people ask
Do you cover all of Edinburgh and Lothians?
Yes. We take on acoustic ceilings across Edinburgh and Lothians, including Edinburgh and Livingston, and nearby areas such as Central Scotland and Tayside, Glasgow and West Scotland and Northumberland.
Our ceiling in Livingston dates from when the building went up. Replace or re-tile?
If the grid is straight, clean and a standard size, re-tiling is cheaper. If it is bent, rusty or in the wrong layout, replace it.
Can you just swap our tiles for acoustic ones?
Often yes. If the existing grid is sound and the right module, we can lay acoustic tiles into it, which is far cheaper than a new ceiling.
What is the difference between NRC and αw?
Both describe sound absorption. NRC is an American average; αw is the European rating that gives the A–E class used on UK datasheets. Compare tiles using the same measure.
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