FELT RIGHT SOLUTIONS:
Acoustic Wall Solutions for Offices & Workspaces
Whether we work from home or commute to a place of business, we spend a lot of time in our offices. These spaces need to be visually and acoustically pleasing, allow us to concentrate for long periods of time, and communicate comfortably both in-person and over phone/video. Noise sources may include co-workers, printers, and even our own voices reflecting off of hard surfaces when we talk. Felt Right tiles are fantastic at treating room noise, especially in the vocal range, and they’re both beautiful and customizable. While offices come in many sizes and layouts, generally there are always designated individual work areas, and this is a great place to begin with acoustic treatments.
Acoustic Considerations
Competing Conversations
Open Workspace Layout
Noisy Machinery
Noisy Adjacent Spaces
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Acoustic Solutions
Create Distance
Air absorbs high-frequency noise. Put distance between two competing conversations. Move noise sources away from listeners (eg: printers, dehumidifiers, tv, radio).
Add Absorptive Materials
Add absorptive materials (such as Felt Right tiles) and soft furniture to the space to reduce sound from bouncing around the room causing noise.
Rearrange The Workspace
Face workspaces away from each other to use the directionality of higher frequency sounds (the human voice) to your advantage, and if a workspace ends up facing a wall, treat that wall with absorptive material.
Isolate Noisy Adjacent Spaces
If a noisy adjacent space is disturbing your office, seal up non-critical gaps between the rooms (around doors, windows, etc). For through-wall vibrations, cover the entire wall with a vibration-damping material like Felt Right tiles. For more info, see the Noise from Adjacent Spaces page.
Placement For Your Space
When adding absorbers such as Felt Right acoustic tiles, consider these placement options.
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All hard surfaces around a person’s immediate work area.
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Between two co-workers.
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Between a person and a noise source.
Sound Control For Your Space
Installation FAQs
For smaller, semi-permanent applications, we recommend using Felt Right commercial grade adhesive tabs. Adhesive tabs make for a quick and easy installation process and are included with every order.
For larger, permanent or overhead applications we encourage installers to use a construction adhesive like Liquid Nails, Roman-555 Extreme Tack Wallcovering Adhesive, or VHB tape to adhere tiles to wall or ceiling. Felt Right tiles are precision fabricated to allow for seamless installation and are a favorite with the construction trade.
Every order of Felt Right tiles comes standard with adhesive tabs. At checkout, you are given the option to choose between Paint Safe and Commercial tabs. For more information on the difference between tabs, see here.
Our felt wall panels are easy to clean and maintain. To remove dust, all you need is a vacuum wand or hose. For spot cleaning, all you need is a damp rag or household cleaner to spray the tiles and wipe them down. For high-traffic, commercial applications, you can disinfect Felt Right tiles with multi-purpose cleaning products. For more information, see our cleaning guide.
There are 2 important steps to uninstalling Felt Right tiles without damaging paint:
Step 1: Carefully separate each tile from the adhesive tabs.
Tiles are removed, leaving the tabs on the wall surface. This is done by inserting fingers between the tile and the wall, away from the tab location, and gradually applying pressure until the tile separates from the tabs. Avoid pulling the tile directly away from the wall in an abrupt or forceful manner as the tile needs time to release from the tabs.
Step 2: Roll the tabs off the wall.
Once the tile has been removed from the wall, leaving the tabs, then remove each tab from the wall. This is done by starting at a corner of the tab, applying pressure, and rolling the tab off of the wall with your finger or thumb. Avoid pulling the tab directly away from the wall.
If you have difficulty getting the tab to begin rolling, you can use a block pencil eraser to start the process.
Yes, you can use Felt Right tiles for ceiling applications. However, we do recommend using Felt Right Commercial-Grade adhesive tabs to create a stronger, semi-permanent bond.
Felt Right tiles are not suitable for flooring applications.
Felt Right tiles are easily installed with a tape measure, a level and a pencil. Simply orient your first few tiles and then build out your design from there. Most designs can be installed in less than an hour!