Owens Corning Quietzone solserene?

[Brian Diehl]

Has anyone used this system either in their bus or in their house?

http://www2.owenscorning.com/quietzone/products/products3.asp

It looks pretty simple to install.  I haven't found a supplier yet (haven't looked very hard) nor do I know pricing.

Thoughts?

[bobofthenorth]

What am I missing?  This stuff just looks like Rockwool rebranded.  If so then using it to insulate interior walls will work just fine. 

[Brian Diehl]

Bob - click on the "QuietZone Solserene" menu option on the left.  This discusses the ceiling fabric covering system they have.

[eagle19952]

Bob - click on the "QuietZone Solserene" menu option on the left.  This discusses the ceiling fabric covering system they have.

Depending on the construction method used, QuietZone acoustic batts can improve Sound Transmission Class (STC) ratings by 4 to 10 decibels.
R Value, 0
Vapor Retardant, No

What are you thinking to use it for...?

[Brian Diehl]

I'm not interested in this as an insulating or sound deadening system.  I'm interested in what appears to be a pretty cool fabric ceiling system that appears to be pretty fast to put up.  The air break between the ceiling and the fabric would be good as well.

[Jeremy]

The confusion was because the link in the original post doesn't go to the fabric ceiling page - you need to do a further click to see that page.

I put a fabric ceiling in one of the rooms in my house because the original plaster ceiling above it was uneven and in a very poor state and it was easier to hide it than fix it. I used sailcloth (actually three panels in two colours), with eyelets around the edges and tensioned by lightweight rope - I was deliberately going for a 'marine' type look having seen similar things done in restaurants etc in marinas and coastal places. I'm really pleased with the way it turned-out and visitors are often quite taken with it - it's an usual thing to do in a house here but perhaps is more common in the States.

Jeremy

[chessie4905]

   That appears to be the same material that they make in 2x4 foot drop in ceiling panels with a thin vinyl covering. I would be concerned that in a coach, it could be accidentally cut or torn, unless the vinyl is thicker. May be also difficult to clean as time passes. Might consider Naugahyde over glued on semi rigid insulation. 

[eagle19952]

I finally found the fabric link, I  think it would work well in a home but am hesitant to imagine how it might work out with the bowed roof of a coach.


"May be also difficult to clean as time passes. Might consider Naugahyde over glued on semi rigid insulation".

This is what is in my coach, the bath area is Naugahyde (tan/beige) and a burlap/tweed (tan/beige) in all of the other living areas, with oak painted white wood strips with plastic screw button covers to hide the seams and help hold the panels in place.

[Jeremy]

Vehicle headlining cloth is easily obtainable and might be the more obvious choice for a bus ceiling. I wouldn't be too worried about the problem of a fabric ceiling getting dirty myself, other than perhaps above the hob (cooktop) - I might want to have a different ceiling material in the kitchen area generally if the rest of the bus was to have an upholstered ceiling of whatever sort.

Jeremy

[Iceni John]

Some folk use thin cork on the ceiling, and they say it noticeably quietens the interior, presumably by lessening reflected noise.   Because my ceiling is now painted aluminum and is very curved, I plan on also using cork on most of it.   Over the cook top and kitchen sink I'll probably use thin stainless steel instead, and the shower will have FRP extending all the way up from the floor to and over the ceiling there.   Cork is available in 48"-wide rolls, and one can easily paint it white.   I'll be curious how much difference it will make to interior noise, and also how much it will help insulate against heat from the roof (although I am preventing the sunlight from reaching the roof in the first place).   Maybe cork is an alternative option to this Quietzone?

John

[Cary and Don]

We used commercial wall covering for the ceiling in the 4107.  It is the same product you see on office cubicle walls.  It absorbs sound, wears like iron, and glues up. It is priced pretty well also.

Don and Cary

[Brian Diehl]

Hi Don,
Where did you get the commercial wall covering from?
Thanks

[Cary and Don]

If you have a large paint store with a good wallpaper department they will carry it.  Home Depot, probably not.  Most of the on line wallpaper places probably carry it.  They will send you samples. The stuff comes on big rolls 54 inches wide..  Unlike wallpaper, you buy it by the yard.

If we were to do it again, we would apply it to thin flexible panels and then install the panels.  That is easier than trying to get that heavy stuff to stay up over head until the glue grabs.  That is how the factories do it.

Don

[Brian Diehl]

What panels would you use Don?