Iic Ratings For Rigid Core Luxury Vinyl Flooring

How do i find out the impact insulation class rating and sound transmission class ratings for the lifeproof luxury vinyl flooring.

Iic ratings for rigid core luxury vinyl flooring.

I am doing reno s on a condo and they have a specific requirement. The iic and stc is conducted at a controlled laboratory. Because stc is not affected by luxury vinyl tile flooring our floors are not tested for this. It received a 5 in the quality category.

This would apply to wall panels in a space for example. The underlayment is not attached to the subfloor or floor. The f iic and f stc is conducted in the field where sound is not as controllable hence the 5 point difference. The preferred level of performance for stc and iic is 60 57 f iic.

Cali bamboo luxury vinyl plank flooring rating. With floating wood floors such as laminate floating bamboo rigid pvc core vinyl planks and wood plastic. Resilient flooring containing a foamed layer yields a higher better iic rating than one without it. Iic values and our floors recently we have received inquiries from builders and architects about impact noise ratings of resilient flooring over suspended concrete slabs and over lightweight concrete capped wooden subfloors in multi story.

There is a small air gap allowing to absorb more sound. We offer three different formats of flooring gluedown loose lay and rigid core and each type has a different thickness. An iic and stc rating will generally be 5 points higher than. What caused its score to drop was a 3 in selection.

This brand scored 4 25 out of 5 in our ratings. The quietwalk underlayment provides very high ratings such as iic of 71 and stc 66 as of mid 2018.