Acoustic hanger thickness?

Started by jazzman on 9 April 2003. 4 replies.

Originally posted at johnlsayers.com, topic 173.

I'm not sure I've got this right. I've read that your acoustic hangers are 18 mm, i.e. 3/4 inches thick, but also that they're 3/8" thick. Is the thickness dependent on the overall size? What works best for what kind of frequencies? And what kind of insulation can you wrap around it and how thick should that be? By "fiberboard" do you mean what's called Masonite in the US, that is, the stuff they make pegboard from? Thanks for clearing this up. Lee
No it's not masonite - it's called cellotex I think in the US. It's normally 1/2" thick and is a soft fiberboard. The insulation is normally just standard fibreglass batt. cheers john
what about the insulation thickness it should be 25.....50 or 75 mm?
The thinnest insulation batts available here in the US are 3 inches (75 mm). This design of John's http://www.johnlsayers.com/Studio/PDF%2 ... r_Wall.pdf shows spacing of 200 mm between hangers, which would nicely allow for 3 inches of batting on either side, plus a little air.