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Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1559
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 10:51 am: |    |
Has anyone heard of Green Glue, its a sound control adhesive, I am trying to find out who manufactures the product and looking for any words of wisdom for its use. |
Ronald L. Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP
Senior Member
Username: specman
Post Number: 1379
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 12:01 pm: | |
It looks like it is manufactured (or at least distributed) by a company called Sound Isolation Company. The product has a UL label and appears to be one of several sound control products under that brand name by the company. The company also has several other types of sound control products.
The brand appeared to be manufactured at one time (maybe still does) by a company called Green Glue Company. They apparently had a website at one time, but is no longer active.
I found some test reports on a Canadian website (http://www.greenglue.ca/thirdparty.htm), which has links for various assemblies tested by Orfield Laboraties in Minneapolis, an NVLAP accredited lab. These reports also indicate another manufacturer of the product called Audio Alloy, LLC in Michigan. The manufacturer contact on the reports has an email at audioalloy.com, but that website, too, is also inactive.
I'm a little concerned about the changing of hands for the product within the past 10 years and I feel the product may have changed, too, from its original, tested formulation.
I've never specified it, so I can't tell you how well it performs. I couldn't find any current testimonials online either, so here's hoping you get some here.
Ron Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP
www.specsandcodes.com |
Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1560
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 02:29 pm: | |
Thanks Ron, one of the sources of construction practice I have used for the past 20 years is the Journal of Light Construction, one of JLC's experts is a builder from Austin, Matt Rissinger, his videos and blog are very informative in regards to current construction practice, a recent video posted on Condo Sound Control mentioned the use of Green Glue. Sound Control is becoming a serious liability problem for architects, just like stucco, the simplest mistake can cause all kinds of problems. And eventually those problems come back to haunt the architect. |
James Sandoz, AIA, CSI, CCS, CCCA
Senior Member
Username: jsandoz
Post Number: 190
Registered: 06-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 09:48 am: | |
I used this product several years ago in my own home and it seems to have worked well. It was applied between two layers of gyp board on a long wall (16 feet) that separated the family room from the master bedroom. The original construction was 1/2 inch gyp on each side of wood stud framing. Of course, I also added sound attenuation (not thermal) batts between the studs so I can't say which had the greater effect.
Before the modification the wall acted like a drum head. I could hear the TV in the family room from the bedroom as well as I heard the TV in the bedroom. That was really no good when a different program was on each TV. |
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