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Author Message Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 1009 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 09:11 am:    I've been asked to specify this acoustical material/ system for the underside of an exterior domed ceiling in S. FL within a short walk from the Ocean...yikes...First how do you pronounce Baswaphon, than any one have experience specifying it? Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS Senior Member Username: wilsonconsulting Post Number: 111 Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 09:21 am:    I spec BASWAphon a lot, but always for interior applications. I would be wary of its use in an exterior application, and assume the designer has verified that the mfr recommends this. Not sure how to pronounce it, but I have an office master I'm willing to share. It includes Fellert "Ecoustic" which is a similar system. Jeff at WilsonConsultingInc dot com Ronald L. Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP Senior Member Username: specman Post Number: 1159 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 09:46 am:    BASWAphon does have a system for protected exterior applications. I've specified both BASWAphon and Fellert. Since these systems are similar, but highly proprietary, I usually write a performance-based specification rather than a descriptive-based one. Ron Geren, FCSI, AIA, CCS, CCCA, SCIP www.specsandcodes.com Dave Metzger Senior Member Username: davemetzger Post Number: 479 Registered: 07-2001 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 11:44 am:    I've specified BASWAphon on several projects, it's a good although expensive product, but like Jeffrey, only for interior applications. Thanks, Ron, I didn't know they had an exterior-use system. And it's pronounced bazz'-wuh-fon Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS Senior Member Username: wilsonconsulting Post Number: 112 Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 12:15 pm:    Thanks, Dave. I've been mispronouncing the 1st syllable "baas" all these years (as in the sounds made by a herd of sheep). Steven Bruneel, AIA, CSI-CDT, LEED-AP, EDAC Senior Member Username: redseca2 Post Number: 416 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013 - 12:51 pm:    We have also specified Pyrok Acoustement when specifying BASWAphon, but always inside the building envelope.