Sealing tape: advantages and installation features

Pho­to: Tech­noN­IKOL

The pop­u­lar­i­ty of pre­fab­ri­cat­ed par­ti­tions is quite under­stand­able. Their pres­sure on the sup­port­ing struc­ture is 5 times less than that of a brick wall. Dur­ing a fire, they pre­vent the spread of flame, as they are able to con­tain it from 30 min­utes or more. Frame struc­tures filled with min­er­al insu­la­tion boards pro­vide suf­fi­cient sound absorp­tion due to the fibrous struc­ture of the mate­r­i­al, which effec­tive­ly damp­ens the sound wave.

And yet, a par­ti­tion with opti­mal sound insu­la­tion can only be obtained by reduc­ing the rigid­i­ty of the junc­tion of the frame with the sup­port­ing floor and the ele­ments of the par­ti­tions with each oth­er.

Pho­to: Tech­noN­IKOL

A seal­ing tape is designed for tight mat­ing of the met­al frame pro­files of claddings and par­ti­tions with load-bear­ing build­ing struc­tures at the junc­tion, while main­tain­ing the required sound­proof prop­er­ties. It is a one-sided self-adhe­sive poly­eth­yl­ene foam strip. Dur­ing instal­la­tion, the seal­ing tape is laid between the base and the hor­i­zon­tal guides. The same is done at the junc­tions of the par­ti­tion to the ceil­ing and to the walls.

Pho­to: Tech­noN­IKOL

The main advantages of the sealing tape:

• seals joints;
• reduces sound pen­e­tra­tion through joints with struc­tures;
• absorbs vibra­tion;
• reduces the like­li­hood of crack­ing in dry­wall con­struc­tions due to its damp­ing prop­er­ties.

Seal­ing tape Knauf Dich­tungs­band, width 50 mm, length 30 m, (1 pc. — 150 rubles). Pho­to: Knauf

Seal­ing tape Rock­wool, width 50 mm, length 20 m, (1 piece — 260 rubles). Pho­to: Rock­wool

Par­ti­tion wall instal­la­tion. Pho­to: Tech­noN­IKOL

Installation rules

The seal­ing tape is glued to a pre-cleaned, degreased, dry sur­face. For reli­able fix­a­tion, it is enough to press it tight­ly against the end of the met­al pro­file. Dur­ing instal­la­tion, man­u­fac­tur­ers do not rec­om­mend stretch­ing the mate­r­i­al. Install the tape at a tem­per­a­ture not low­er than 5 ° C °.

Pho­to: Tech­noN­IKOL

Diagram of the TN-WALL Acoustic system:

1. GKL or GVL sheath­ing (in 1/2 lay­ers)
2. Rack Pro­file
3. Guide pro­file
4. Stone wool slabs Tech­noa­coustic
5. GKL or GVL sheath­ing (in 1/2 lay­ers)
6. Fin­ish­ing

Ceil­ing. Pho­to: Rock­wool

Ceiling soundproofing design:

1. Cladding pan­el (gyp­sum board)
2. Sound­proof­ing boards Rock­wool Acoustic Ultrathin/Acoustic Butts
3. Seal­ing tape Rock­wool
4. car­ri­er pro­file
5. Sus­pen­sion with vibra­tion iso­la­tion lin­ing
6. Air gap